Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

Issued

Aug 7, 2016, 7:47 PM EDT (23:47 UTC)

Expired

Aug 7, 2016, 8:15 PM EDT

In force

28 min

Issued by

NWS Atlanta, GA

County Bartow County, GA

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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WWUS82 KFFC 072347
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
747 PM EDT SUN AUG 7 2016
 
GAZ019-020-080015-
BARTOW GA-FLOYD GA-
747 PM EDT SUN AUG 7 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN BARTOW AND
SOUTHEASTERN FLOYD COUNTIES UNTIL 815 PM EDT...

AT 747 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS NEAR EUHARLEE...OR 10 MILES
WEST OF CARTERSVILLE...MOVING SOUTH AT 5 MPH.

  HAZARD...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAIN. 

  IMPACT...PEOPLE OUTDOORS SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. 
           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. MOTORISTS SHOULD SLOW 
           DOWN AND BE PREPARED FOR POSSIBLE LOSS OF CONTROL DUE TO 
           HYDROPLANING. ALSO...THE HEAVY RAIN MAY CAUSE TEMPORARY 
           STREET FLOODING OR ROAD PONDING IN SLOW DRAINAGE AREAS. 
           WHEN WATER COVERS THE ROAD...REMEMBER TO TURN AROUND 
           DON'T DROWN. 

SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE
CARTERSVILLE...EUHARLEE...KINGSTON...TAYLORSVILLE...STILESBORO AND
SENEY.

LAT...LON 3427 8506 3424 8485 3408 8484 3408 8505
      3410 8505 3410 8512 3408 8512 3408 8515
TIME...MOT...LOC 2347Z 009DEG 5KT 3419 8498 

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