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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Warning

National Weather Service Tallahassee FL

150 PM EDT Thu May 9 2024



The National Weather Service in Tallahassee has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...

  Northeastern Turner County in south central Georgia...

  Ben Hill County in south central Georgia...



* Until 230 PM EDT.



* At 149 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Pitts, or 12

  miles southeast of Cordele, moving east at 60 mph.



  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.



  SOURCE...Radar indicated.



  IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.



* Locations impacted include...

  Fitzgerald, Rebecca, Lulaville, Bowens Mill, Red Bluff, Queensland,

  Ashton, and Amboy.



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



Remain alert for a possible tornado! Tornadoes can develop quickly

from severe thunderstorms. If you spot a tornado go at once into the

basement or small central room in a sturdy structure.



For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a

building.



A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 900 PM EDT for south central

Georgia.



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LAT...LON 3168 8300 3173 8332 3177 8334 3177 8337

      3176 8337 3176 8345 3175 8345 3180 8361

      3185 8361 3184 8321 3185 8318 3183 8315

      3183 8314 3181 8313 3181 8311 3182 8311

      3178 8303 3178 8299

TIME...MOT...LOC 1749Z 284DEG 51KT 3188 8358 



TORNADO...POSSIBLE

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED

MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN

WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED

MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH



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