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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
1231 AM EST THU FEB 19 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN COLQUITT COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...
  THOMAS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF THOMASVILLE...
  CENTRAL DECATUR COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF BAINBRIDGE...
  GRADY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF CAIRO...

* UNTIL 115 AM EST

* AT 1226 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND    
  DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 6   
  MILES WEST OF WHIGHAM...OR 9 MILES EAST OF BAINBRIDGE...AND MOVING 
  EAST AT 70 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  CAIRO BY 1235 AM EST...
  OCHLOCKNEE BY 1245 AM EST...
  THOMASVILLE BY 1250 AM EST...
  7 MILES SOUTH OF COOLIDGE AND 8 MILES NORTH OF BOSTON BY 1255 AM
  EST...

A TORNADO WARNING IS ALSO IN EFFECT UNTIL 1245 AM EST FOR DECATUR 
COUNTY. 

THIS STORM HAS HAD A HISTORY OF PRODUCING WIDESPREAD WIND DAMAGE. IF 
YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IN A 
STURDY STRUCTURE AWAY FROM WINDOWS!

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 FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND NORTH FLORIDA AND 
SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA.

LAT...LON 3074 8467 3102 8465 3110 8375 3077 8374
TIME...MOT...LOC 0530Z 266DEG 62KT 3088 8435

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