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WWUS52 KTAE 282018
SVSTAE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
318 PM EST SAT FEB 28 2009

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BERRIEN GA-TIFT GA-IRWIN GA-
316 PM EST SAT FEB 28 2009

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 PM EST
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL IRWIN...EASTERN TIFT AND NORTHERN BERRIEN
COUNTIES...

AT 314 PM EST...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED AND NATIONAL WEATHER 
SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF 
PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  
THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR VANCEVILLE...OR 2 MILES SOUTHEAST OF 
TIFTON...MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  ALAPAHA...GLADYS AND RIVERBEND BY 325 PM EST...
  GLORY BY 335 PM EST...
  8 MILES NORTH OF BANNOCKBURN BY 340 PM EST...

AT 312 PM EST...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT IN TIFT COUNTY REPORTED SEVERAL
TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN IN THE CITY OF TIFTON. 

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.

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF
YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO CAUSE SERIOUS
INJURY AND SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO PROPERTY.

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 NORTH FLORIDA AND SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA.

LAT...LON 3125 8304 3131 8341 3132 8342 3135 8343
      3133 8346 3134 8359 3144 8358 3154 8352
      3148 8313 3147 8314 3140 8313 3136 8311
      3133 8306 3128 8303
TIME...MOT...LOC 2016Z 276DEG 47KT 3142 8339

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