• Severe Weather Statement for Newton County, Georgia
  • Severe Weather Statement issued September 27 at 4:45PM EDT by NWS
  • Effective: Thursday, September 27, 2018 at 3:45 p.m.
  • Expires: Thursday, September 27, 2018 at 4:15 p.m.
  • ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM EDT
    FOR ROCKDALE...SOUTHEASTERN DEKALB...SOUTHWESTERN MORGAN...SOUTH
    CENTRAL GWINNETT...NORTHEASTERN HENRY...CENTRAL WALTON...EASTERN
    BUTTS...JASPER AND NEWTON COUNTIES...
    At 445 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
    extending from near Conyers to Starrsville to near Calvin, moving
    northeast at 45 mph.
    HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
    SOURCE...Radar indicated.
    IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect considerable
    tree damage. Wind damage is also likely to mobile homes,
    roofs, and outbuildings.
    Locations impacted include...
    Conyers, Monroe, Covington, Monticello, Snellville, Loganville,
    Social Circle, Oxford, Lithonia, Porterdale, Walnut Grove, Rutledge,
    Newborn, Flovilla, Mansfield, Between, Jersey, Lakeview Estates,
    Georgia International Horse Park and Stewart.
    HAIL...1.00IN
    WIND...70MPH