Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued June 18 at 2:20PM EDT until June 18 at 3:00PM EDT by NWS Jacksonville FL
Alert Description
SVRJAX The National Weather Service in Jacksonville has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Northeastern Pierce County in southeastern Georgia... Northwestern Wayne County in southeastern Georgia... Southeastern Appling County in southeastern Georgia... * Until 300 PM EDT. * At 219 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Bristol, or 7 miles north of Patterson, moving northeast at 25 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. * Locations impacted include... Jesup, Screven, Odum, Doctortown, and Bristol.
Safety Instructions
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. Hail, damaging wind, and continuous cloud to ground lightning are occurring with this storm. Move indoors immediately. Lightning is one of nature's leading killers. Remember, if you can hear thunder, you are close enough to be struck by lightning.