000 WWUS52 KTAE 281930 SVSTAE SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 230 PM EST SAT FEB 28 2009 GAC007-037-095-099-201-205-321-281945- /O.CON.KTAE.SV.W.0017.000000T0000Z-090228T1945Z/ MILLER GA-MITCHELL GA-BAKER GA-EARLY GA-CALHOUN GA-DOUGHERTY GA- WORTH GA- 230 PM EST SAT FEB 28 2009 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 245 PM EST FOR WEST CENTRAL WORTH COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...AND SOUTHERN DOUGHERTY...SOUTHEASTERN CALHOUN...EXTREME EAST CENTRAL EARLY... BAKER...NORTHWESTERN MITCHELL AND NORTHEASTERN MILLER COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA... AT 224 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES NORTH OF EAST DOUGHERTY TO PUTNEY TO COOKTOWN...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 11 MILES NORTHWEST OF SYLVESTER TO PUTNEY TO 12 MILES EAST OF COLQUITT...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR... GREENWOOD AND FLINT BY 240 PM EST... CAMILLA AND MITCHELL CO A/P BY 245 PM EST... A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. 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. 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 TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EST SATURDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND CENTRAL FLORIDA AND SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA. LAT...LON 3152 8421 3153 8393 3117 8426 3120 8482 3152 8436 TIME...MOT...LOC 1930Z 265DEG 33KT 3163 8392 3145 8405 3122 8447 $$ 12-WATSON