Severe Thunderstorm Warning 398, NWS Atlanta, GA

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Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
832 PM EDT Wed Sep 24 2025

GAC313-250042-
/O.CAN.KFFC.SV.W.0398.000000T0000Z-250925T0100Z/
Whitfield GA-
832 PM EDT Wed Sep 24 2025

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL WHITFIELD COUNTY
IS CANCELLED...

The severe thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out of 
the warned area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.

&&

LAT...LON 3468 8437 3455 8445 3455 8447 3456 8447
      3456 8449 3455 8448 3455 8450 3456 8451
      3455 8452 3455 8458 3454 8488 3465 8479
      3471 8480 3478 8450
TIME...MOT...LOC 0032Z 261DEG 33KT 3464 8461 

$$

GAC123-129-213-250100-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0398.000000T0000Z-250925T0100Z/
Gilmer GA-Murray GA-Gordon GA-
832 PM EDT Wed Sep 24 2025

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN GILMER...SOUTHEASTERN MURRAY AND NORTHEASTERN GORDON
COUNTIES...

At 832 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Tails Creek, or
7 miles southwest of Ellijay, moving east at 40 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

Locations impacted include...
Ellijay, East Ellijay, Carters, Talona, Tails Creek, Ramhurst,
Mountaintown, Oakman, Audubon, and Roundtop.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 3468 8437 3455 8445 3455 8447 3456 8447
      3456 8449 3455 8448 3455 8450 3456 8451
      3455 8452 3455 8458 3454 8488 3465 8479
      3471 8480 3478 8450
TIME...MOT...LOC 0032Z 261DEG 33KT 3464 8461 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
806 PM EDT Wed Sep 24 2025

...New 00Z Aviation Discussion...

.KEY MESSAGES...
Updated at 752 PM EDT Wed Sep 24 2025

 - A cold front will bring showers and thunderstorms each day
   through the weekend. Strong gusty winds are possible tomorrow
   afternoon with the thunderstorms, and SPC has a Marginal Risk
   (1/5) in place over GA for tomorrow.

 - Cooler temperatures, near seasonal normals, expected behind the
   cold front, starting tomorrow.

 - High uncertainty in forecast beyond this weekend.

&&

.SHORT TERM...
(This afternoon through Thursday)
Issued at 245 PM EDT Wed Sep 24 2025

A frontal boundary is approaching Georgia, and will bring with it
instability and moisture. Periods of widespread rain are expected
tonight through the end of the short term period. Rainfall totals
are going to be around 1-1.5 inches overall. However, isolated
higher amounts are likely, particularly over north Georgia, with up
to around 3-4 inches being possible.

This afternoon, shower activity will continue, remaining generally
isolated. While a thunderstorm or two cannot be ruled out, the risk
is low through tonight.

Overnight tonight, additional moisture moves in. Showers and periods
of rain are likely over northern and western Georgia. Another surge
in moisture, combined with the proximity of the frontal boundary and
daytime heating, will result in another pulse in shower activity
during the afternoon tomorrow. CAPE values are likely to be on the
order of 1000-1500 J/kg. Scattered to numerous thunderstorms are
likely after midday tomorrow into the evening. Some of these
thunderstorms are likely to produce strong, gusty winds, and SPC has
a Marginal Risk (1/5) for tomorrow.

Temperatures will cool off with the arrival of the cold front, which
will bring the high temperature tomorrow back down to near-normal
levels, in the low 70s to low 90s across northern and central
Georgia.

&&

.LONG TERM...
(Friday morning through next Tuesday)
Issued at 245 PM EDT Wed Sep 24 2025

The longterm outlook will be heavily dependent on conditions in the
Atlantic over the coming days. A relatively low latitude upper level
blocking pattern over the western Atlantic is causing chaos in up
stream flow development. So, lets start by addressing the elephant
in the room. The NHC has two 80% regions of potential tropical
development in the western Atlantic over the next 7 days. Models,
including the ECMWF and its ensemble, GEFS, and HAFS have continued
to try developing at least 1 tropical system in the area. At the
same time, the upper level trough which is bringing our short term
PoPs, begins to stall as it runs into the upper level block. Now,
the good news is that no models at this time have direct impacts
from any tropical system. However, the interplay between 2
(potentially 3) systems is exceptionally chaotic and adds extreme
uncertainty to the forecast beyond the weekend. Ensemble spread
values for wind and height at 250mb and 500mb respectively show
anomalously large values within 120hrs. This discussion is not so
much to raise awareness of the tropical systems themselves, as
impacts to the CWA are unlikely, but more to emphasis that any
forecast beyond Sunday will likely see significant
changes/uncertainty over the coming days. Generally, with the
stalling trough pattern and PWATs likely over 1" we can expect to
see some showers and thunderstorms in the cwa most days from Sunday
onward. Otherwise temperatures should be cooler than they have been
with highs in the low to mid 80s and lows in the 60s.

&&

.AVIATION...
(00Z TAFS)
Issued at 752 PM EDT Wed Sep 24 2025

VFR conditions will gradually give way to MVFR and patchy IFR
conditions through the period. Two waves of shra and scattered
tsra will be moving through, the first between 02-09z and the
second between 17-00z Thursday. VCSH and -RA will be possible in
between these times but the main times are noted by a PROB30.
Winds will be predominately SW 4-9kts. Erratic winds and lower
vsbys will remain possible within any tsra.

//ATL Confidence...00Z Update...

Medium confidence on timing of shra/tsra
High confidence on remaining elements

07

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
Athens          69  82  67  79 /  20  70  40  40
Atlanta         72  81  68  80 /  30  80  40  40
Blairsville     65  75  62  76 /  70  80  40  50
Cartersville    69  81  66  81 /  60  80  30  40
Columbus        72  84  69  82 /  20  80  50  50
Gainesville     70  80  67  79 /  40  70  40  40
Macon           71  88  69  81 /   0  60  50  60
Rome            71  83  67  83 /  70  70  30  40
Peachtree City  69  81  67  80 /  30  80  40  40
Vidalia         71  94  70  86 /   0  30  40  70

&&

.FFC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
None.
&&

SHORT TERM...CRS
LONG TERM....SM
AVIATION...07

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
250 PM EDT Wed Sep 24 2025

GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086-
089>098-102>113-251900-
Baldwin-Banks-Barrow-Bartow-Bibb-Bleckley-Butts-Carroll-Catoosa-
Chattahoochee-Chattooga-Cherokee-Clarke-Clayton-Cobb-Coweta-
Crawford-Crisp-Dade-Dawson-DeKalb-Dodge-Dooly-Douglas-Emanuel-
Fannin-Fayette-Floyd-Forsyth-Gilmer-Glascock-Gordon-Greene-
Gwinnett-Hall-Hancock-Haralson-Harris-Heard-Henry-Houston-Jackson-
Jasper-Jefferson-Johnson-Jones-Lamar-Laurens-Lumpkin-Macon-
Madison-Marion-Meriwether-Monroe-Montgomery-Morgan-Murray-
Muscogee-Newton-North Fulton-Oconee-Oglethorpe-Paulding-Peach-
Pickens-Pike-Polk-Pulaski-Putnam-Rockdale-Schley-South Fulton-
Spalding-Stewart-Sumter-Talbot-Taliaferro-Taylor-Telfair-Toombs-
Towns-Treutlen-Troup-Twiggs-Union-Upson-Walker-Walton-Warren-
Washington-Webster-Wheeler-White-Whitfield-Wilcox-Wilkes-
Wilkinson-
250 PM EDT Wed Sep 24 2025

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for north and central Georgia.

.DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight...

Showers and thunderstorms continue across northwest Georgia and
spread south and east through the overnight hours. A few storms
this afternoon may become strong with gusty winds, frequent
lightning, and locally heavy rainfall.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday...

Scattered to numerous showers and thunderstorms are expected late
Wednesday through Saturday. A few stronger storms could be
capable of producing periods of heavy rain, frequent lightning,
and gusty damaging winds.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not requested but spotters are encouraged
to submit reports of severe weather through the web by going to
weather.gov/atlanta. Please relay any information about observed
severe weather to the NWS.

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
617 PM EDT Wed Sep 24 2025

GAZ002-011-242245-
Chattooga GA-Walker GA-
617 PM EDT Wed Sep 24 2025

...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of southwestern Walker
and northwestern Chattooga Counties through 645 PM EDT...

At 616 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was over Cloudland, or 8 miles
west of Summerville, moving northeast at 25 mph.

HAZARD...Up to 40 mph wind, frequent cloud to ground lightning and
         heavy rain.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Expect minor damage to tree limbs and blowing around of
         light, unsecured objects. Heavy rain may cause temporary
         street flooding especially in poor drainage areas.

Locations impacted include...
Summerville, Trion, Menlo, Center Post, Cloudland, and Berryton.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

People outdoors should seek shelter immediately. If you can hear
thunder, you are close enough to be struck by lightning. Motorists
should slow down and be prepared for possible loss of control due to
hydroplaning.

&&

LAT...LON 3468 8536 3462 8523 3449 8523 3440 8548
      3453 8552 3460 8553
TIME...MOT...LOC 2216Z 242DEG 24KT 3451 8550

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
639 PM EDT Wed Sep 24 2025

GAZ002-004-011-012-019-242315-
Chattooga GA-Whitfield GA-Walker GA-Gordon GA-Floyd GA-
639 PM EDT Wed Sep 24 2025

...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of northern Floyd,
southwestern Whitfield, southeastern Walker, northwestern Gordon and
northeastern Chattooga Counties through 715 PM EDT...

At 639 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was near Trion, or 7 miles south
of Lafayette, moving northeast at 30 mph.

HAZARD...Up to 40 mph wind, frequent cloud to ground lightning and
         heavy rain.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Expect minor damage to tree limbs and blowing around of
         light, unsecured objects. Heavy rain may cause temporary
         street flooding especially in poor drainage areas.

Locations impacted include...
Lafayette, Trion, La Fayette, Naomi, Subligna, Suttles Mill,
Villanow, and Lake Marvin.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

People outdoors should seek shelter immediately. If you can hear
thunder, you are close enough to be struck by lightning. Motorists
should slow down and be prepared for possible loss of control due to
hydroplaning.

&&

LAT...LON 3447 8529 3467 8538 3477 8512 3471 8500
      3457 8499
TIME...MOT...LOC 2239Z 242DEG 24KT 3459 8526

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
728 PM EDT Wed Sep 24 2025

GAZ002-011-250000-
Chattooga GA-Walker GA-
728 PM EDT Wed Sep 24 2025

...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of south central Walker
and northwestern Chattooga Counties through 800 PM EDT...

At 727 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was over Center Post, or 7 miles
north of Summerville, moving northeast at 20 mph.

HAZARD...40 mph wind and heavy rain.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Expect minor damage to tree limbs and blowing around of
         light, unsecured objects. Heavy rain may cause temporary
         street flooding especially in poor drainage areas.

Locations impacted include...
Lafayette, Summerville, Trion, La Fayette, Center Post, and Berryton.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

People outdoors should seek shelter immediately. Motorists should
slow down and be prepared for possible loss of control due to
hydroplaning.

&&

LAT...LON 3442 8541 3457 8550 3472 8535 3470 8523
      3456 8520
TIME...MOT...LOC 2327Z 226DEG 24KT 3458 8538

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
801 PM EDT Wed Sep 24 2025

GAZ005>007-250030-
Gilmer GA-Murray GA-Fannin GA-
801 PM EDT Wed Sep 24 2025

...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of northwestern Gilmer,
northeastern Murray and northwestern Fannin Counties through 830 PM
EDT...

At 801 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was near Cisco, or 12 miles
northeast of Chatsworth, moving northeast at 30 mph.

HAZARD...Up to 40 mph wind, frequent cloud to ground lightning and
         heavy rain.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Expect minor damage to tree limbs and blowing around of
         light, unsecured objects. Heavy rain may cause temporary
         street flooding especially in poor drainage areas.

Locations impacted include...
Conasauga Lake, Tennga, Jones Mill, Cisco, Higdon, Colwell, Gregory,
Cohutta Wilderness, and Epworth.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

People outdoors should seek shelter immediately. If you can hear
thunder, you are close enough to be struck by lightning. Motorists
should slow down and be prepared for possible loss of control due to
hydroplaning.

&&

LAT...LON 3499 8429 3487 8443 3475 8468 3499 8480
TIME...MOT...LOC 0001Z 242DEG 24KT 3493 8466

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH