Weather Alert: New Thunderstorm Warning for Buford Area

The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a Severe Thunderstorm Warning for northwestern Gwinnett County and southwestern Forsyth County until 5:15 p.m. Thursday.

The weather service said that a severe storm was nearly stationary in the Cumming area as of 4:41 p.m. Hazards include damaging winds up to 60 mph and quarter-sized hail.

Cumming and the Sugar Hill/Buford areas are in the warning area

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHWESTERN GWINNETT COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA... SOUTHWESTERN FORSYTH COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA... UNTIL 515 PM EDT

AT 441 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CUMMING... AND IS NEARLY STATIONARY. HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL. SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO CUMMING AND SUGAR HILL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS.