Special Weather Statement 04/25/2025 14:19 for Georgia areas

Headline: 
Special Weather Statement issued April 25 at 5:19PM EDT by NWS Peachtree City GA
Event: 
Special Weather Statement
Urgency: 
Expected
Effective: 
April 25, 2025 - 2:19pm
Expires: 
April 25, 2025 - 2:45pm
Description: 
At 518 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was near Dahlonega, moving north at 20 mph. HAZARD...40 to 50 mph wind, nickel sized hail and frequent cloud to ground lightning. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect minor damage to tree limbs and blowing around of light, unsecured objects. Locations impacted include... Camp Merrill, Whitley Gap Shelter, Blue Mountain Shelter, Woods Hole Shelter, Low Gap Shelter, Blairsville, Camp Coleman Lake, Owltown, Suches, Vogel State Park, Track Rock, Porter Springs, Turners Corner, Blood Mountain Shelter, Dahlonega, Gaddistown, Gooch Mountain Shelter, and Garland.
Instruction: 
People outdoors should seek shelter immediately. If you can hear thunder, you are close enough to be struck by lightning.
Area Description: 
Union; Towns; Lumpkin; White
Forcast Office: 
NWS Peachtree City GA