SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1036 AM EDT SAT MAY 2 2009

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1036 AM EDT SAT MAY 2 2009

…SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAIN
IN CHATTOOGA…GILMER…FANNIN…DADE…WALKER…WHITFIELD…CATOOSA
AND MURRAY COUNTIES UNTIL 1130 AM EDT…

AT 1026 AM EDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM TENNGA TO 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
CEDAR GROVE…MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

THESE STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE…FREQUENT CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS TO 35 MPH AS THEY MOVE ACROSS
CHATTOOGA…GILMER…FANNIN…DADE…WALKER…WHITFIELD…CATOOSA
AND MURRAY COUNTIES THROUGH 1130 AM EDT. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH
OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE CEDAR GROVE…CISCO… GREGORY…TENNGA…
TUNNEL HILL…BEAVERDALE…VARNELL…COHUTTA…WOOD STATION…BLUE
SPRING…BEAUMONT…RINGGOLD…LAFAYETTE…LINWOOD AND ROCK SPRING.
BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS.

SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERTS ARE ISSUED WHEN WINDS UP TO 57 MPH ARE
EXPECTED…HAIL IS EXPECTED TO BE LESS THAN THE SIZE OF PENNIES…OR
SIGNIFICANT CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING IS EXPECTED.