Weather Alerts For Lakemont, GA

Closest strike: 0.56 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 THIS MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON FROM CENTRAL LOUISIANA TO WESTERN GEORGIA SUMMARY A few severe thunderstorms are forecast this morning and early afternoon from LA/MS into AL/GA. LA/MS/AL/GA Strong and deep southwesterly flow is present today over much of the southeast US, with a well-defined baroclinic zone extending from central LA across parts of MS/AL into northern GA. Thunderstorms have been intensifying in the past few hours across southeast MS, where multiple supercell structures and a couple of confirmed tornadoes have occurred. This activity is expected to persist for several more hours, tracking across parts of central AL and eventually into western GA. Low-level winds and shear have become sufficiently strong to support risk of a strong tornado or two along this corridor. By early afternoon, storms will spread eastward into GA and upstate SC, where very weak instability will limit the severe threat.