NWS Peachtree City GASV.W 0318September 5, 2026
Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Clayton, DeKalb and Fulton, GA
The National Weather Service office in Peachtree City issued a severe thunderstorm warning for Clayton, DeKalb and Fulton in Georgia, which was in force until 7:30 p.m. local time on September 5. It was the 318th severe thunderstorm warning the NWS office in Peachtree City issued in 2026. Georgia had 64 severe thunderstorm warnings in September 2026, against 21 in an average September of 2008-2025 (Georgia's severe thunderstorm warnings by year).
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The notice
- Issued by
- National Weather Service, Peachtree City GA
- Area
- Clayton, DeKalb and Fulton
- State
- Georgia
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 6:44 p.m. EDT, September 5, 2026
- Expires
- 7:30 p.m. EDT, September 5, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Observed, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KFFC SV.W 0318
- Official source
- National Weather Service: the notice at its source
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Georgia since 2008Every warning type in Georgia
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The notice as issued
SVRFFC The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Western DeKalb County in north central Georgia... Northern Clayton County in north central Georgia... South central Fulton County in north central Georgia... * Until 730 PM EDT. * At 644 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Virginia Highland, or near Atlanta, moving south at 20 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. * Locations impacted include... Atlanta, Decatur, City of South Fulton, Sandy Springs, Dunwoody, East Point, Union City, Forest Park, Riverdale, College Park, Chamblee, Doraville, Clarkston, Morrow, Hapeville, Avondale Estates, Lake City, Pine Lake, North Decatur, and North Atlanta.
What the agency told people to do
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. 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.
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The record around this notice
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Georgia since 2008774 a year
- Every warning type in Georgia
- Severe Thunderstorm Warning: what it means, and the states that get the most20,005 a year
- NWS notices, September 20262,824 in the month
- The latest from the National Weather Service
- Warning, watch or advisory: the three NWS levels