Severe Thunderstorm Warning

Locations Affected

Hortense, GA ∙ Sterling, GA ∙ Saint Simons, GA ∙ Atkinson, GA ∙ Brunswick Glynco Jetport Airport, GA ∙ Screven, GA ∙ Everett, GA ∙ Fort Frederica National Monument, GA ∙ Jesup Wayne County Airport, GA ∙ Brunswick, GA

Full Alert Message

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Severe Thunderstorm Warning National Weather Service Jacksonville FL 340 PM EDT Thu May 9 2024 The National Weather Service in Jacksonville has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... North central Camden County in southeastern Georgia... Glynn County in southeastern Georgia... Pierce County in southeastern Georgia... Northeastern Brantley County in southeastern Georgia... Southern Wayne County in southeastern Georgia... Southeastern Appling County in southeastern Georgia... * Until 500 PM EDT. * At 340 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near Screven to near Offerman to near Blackshear, moving east at 40 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... Brunswick, St. Simons Island, Blackshear, Nahunta, Patterson, Gardi, Dock Junction, Screven, Offerman, and Country Club Estates. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Remain alert for a possible tornado! Tornadoes can develop quickly from severe thunderstorms. If you spot a tornado go at once into the basement or small central room in a sturdy structure. For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 900 PM EDT for southeastern Georgia. && LAT...LON 3119 8125 3110 8137 3105 8138 3110 8157 3113 8157 3111 8161 3131 8238 3146 8219 3160 8211 3154 8167 3149 8164 3148 8161 3145 8163 3136 8152 3133 8144 3128 8139 3129 8138 3131 8134 3128 8132 3126 8123 TIME...MOT...LOC 1940Z 276DEG 34KT 3154 8205 3139 8208 3134 8228 TORNADO...POSSIBLE THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX WIND GUST...70 MPH

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