Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

Issued

Aug 1, 2016, 8:21 PM EDT (00:21 UTC)

Expired

Aug 1, 2016, 9:00 PM EDT

In force

39 min

Issued by

NWS Atlanta, GA

County Dawson County, GA

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 123 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
821 PM EDT MON AUG 1 2016
 
GAZ007-013>015-020100-
GILMER GA-DAWSON GA-LUMPKIN GA-PICKENS GA-
821 PM EDT MON AUG 1 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN GILMER...
NORTHWESTERN DAWSON...SOUTHWESTERN LUMPKIN AND EASTERN PICKENS
COUNTIES UNTIL 900 PM EDT...

AT 821 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF
JASPER...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH.

  HAZARD...40 TO 50 MPH WIND...PEA SIZED HAIL AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO 
           GROUND LIGHTNING. 

  IMPACT...PEOPLE OUTDOORS SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. EXPECT 
           MINOR DAMAGE TO TREE LIMBS AND BLOWING AROUND OF 
           LIGHT...UNSECURED OBJECTS. LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURE'S 
           LEADING KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU 
           ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. ELECTRICAL 
           APPLIANCES SHOULD NOT BE USED UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY. 

SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE
JASPER...MARBLEHILL...AMICALOLA FALLS STATE PARK...LAKE TAMARACK...
CARTECAY...LEN FOOTE HIKE INN...JUNO...SEQUOYAH LAKE...FAUSETT LAKE
AND TATE.

LAT...LON 3449 8410 3439 8439 3438 8440 3438 8442
      3439 8443 3439 8444 3438 8444 3458 8450
      3467 8428
TIME...MOT...LOC 0021Z 322DEG 6KT 3455 8432 

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