Full Notification

Issued by the National Weather Service
For Screven County, Georgia
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FROM 4:17PM EDT SUN UNTIL 5:15PM EDT SUN THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR PORTIONS OF... SCREVEN COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN GEORGIA... BULLOCH COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN GEORGIA... JENKINS COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN GEORGIA... EFFINGHAM COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN GEORGIA... * UNTIL 515 PM EDT. * AT 417 PM EDT, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF WESTSIDE TO NEAR STATESBORO, MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS. SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO TREES AND POWERLINES. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... STATESBORO, MILLEN, SYLVANIA, MIDDLEGROUND, BROOKLET, PORTAL, HILTONIA AND NEWINGTON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... INCREASED ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED AND A TORNADO WARNING MAY BE NEEDED. REMAIN ALERT FOR A POSSIBLE TORNADO! TORNADOES CAN DEVELOP QUICKLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. IF YOU SPOT A TORNADO, TAKE SHELTER IN A CLOSET, BATHROOM OR SMALL, CENTRAL ROOM IN A STURDY STRUCTURE. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A BUILDING. REPORT DAMAGE DIRECTLY TO THE CHARLESTON NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AT 1-888-383-2024 WHEN IT IS SAFE TO DO SO. && TORNADO...POSSIBLE HAIL...<.75IN WIND...60MPH

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PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... INCREASED ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED AND A TORNADO WARNING MAY BE NEEDED. REMAIN ALERT FOR A POSSIBLE TORNADO! TORNADOES CAN DEVELOP QUICKLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. IF YOU SPOT A TORNADO, TAKE SHELTER IN A CLOSET, BATHROOM OR SMALL, CENTRAL ROOM IN A STURDY STRUCTURE. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A BUILDING. REPORT DAMAGE DIRECTLY TO THE CHARLESTON NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AT 1-888-383-2024 WHEN IT IS SAFE TO DO SO. && TORNADO...POSSIBLE HAIL...<.75IN WIND...60MPH