Issued by The National Weather Service
Atlanta, GA
8:49 pm EDT, Tue., Oct. 26, 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR… CHATTOOGA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA SOUTH CENTRAL DADE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA SOUTHERN WALKER COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA

* UNTIL 915 PM EDT

* AT 844 PM EDT/744 PM CDT/… NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZED HAIL… AND DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 11 MILES WEST OF LAFAYETTE TO 11 MILES WEST OF SUMMERVILLE TO 24 MILES WEST OF SUMMERVILLE… MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

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

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 1000 PM EDT TUESDAY EVENING FOR NORTHERN GEORGIA.