UPDATE: Severe Thunderstorm Warning for Gwinnett and Walton Counties

UPDATE: Walton, Oconee, Morgan, Madison and Clarke counties added to warning - extended to 7:45 p.m.

SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR DIME SIZED HAIL AND 40 MPH WINDS IN WALTON... OGLETHORPE... OCONEE... MORGAN... MADISON AND CLARKE COUNTIES UNTIL 745 PM EDT...

AT 705 PM EDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM HARRISON TO SOCIAL CIRCLE... MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH.

THESE STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE DIME SIZED HAIL... FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AS THEY MOVE ACROSS WALTON... OGLETHORPE... OCONEE... MORGAN... MADISON AND CLARKE COUNTIES THROUGH 745 PM EDT. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE HARRISON... BEECHWOOD HILLS... STATE BOTANICAL GARDEN OF GEORGIA... WINTERVILLE... WHITEHALL... BARRETTS MILL... ATHENS... EASTVILLE... NORTH HIGH SHOALS... BISHOP... WATKINSVILLE... HERNDONVILLE... EBENEZER... SOCIAL CIRCLE AND PANNELL. HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS.

THESE WIND GUSTS MAY PRODUCE MINOR DAMAGE TO TREE LIMBS AND BLOW LIGHT... UNSECURED OBJECTS AROUND.

According to Weather.com, the National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a severe thunderstorm warning as follows;

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHWESTERN BARROW COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA NORTHERN GWINNETT COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA SOUTHERN HALL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA WESTERN JACKSON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA

* UNTIL 730 PM EDT

* AT 655 PM EDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZED HAIL... AND DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SUWANEE... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SUGAR HILL... BUFORD... REST HAVEN... FLOWERY BRANCH... HOSCHTON... BRASELTON... TALMO... JEFFERSON... PENDERGRASS AND GILLSVILLE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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. YOU CAN ALSO TWEET YOUR REPORT USING HASHTAG GAWX.