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.