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WWUS52 KFFC 090137
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Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
937 PM EDT Wed May 8 2024

GAC083-295-090145-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0071.000000T0000Z-240509T0145Z/
Walker GA-Dade GA-
937 PM EDT Wed May 8 2024

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN WALKER AND CENTRAL DADE COUNTIES...

At 937 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Rising Fawn, or
9 miles west of Lafayette, moving east at 25 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to
         roofs, siding, and trees.

Locations impacted include...
Lafayette, La Fayette, Rising Fawn, Linwood, Cloudland Canyon State
Park, and Cooper Heights.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until midnight EDT for northwestern
Georgia.

Remain alert for a possible tornado! Tornadoes can develop quickly
from severe thunderstorms. If you spot a tornado go at once into the
basement or small central room in a sturdy structure.

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

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LAT...LON 3464 8519 3464 8551 3482 8556 3486 8534
TIME...MOT...LOC 0137Z 257DEG 20KT 3471 8544

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

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