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Weather Alert Detail

Special Weather Statement for Cobb County, Georgia
Special Weather Statement issued May 21 at 2:54PM EDT by NWS
Effective: Tuesday, May 21, 2013 at 2:54 p.m.
Expires: Tuesday, May 21, 2013 at 3:30 p.m.
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR PEA SIZED HAIL AND 35 MPH WINDS
IN COBB AND DOUGLAS COUNTIES UNTIL 330 PM EDT...
AT 247 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER LITHIA SPRINGS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH.
THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE PEA SIZED HAIL...FREQUENT
CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS TO 35 MPH AS IT MOVES ACROSS
COBB AND DOUGLAS COUNTIES THROUGH 330 PM EDT. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE
PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE DOUGLASVILLE...CHAPEL HILL...SWEETWATER
CREEK STATE PARK...LITHIA SPRINGS...JIM R MILLER PARK...SIX FLAGS
OVER GEORGIA...MABLETON...AUSTELL AND POWDER SPRINGS.
HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL CAUSE TEMPORARY STREET FLOODING OR PONDING OF
WATER ON ROADWAYS.
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