BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA

605 AM EDT FRI APR 19 2013

 

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

 

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…

  SOUTHEASTERN CHATTOOGA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA

  NORTHERN FLOYD COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA

 

* UNTIL 645 AM EDT

 

* AT 602 AM EDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A

  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 60

  MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES WEST OF COOSA…MOVING

  NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

 

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO

  HOLLAND…TIDINGS…ARMUCHEE…PINSON…EVERETT SPRINGS AND LAKE

  MARVIN.

 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

 

DOPPLER RADAR HAS INDICATED WEAK ROTATION WITHIN THIS STORM. ALTHOUGH

CURRENT DATA DOES NOT INDICATE THE EXISTENCE OF A TORNADO…A TORNADO

MAY STILL DEVELOP. IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED…ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO

A PLACE OF SAFETY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE…SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR

SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.

 

IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE…HAIL OR FLOODING…WAIT UNTIL THE STORM HAS

PASSED…AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6. YOU CAN ALSO TWEET YOUR REPORT USING HASHTAG GAWX.