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Type	Tropical Storm Warning
Issued By	NWS Peachtree City GA
Issuing Time	Thu, 26 Sep 2024 14:31:00 PDT
Broadcast Time	Thu, 26 Sep 2024 14:31:00 PDT
Valid Until	Thu, 26 Sep 2024 22:45:00 PDT
Brief Description	Tropical Storm Warning
Detailed Description	* LOCATIONS AFFECTED - Hamilton * WIND - LATEST LOCAL FORECAST: Below tropical storm force wind - Peak Wind Forecast: 15-25 mph with gusts to 40 mph - THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY THAT INCLUDES TYPICAL FORECAST UNCERTAINTY IN TRACK, SIZE AND INTENSITY: Potential for wind 74 to 110 mph - The wind threat has remained nearly steady from the previous assessment. - PLAN: Plan for life-threatening wind of equivalent CAT 1 or 2 hurricane force. - PREPARE: Remaining efforts to protect life and property should be urgently completed. Prepare for considerable wind damage. - ACT: Move to safe shelter before the wind becomes hazardous. - POTENTIAL IMPACTS: Extensive - Considerable roof damage to sturdy buildings, with some having window, door, and garage door failures leading to structural damage. Mobile homes severely damaged, with some destroyed. Damage accentuated by airborne projectiles. Locations may be uninhabitable for weeks. - Many large trees snapped or uprooted along with fences and roadway signs blown over. - Some roads impassable from large debris, and more within urban or heavily wooded places. Several bridges, causeways, and access routes impassable. - Large areas with power and communications outages. * FLOODING RAIN - LATEST LOCAL FORECAST: Flood Watch is in effect - Peak Rainfall Amounts: Additional 2-4 inches, with locally higher amounts - THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY THAT INCLUDES TYPICAL FORECAST UNCERTAINTY IN TRACK, SIZE AND INTENSITY: Potential for extreme flooding rain - The flooding rain threat has increased from the previous assessment. - PLAN: Emergency plans should include the potential for extreme flooding from heavy rain. Evacuations and rescues are likely. - PREPARE: Urgently consider protective actions from extreme and widespread rainfall flooding. - ACT: Heed any flood watches and warnings. Failure to take action will likely result in serious injury or loss of life. - POTENTIAL IMPACTS: Devastating to Catastrophic - Extreme rainfall flooding may prompt numerous evacuations and rescues. - Rivers and tributaries may overwhelmingly overflow their banks in many places with deep moving water. Small streams, creeks, canals, arroyos, and ditches may become raging rivers. In mountain areas, deadly runoff may rage down valleys while increasing susceptibility to rockslides and mudslides. Flood control systems and barriers may become stressed. - Flood waters can enter numerous structures within multiple communities, some structures becoming uninhabitable or washed away. Numerous places where flood waters may cover escape routes. Streets and parking lots become rivers of raging water with underpasses submerged. Driving conditions become very dangerous. Numerous road and bridge closures with some weakened or washed out. * TORNADO - LATEST LOCAL FORECAST: - Situation is unfavorable for tornadoes - THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY THAT INCLUDES TYPICAL FORECAST UNCERTAINTY IN TRACK, SIZE AND INTENSITY: Tornadoes not expected - The tornado threat has remained nearly steady from the previous assessment. - PLAN: Tornadoes are not expected. Showers and thunderstorms with gusty winds may still occur. - PREPARE: Little to no preparations needed to protect against tornadoes at this time. Keep informed of the latest tornado situation. - ACT: Listen for changes in the forecast. - POTENTIAL IMPACTS: Little to None - Little to no potential impacts from tornadoes. * FOR MORE INFORMATION: - Family emergency plans: Federal Emergency Management Agency - http://ready.gov/hurricanes - Local weather conditions and forecasts: - http://weather.gov/atlanta

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Region	Alert
Florida	Tornado Warning
South Carolina	Tornado Warning
Georgia,South Carolina	Tornado Warning (2)
Virginia	Tornado Warning (2)
North Carolina	Flash Flood Warning (10)
South Carolina	Flash Flood Warning
Georgia,North Carolina,South Carolina	Flash Flood Warning (3)
Florida	Flash Flood Warning
Virginia	Flash Flood Warning (2)
Alabama	Flash Flood Warning (3)
North Carolina	Flood Warning (39)
Georgia	Flood Warning (52)
Virginia,West Virginia	Flood Warning (18)
Florida	Flood Warning (13)
Alabama,Georgia	Flood Warning (4)
South Carolina	Flood Warning (25)
Tennessee	Flood Warning (7)
Arkansas	Flood Warning
Georgia	Tropical Cyclone Advisory (95)
Florida	Tropical Cyclone Advisory (76)
Coastal Florida,Southeast Coast (Atlantic) from NC south; Puerto Rican Waters; Caribbean Sea; Southwest North Atlantic	Severe Local Storm Watch or Watch Cancellation (10)
Tampa Bay,Gulf of Mexico waters,Coastal Florida	Severe Local Storm Watch or Watch Cancellation (3)
Georgia,South Carolina	Severe Local Storm Watch or Watch Cancellation (5)
North Carolina,South Carolina	Severe Local Storm Watch or Watch Cancellation (3)
Georgia	Hurricane Local Statement (144)
Coastal Florida,Coastal Florida-Georgia	Hurricane Local Statement
North Carolina	Hurricane Local Statement (62)
South Carolina	Hurricane Local Statement (120)
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Coastal North Carolina-South Carolina,Coastal South Carolina	Hurricane Local Statement
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Coastal Florida,Southeast Coast (Atlantic) from NC south; Puerto Rican Waters; Caribbean Sea; Southwest North Atlantic	Hurricane Local Statement (8)
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Coastal Oregon-California,Coastal California-Oregon	Public Severe Weather Alert
North Carolina	Coastal Flood Warning, Watch, or Statement (13)
Virginia	Coastal Flood Warning, Watch, or Statement (3)
Maryland	Coastal Flood Warning, Watch, or Statement (7)
Alabama,Florida	Coastal Flood Warning, Watch, or Statement (9)
South Carolina	Coastal Flood Warning, Watch, or Statement (4)
Delaware	Coastal Flood Warning, Watch, or Statement (5)
Texas	Coastal Flood Warning, Watch, or Statement (2)
District of Columbia	Coastal Flood Warning, Watch, or Statement
New Jersey	Coastal Flood Warning, Watch, or Statement
West Virginia	Flood Statement
Virginia,West Virginia	Flood Statement (2)
Georgia,North Carolina,South Carolina	Flood Statement (12)
Alabama	Flood Statement (8)
Florida,Georgia	Flood Statement (11)
Kentucky	Flood Statement (3)
Tennessee	Flood Statement (3)
Illinois,Kentucky,Missouri	Flood Statement
Arkansas,Missouri,Mississippi,Tennessee	Flood Statement
Georgia	Special Weather Statement
Alaska	Special Weather Statement
Georgia	Non Precipitation Warning, Watch, or Statement (7)
Florida	Non Precipitation Warning, Watch, or Statement (53)
Indiana,Kentucky	Non Precipitation Warning, Watch, or Statement (9)
North Carolina	Non Precipitation Warning, Watch, or Statement (7)
Alabama	Non Precipitation Warning, Watch, or Statement (11)
West Virginia	Non Precipitation Warning, Watch, or Statement (2)
Virginia,West Virginia	Non Precipitation Warning, Watch, or Statement (2)
Lake Michigan - Illinois,Lake Michigan - Indiana	Non Precipitation Warning, Watch, or Statement (5)
Tennessee,Virginia	Non Precipitation Warning, Watch, or Statement (5)
Arkansas,Missouri,Tennessee	Non Precipitation Warning, Watch, or Statement (2)
Strait of Juan de Fuca - Washington,Coastal Washington	Non Precipitation Warning, Watch, or Statement (2)
Coastal Washington	Non Precipitation Warning, Watch, or Statement
Coastal New Jersey,Coastal Delaware	Marine Weather Statement (3)
Coastal New Jersey	Marine Weather Statement
Maryland,North Carolina,Virginia	Marine Weather Statement (12)
Mobile Bay,Gulf of Mexico waters,Coastal Florida-Mississippi	Marine Weather Statement (19)
Alabama,Florida	Marine Weather Statement
Chesapeake Bay,Coastal Atlantic (south to NC)	Marine Weather Statement (25)
Indiana	Marine Weather Statement (4)
Illinois,Indiana	Marine Weather Statement (2)
Wisconsin	Marine Weather Statement (4)
South Carolina	Marine Weather Statement (8)
Coastal North Carolina	Marine Weather Statement (2)
Georgia	Marine Weather Statement (5)
Texas	Marine Weather Statement (2)
Lake Erie	Marine Weather Statement (2)
Lake Erie	Marine Weather Statement
Ohio	Marine Weather Statement (2)
Lake St. Clair	Marine Weather Statement
Coastal Washington	Marine Weather Statement (3)
Coastal Washington	Marine Weather Statement
Puget Sound	Marine Weather Statement
Coastal Oregon-California,Coastal California-Oregon	Marine Weather Statement (7)
Coastal Oregon	Marine Weather Statement

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