Weather Alerts For Rossville, GA

A Weather Alert has been issued for a nearby area. While your current location is outside of the impacted area, please stay alert and monitor weather conditions. # HEADLINE -------------------- A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of southwestern Murray, northeastern Floyd, south central Whitfield, southeastern Walker, western Gordon and Chattooga Counties through 430 PM EDT # SUMMARY -------------------- At 406 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was over Subligna, or 7 miles northeast of Summerville, moving east at 20 mph. # DETAILS -------------------- HAZARD 40 to 50 mph wind, up to penny sized hail, frequent cloud to ground lightning and heavy rain. SOURCE Radar indicated. IMPACT Expect minor damage to tree limbs and blowing around of light, unsecured objects. Heavy rain may cause temporary street flooding especially in poor drainage areas. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE Dalton, Calhoun, Summerville, Trion, Resaca, Lyerly, Center Post, Oostanaula, Subligna, Suttles Mill, Tidings, Lake Marvin, Tilton, Villanow, Berryton, Sugar Valley, Everett Springs, and James H. Floyd State Park. ISSUED AT Sunday, July 5, 2026 at 4:06 PM EDT ISSUED BY National Weather Service Peachtree City GA HEADER Special Weather Statement # PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS -------------------- People outdoors should seek shelter immediately. If you can hear thunder, you are close enough to be struck by lightning. Motorists should slow down and be prepared for possible loss of control due to hydroplaning. # AREAS AFFECTED -------------------- Chattooga GA, Floyd GA, Gordon GA, Murray GA, Walker GA, Whitfield GA

Closest strike: 5.37 miles Stay Alert! Remain in a safe area until there has been no lightning within 10 miles of this location for 30 minutes. Please be aware that lightning activity can remain high even when a storm is moving away from your location. Even if rain has stopped, do not leave your safe area until WeatherBug indicates that lightning is more than 10 miles away from this selected location. IF OUTDOORS Avoid water, high ground, and open spaces. Avoid all metal objects including electric wires, fences, and machinery. Find a safe area in a building or in a fully enclosed vehicle with the windows completely shut. Unsafe places include underneath canopies, small picnic or rain shelters, convertibles, or near trees. IF INDOORS Avoid water and stay away from doors and windows. Avoid using a hard line telephone. Take off headphones. Turn off, unplug, and stay away from appliances, computers, power tools, and TV sets. Lightning may strike exterior electric and phone lines, inducing shocks to inside equipment.

There is a Marginal Severe Storm Risk for your location. Continue reading for today's outlook from the National Weather Service's Storm Prediction Center. -------------------- National Severe Storm Outlook THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FOR PARTS OF THE MID ATLANTIC...NORTHERN NORTH DAKOTA...AND WESTERN INTO NORTHERN TEXAS SUMMARY Scattered wind damage remains possible with thunderstorms across the Mid-Atlantic through the remainder of the afternoon and evening. Large hail and damaging gusts may still occur with thunderstorms in North Dakota and west/northwest Texas. 20Z Update The previous forecast (see below) remains generally on track. A mesovortex embedded within a multicellular complex developed a few hours ago and produced a localized swath of intense winds along the OH/PA border. A repeat of such activity cannot be ruled out across western into central PA given the presence of a broad baroclinic boundary for ongoing storms to traverse. However, confidence in the development of another mesovortex is too low for an appreciable modification of severe probabilities at this time.