Severe Thunderstorm Warning Issued for Smyrna

The National Weather Service has issued a Severe Thunderstorm Warning for the Smyrna area.

The warning is as follows:

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...

CENTRAL COBB COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...

* UNTIL 345 PM EDT

* AT 254 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR FAIR OAKS...

OR NEAR MARIETTA...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

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

MARIETTA...SANDY SPRINGS...SMYRNA...POWDER SPRINGS...AUSTELL...FAIR

OAKS...LITHIA SPRINGS...WHITE WATER PARK...MOUNT BETHEL...SIX FLAGS

OVER GEORGIA...VININGS...JIM R MILLER PARK...DOBBINS AIR RESERVE

BASE AND MABLETON.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A

BUILDING.

LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS AND CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND

LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY.

LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES LEADING KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN

HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...HAIL OR FLOODING...WAIT UNTIL THE STORM HAS

PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8

6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6 OR TWEET US YOUR REPORT AT NWSATLANTA.