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Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
1032 PM EDT Wed May 8 2024

GAC047-129-295-313-090315-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0075.000000T0000Z-240509T0315Z/
Catoosa GA-Whitfield GA-Walker GA-Gordon GA-
1032 PM EDT Wed May 8 2024

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1115 PM EDT
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL CATOOSA...SOUTHWESTERN WHITFIELD...SOUTHEASTERN
WALKER AND NORTHWESTERN GORDON COUNTIES...

At 1032 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Lafayette,
moving east at 35 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...
Dalton, Lafayette, Tunnel Hill, La Fayette, Naomi, Center Post,
Suttles Mill, Noble, Wood Station, Rocky Face, Tilton, Mill Creek,
Linwood, and Villanow.

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 3485 8500 3468 8493 3468 8494 3466 8492
      3460 8490 3459 8536 3465 8543 3476 8540
TIME...MOT...LOC 0232Z 258DEG 29KT 3466 8532

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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