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Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
641 AM EDT Mon Mar 16 2026

GAC011-013-059-157-195-211-217-219-247-297-161115-
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Rockdale GA-Oconee GA-Barrow GA-Morgan GA-Banks GA-Clarke GA-
Walton GA-Jackson GA-Madison GA-Newton GA-
641 AM EDT Mon Mar 16 2026

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 AM EDT
FOR EASTERN ROCKDALE...OCONEE...BARROW...NORTHWESTERN MORGAN... 
SOUTHERN BANKS...CLARKE...WALTON...JACKSON...WESTERN MADISON AND
NEWTON COUNTIES...

At 640 AM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from Maysville to near Bethlehem to Porterdale, moving east
at 45 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

Locations impacted include...
Conyers, Winder, Monroe, Covington, Jefferson, Commerce,
Watkinsville, Athens, Loganville, Social Circle, Statham, Oxford,
Maysville, Arcade, Nicholson, Porterdale, Hoschton, Walnut Grove,
Winterville, and Bogart.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1000 AM EDT for central,
north central and northeastern Georgia.

Remain alert for a possible tornado! Tornadoes can develop quickly
from severe thunderstorms. If you spot a tornado go at once into the
basement or small central room in a sturdy structure.

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

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LAT...LON 3426 8334 3424 8334 3426 8330 3424 8322
      3397 8329 3352 8360 3354 8405 3357 8411
      3388 8386 3393 8380 3395 8381 3421 8372
      3431 8362 3431 8338
TIME...MOT...LOC 1040Z 263DEG 40KT 3426 8358 3394 8366 3359 8388 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

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