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Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
448 PM EDT Tue Jun 17 2025
 

GAZ001>005-011-012-019-020-030-172115-
Chattooga GA-Whitfield GA-Polk GA-Catoosa GA-Walker GA-Gordon GA-
Bartow GA-Dade GA-Murray GA-Floyd GA-
448 PM EDT Tue Jun 17 2025

...Strong thunderstorms will impact portions of Catoosa, Murray,
Floyd, Whitfield, Walker, Gordon, Dade, northwestern Polk, Chattooga
and northwestern Bartow Counties through 515 PM EDT...

At 448 PM EDT, a line of strong thunderstorms was along a line
extending from Cole City to near Linwood to near Trion to near
Armuchee to near Waterhouse, and moving northeast at 55 mph.

HAZARD...40 to 50 mph wind, pea sized hail and frequent cloud to 
         ground lightning.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Expect minor damage to tree limbs and blowing around of 
         light, unsecured objects.

Locations impacted include...
Rome, Dalton, Calhoun, Cedartown, Lafayette, Summerville, Chatsworth,
Ringgold, Trenton, Fort Oglethorpe, Adairsville, Rossville,
Chickamauga, Trion, Varnell, Lookout Mountain, Cave Spring, Eton,
Tunnel Hill, and Cohutta.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

People outdoors should seek shelter immediately. If you can hear
thunder, you are close enough to be struck by lightning.

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LAT...LON 3499 8478 3474 8467 3460 8467 3407 8520
      3397 8540 3498 8560
TIME...MOT...LOC 2048Z 243DEG 47KT 3496 8554 3473 8537 3450 8526 3436
8526 3418 8543

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH

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