155 PM EDT FRI JUN 17 2016

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 266 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS

GA
.    GEORGIA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE

BALDWIN              BARROW              BARTOW
BIBB                 BLECKLEY            BRYAN
BULLOCH              BURKE               BUTTS
CANDLER              CARROLL             CHATHAM
CHATTAHOOCHEE        CHEROKEE            CLARKE
CLAYTON              COBB                COLUMBIA
COWETA               CRAWFORD            CRISP
DEKALB               DODGE               DOOLY
DOUGLAS              EFFINGHAM           ELBERT
EMANUEL              EVANS               FAYETTE
FLOYD                FORSYTH             FULTON
GLASCOCK             GREENE              GWINNETT
HALL                 HANCOCK             HARALSON
HARRIS               HEARD               HENRY
HOUSTON              JACKSON             JASPER
JEFFERSON            JENKINS             JOHNSON
JONES                LAMAR               LAURENS
LIBERTY              LINCOLN             LONG
MACON                MADISON             MARION
MCDUFFIE             MCINTOSH            MERIWETHER
MONROE               MONTGOMERY          MORGAN
MUSCOGEE             NEWTON              OCONEE
OGLETHORPE           PAULDING            PEACH
PIKE                 POLK                PULASKI
PUTNAM               RICHMOND            ROCKDALE
SCHLEY               SCREVEN             SPALDING
STEWART              SUMTER              TALBOT
TALIAFERRO           TATTNALL            TAYLOR
TELFAIR              TOOMBS              TREUTLEN
TROUP                TWIGGS              UPSON
WALTON               WARREN              WASHINGTON
WEBSTER              WHEELER             WILCOX
WILKES               WILKINSON



 

Special Weather Statement

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
155 PM EDT FRI JUN 17 2016

GAZ019-020-030-171830-
BARTOW GA-POLK GA-FLOYD GA-
155 PM EDT FRI JUN 17 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN BARTOW...POLK AND
SOUTHEASTERN FLOYD COUNTIES UNTIL 230 PM EDT...

AT 155 PM EDT...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM TAYLORSVILLE TO NEAR CAVE SPRING...AND MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

  HAZARD...40 TO 50 MPH WIND...PEA SIZED HAIL AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO
           GROUND LIGHTNING.

  IMPACT...PEOPLE OUTDOORS SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. EXPECT
           MINOR DAMAGE TO TREE LIMBS AND BLOWING AROUND OF
           LIGHT...UNSECURED OBJECTS. ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES SHOULD
           NOT BE USED UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY.

SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE
CEDARTOWN...ROCKMART...ARAGON...CAVE
SPRING...BRASWELL...TAYLORSVILLE... FISH CREEK...VAN WERT...ANTIOCH
AND SENEY.