Severe Thunderstorm Warning 396, NWS Atlanta, GA

Issued

Aug 23, 2007, 5:05 PM EDT (21:05 UTC)

Expired

Aug 23, 2007, 5:45 PM EDT

In force

40 min

Issued by

NWS Atlanta, GA

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Cherokee County, GA

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000 
WUUS52 KFFC 232105
SVRFFC
GAC057-232145-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0396.070823T2105Z-070823T2145Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
505 PM EDT THU AUG 23 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN CHEROKEE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 545 PM EDT

* AT 503 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZED HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES
  NORTHWEST OF CHEROKEE...MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO HOLLY
  SPRINGS AND WOODSTOCK.

IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS
IMMEDIATELY LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS.
REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

IF ON OR NEAR LAKE ALLATOONA...GET OUT OF THE WATER IMMEDIATELY AND 
MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER INDOORS OR INSIDE A VEHICLE. 
REMEMBER...LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE AS FAR AS 15 MILES FROM THE PARENT 
THUNDERSTORM. IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE 
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER NOW. DONT BE CAUGHT ON 
THE WATER IN A THUNDERSTORM

IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT
UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6.

LAT...LON 3430 8454 3431 8465 3408 8465 3409 8447

$$

000 
WWUS52 KFFC 232124
SVSFFC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
522 PM EDT THU AUG 23 2007

GAC057-232145-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0396.000000T0000Z-070823T2145Z/
CHEROKEE GA-
522 PM EDT THU AUG 23 2007

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN CHEROKEE COUNTY...

AT 520 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED JUST 
NORTHWEST OF HOLLY SPRINGS...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. 
HAIL THE SIZE OF PENNIES AND WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH 
THIS STORM.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 
LEBANON AND WOODSTOCK.

IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT
UNTIL AFTER THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6.

LAT...LON 3430 8454 3431 8465 3408 8465 3409 8447

$$

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Georgia, 2007Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2007

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.