THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR… NORTHWESTERN CHATTOOGA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA SOUTHERN DADE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA WESTERN WALKER COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA

* UNTIL 815 PM EDT

* AT 719 PM EDT… NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZED HAIL… AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS UP TO 70 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 36 MILES WEST OF TRION… MOVING NORTHEAST AT 80 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO LAFAYETTE AND CHICKAMAUGA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

DOPPLER RADAR HAS INDICATED 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… LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT 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.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM EDT THURSDAY MORNING FOR NORTHERN GEORGIA.

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