Weather Alert: Storms With High Wind, Hail

The National Weather Service has issued this Significant Weather Advisory:

SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHERN COBB...SOUTH FULTON...AND NORTHEASTERN DOUGLAS COUNTIES UNTIL 400 PM EDT...

AT 331 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS NEAR LITHIA SPRINGS...OR 8 MILES EAST OF DOUGLASVILLE...MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH.

HAZARD...40 TO 50 MPH WIND...UP TO PENNY SIZED HAIL AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING.

IMPACT...PEOPLE OUTDOORS SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. EXPECT MINOR DAMAGE TO TREE LIMBS AND BLOWING AROUND OF LIGHT...UNSECURED OBJECTS. ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES SHOULD NOT BE USED UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY.

SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE ATLANTA...DOUGLASVILLE...EAST POINT...LITHIA SPRINGS...CHAPEL HILL... SWEETWATER CREEK STATE PARK...SIX FLAGS OVER GEORGIA...SANDTOWN... CAMPBELLTON AND MABLETON.