National Weather Service Weather Forecast Office

88D Radar Images

Severe Weather Event

Sat., March 3, 2012

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Figure 1.

4 Panel Storm Relative Motion – this image from Moody AFB radar(KVAX) shows a very strong rotational couplet near
Blackshear, Ga.(green inbound velocity next to orange outbound velocity, upper left).  A funnel cloud was reported
with this storm in Blackshear.  

Figure 2.

4 Panel Reflectivity – this image shows a classic ‘Hook Echo’ over northern Clinch county, northwest of Homerville.
Numerous power lines and trees were reported down north of Du Pont in northwest Clinch County.  A Funnel Cloud was
also reported near Cogdell as the storm moved northeast.
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