000 WUUS52 KTAE 190445 SVRTAE ALC069-FLC063-GAC087-253-190530- /O.NEW.KTAE.SV.W.0010.090219T0445Z-090219T0530Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 1145 PM EST WED FEB 18 2009 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHEASTERN JACKSON COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF FLORIDA... EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN HOUSTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA... DECATUR COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA... THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF BAINBRIDGE... SEMINOLE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA... THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF DONALSONVILLE... * UNTIL 1230 AM EST/1130 PM CST/ * AT 1041 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 24 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DONALSONVILLE...OR 6 MILES NORTH OF MARIANNA... AND MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... DONALSONVILLE BY 1200 AM EST... BAINBRIDGE BY 1225 AM EST... DOPPLER RADAR HAS INDICATED SOME WEAK ROTATION WITHIN THIS STORM. WHILE NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...A TORNADO MAY STILL DEVELOP. IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM. IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY! LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. RELAY REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE AT (8 5 0) 9 4 2 8 8 3 3. OR...YOU MAY CONTACT THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR YOUR COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM EST THURSDAY MORNING/400 AM CST THURSDAY MORNING/ FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND NORTH FLORIDA AND SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA. LAT...LON 3107 8477 3107 8465 3108 8464 3108 8438 3071 8444 3072 8511 3108 8507 TIME...MOT...LOC 0444Z 268DEG 44KT 3087 8518 $$ 38-GODSEY