There were numerous reports of wind damage from straight line winds across much of south Georgia during the evening of the 11th.
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
The episode as NWS TAE wrote it up.
There were numerous reports of wind damage from straight line winds across much of south Georgia during the evening of the 11th.
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Tallahassee, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 11, 2:00 PM EST, 3 hours 30 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 300 PM EDT WED JUN 11 2008 .SYNOPSIS... AT 230 PM EDT...IT WAS PARTLY TO MOSTLY SUNNY ACROSS LOCAL AREA. RADAR SHOWED SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ALONG SEA BREEZE AND UNDER H5 TROUGH (SEE BELOW) AND SLOWLY SPREADING NORTH ACROSS FL PANHANDLE AND BIG BEND. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY BE PRODUCING SMALL HAIL AND WINDS UP TO 40 MPH. TEMPS 88-91 DEGREES... DEW POINTS MID 60S MOST SITES TO AROUND 70 PANHANDLE COAST. WINDS GENERALLY SLY 5-10 MPH. AT UPPER LEVELS... LOOKING AT THE BIG PIX...DEEP TROUGH ACROSS WRN CONUS WITH STRONG LOW OVER NRN ROCKIES...SHORTWAVE ROTATING AROUND LOW IN WY/CO AND 75KT H5 JET AT LEADING EDGE OF TROUGH MOVING AROUND BASE. SHORTWAVE WILL MOVE NEWD INTO PLAINS LATER TODAY GENERATING SEVERE WX ACROSS PLAINS INTO MO VALLEY. DOWNSTREAM WE HAVE A RIDGE OVER CENTRAL CONUS AND TROUGH OVER ERN CANADA. UPPER LOW TO MOVE INTO NRN PLAINS BY EVENING AND WRN UPPER TROUGH TO RACE EWD AND BREAK DOWN RIDGE NEXT FEW DAYS AS IT AMPLIFIES ALONG E COAST BY LATE WEEKEND KEEPING UPPER DYNAMICS/DEEPER LYR MOISTURE INVCNTY OF SE CONUS. IN ITS WAKE...DRIER AIR WILL FINALLY FILTER IN. CLOSER TO HOME...WEAK TUTT LOW WITH -9C H5 TEMP JUST OFF KJAX AND WEAK H5 TROUGH OVERHEAD SURROUNDED BY HIGHS OVER WRN GULF AND WRN ATLC. POSITION OF TUTT LOW PROVIDING NE FLOW ALOFT. RUC80 AND SATELLITE SHOW A MYRIAD OF VORT MAXES ROTATING AROUND LOW AND ABUNDANT DEEP LYR MOISTURE ASSOCD WITH LOW WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD NWD OVER CWA LATER TODAY AND SERVE AS FOCUS FOR STORMS. THIS EVIDENT ON LATEST RUC PLOTS. THROUGH FRIDAY...UPPER LOW WILL DRIFT SLOWLY FURTHER OFFSHORE AND THEN SINK SE NEXT FEW DAYS WITH H5 TROUGH FROM CWA TO BAHAMAS WILL LINGER UNTIL FRIDAY NIGHT WHEN DEPARTING LOW AND TROUGH IS REPLACED BY STRONG RIDGE BUILDING DOWN ERN SEABOARD. AT LOWER LEVELS... LOOKING AT THE BIG PIX...LOW UNDER WRN TROF ACROSS NEB/SD WILL MOVE NEWD TO MN/ND/SD BORDER BY THIS EVENING. ASSOCD FRONT EXTENDING SWD ACROSS NEB/KS WILL BE FOCUS OF MAIN CONUS WEATHER TODAY. CLOSER TO HOME...LITTLE CHANGE IN PERSISTENT PATTERN. WEAK HIGH OVER WRN ATLC WITH RIDGE EXTENDING SWWD TO OVER NE GULF REGION. JUST NORTH OF HIGH...WEAK AND WEAKENING QSTNRY FRONT FROM LOW JUST OFF CAROLINA COAST SWWD TO ACROSS SCNTRL GA AND ALA SERVING AS LOW LEVEL FOCUS FOR STORMS. ANOTHER MESOLOW OVER NCNTRL FLA. ALL THIS TRANSLATES TO LOW LEVEL CONVERGENT FLOW OVER CWA. EVENTUALLY... ANOTHER HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE BUILDS DOWN ERN SEABOARD WASHING OUT FRONT. && .SHORT TERM...THIS EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY TONIGHT...ALTHOUGH ENVIRONMENT A LITTLE LESS CONDUCIVE TO STRONG TO SEVERE WX THAN YESTERDAY...STRONG TO POSSIBLY SEVERE STORMS REMAIN IN FORECAST INTO LATE EVENING...ESPECIALLY IF EAST COAST SEABREEZE HOLDS TOGETHER. WILL ADD A THIS EVENING GROUP TO DIFFERENTIATE BETWEEN EVENING AND REST OF TONIGHT. WITH LINGERING MOISTURE AND LIGHT WINDS...WILL ADD PATCHY FOG...MAINLY SE THIRD OF CWA. MILD TEMPS WITH LOWS IN LOW 70S INLAND TO MID 70S COAST. THURSDAY...WE MAY STILL BE DISTURBED WITH PLENTY OF DEEP LAYER MOISTURE FROM THE TUTT LOW STILL CLOSE ENOUGH TO THE REGION...WITH THE 1000-700 MB FLOW EXPECTED TO BE VERY WEAK ONCE AGAIN...WILL BLEND TYPE 4 POPS (LIGHT SW FLOW) WITH THE MAV. EXPECT LIKELY POPS EVERYWHERE. TEMPERATURES WILL MODERATE TO NEAR CLIMO...WITH INLAND HIGHS AROUND 90. PATCHY FOG AGAIN POSSIBLE AT NIGHT. FRIDAY...LIGHT SE STEERING FLOW PERSISTS. MID SCT (SCNTRL GA) POPS TO LIKELY POPS (FL COAST). TEMPS UPPER 80S TO AROUND 90. SATURDAY...AS RIDGE BUILDS DOWN ERN SEABOARD...STEERING FLOW SHIFTS TO LIGHT E/NE. HI SCT TO LOW LIKELY POPS. WITH BACKING WINDS...MAX TEMPS DROP TO MID-UPPER 80S. .LONG TERM...(SATURDAY NIGHT TO WEDNESDAY)...MODELS FORECAST THE UPPER RIDGE ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST U.S TO BREAK DOWN OVER REST OF THE WEEKEND AS A THROUGH SWINGS TO THE EAST COAST. THE TROUGH IS FORECAST TO AMPLIFY DOWN THE EASTERN SEABOARD EARLY NEXT WEEK WITH DRIER AIR FILTERING IN THE CWA FROM THE NORTH. THIS MAY BE A BIT OVERDONE CONSIDERING THE TIME OF THE YEAR. POPS OVER THE WEEKEND WILL BE AT OR ABOVE CLIMO (50% TO 60%) AND WILL TRIM BACK TO THE LOWER/MID CHANCE CATEGORY FOR EARLY NEXT WEEK. EXPECT TEMPERATURES TO BE AT NORMAL LEVELS. .AVIATION...DEEP MOIST CONVECTION HAS ALREADY BEGUN TO SPREAD INTO THE COASTAL COUNTIES OF THE FL PANHANDLE AND BIG BEND AT MIDDAY, AND WILL CONTINUE TO ADVANCE SLOWLY NORTHWARD THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. HAVE TEMPO GROUPS FOR MVFR CIGS/IFR VSBYS IN HEAVIER TSRA ALONG WITH GUSTY WINDS AOA 30 KTS WITH THE EXCEPTION OF KPFN. AFTER THE CONVECTION DISSIPATES THIS EVENING, EXPECT SCATTERED MID/HIGH CLOUDS. LIGHT WINDS AND AMPLE LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WILL LEAD TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF MVFR VSBYS IN FOG FOR KTLH AND KABY BY DAYBREAK THURSDAY. AT KVLD, HAVE VSBYS DETERIORATING AROUND 06Z TO MVFR, WITH A TEMPO GROUP FOR IFR VSBYS/VLIFR CIGS BETWEEN 09Z AND 13Z. AFTER THE FOG AND LOW CLOUDS DISSIPATE THURSDAY MORNING, EXPECT SCATTERED CU BETWEEN 2 AND 3K FT, ALONG WITH LIGHT SELY WINDS. && .MARINE...THE PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL REMAIN VERY WEAK OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS...KEEPING WINDS AND SEAS LIGHT OVER THE COASTAL WATERS OUTSIDE OF ANY LOCAL ENHANCEMENTS IN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. && .FIRE WEATHER...AMPLE LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WILL PRECLUDE RED FLAG CONDITIONS FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... TALLAHASSEE 70 89 70 90 / 30 60 30 60 PANAMA CITY 76 89 76 89 / 20 50 20 60 DOTHAN 72 90 71 90 / 30 60 30 50 ALBANY 73 92 70 91 / 40 60 30 50 VALDOSTA 70 90 69 91 / 40 60 30 50 CROSS CITY 71 90 72 90 / 30 60 20 60 && .TAE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AL...NONE. GA...NONE. FL...NONE. GM...NONE. && PUBLIC/MARINE...BLOCK AVIATION/FIRE WX...JAMSKI LONG TERM...GOULD
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 511 AM EDT WED JUN 11 2008 ALZ065>069-FLZ007>019-026>029-034-GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161- GMZ730-750-755-765-770-775-121000- COFFEE-DALE-HENRY-GENEVA-HOUSTON-INLAND WALTON-COASTAL WALTON- HOLMES-WASHINGTON-JACKSON-BAY-CALHOUN-GULF-FRANKLIN-GADSDEN-LEON- JEFFERSON-MADISON-LIBERTY-WAKULLA-TAYLOR-LAFAYETTE-DIXIE-QUITMAN- CLAY-RANDOLPH-TERRELL-DOUGHERTY-LEE-WORTH-TURNER-TIFT-BEN HILL- IRWIN-EARLY-MILLER-BAKER-MITCHELL-COLQUITT-COOK-BERRIEN-SEMINOLE- DECATUR-GRADY-THOMAS-BROOKS-LOWNDES-LANIER- APALACHEE BAY OR COASTAL WATERS FROM KEATON BEACH TO OCHLOCKONEE RIVER FL OUT TO 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM APALACHICOLA TO DESTIN FL OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM OCHLOCKONEE RIVER TO APALACHICOLA FL OUT TO 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM SUWANNEE RIVER TO KEATON BEACH OUT 20 NM- WATERS FROM APALACHICOLA TO DESTIN FL FROM 20 TO 60 NM- WATERS FROM SUWANNEE RIVER TO APALACHICOLA FL FROM 20 TO 60 NM- 511 AM EDT WED JUN 11 2008 /411 AM CDT WED JUN 11 2008/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA... SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...AND THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND PANHANDLE...AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... AN UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM TO OUR EAST...A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE TO OUR WEST...AND THE SEA BREEZE...WILL COMBINE TO PRODUCE SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE REGION TODAY. SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD BE STRONG THIS AFTERNOON...WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL...AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. THESE STORMS MAY LINGER INTO THE EVENING HOURS...BEFORE ENDING OVER MOST AREAS BY MIDNIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY... AFTER A PROLONGED STRETCH OF VERY HOT AND DRY WEATHER TO BEGIN THE MONTH OF JUNE...MORE UNSETTLED CONDITIONS WILL BE THE RULE FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS WITH GOOD CHANCES FOR AFTERNOON SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EACH DAY. THESE SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL ALSO BRING MORE SEASONABLE TEMPERATURES TO THE AREA...WITH HIGHS DROPPING BACK TO THE UPPER 80S TO LOWER 90S. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WIDESPREAD ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TODAY...BUT SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY HAIL...STRONG WIND GUSTS...AND HIGH RAINFALL AMOUNTS. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEBSITE ON THE INTERNET AT WEATHER.GOV...THEN CLICK ON YOUR AREA OF INTEREST ON THE NATIONAL MAP. 17-GOULD
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 523 PM EDT WED JUN 11 2008 GAZ128-129-131-112230- IRWIN-TIFT-TURNER- 523 PM EDT WED JUN 11 2008 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN IRWIN...TIFT AND SOUTHEASTERN TURNER COUNTIES IN SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA... * UNTIL 630 PM EDT AT 522 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES WEST OF MYSTIC TO 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF OCILLA...MOVING WEST AT 14 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL BE NEAR... UNIONVILLE BY 615 PM EDT. PHILLIPSBURG BY 620 PM EDT. PEA SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS WHICH MAY CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING OF STREETS AND LOW LYING AREAS...AND ARE ALSO PRODUCING FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. RELAY REPORTS OF SIGNIFICANT 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. 38-GODSEY
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 534 PM EDT WED JUN 11 2008 GAZ147-148-160-161-112230- BERRIEN-COOK-LANIER-LOWNDES- 534 PM EDT WED JUN 11 2008 ...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN BERRIEN...COOK...LANIER AND LOWNDES COUNTIES IN SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA... * UNTIL 630 PM EDT AT 531 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR MAYDAY...OR 10 MILES NORTH OF STATENVILLE... MOVING WEST AT 21 MPH. PEOPLE IN LANIER...LOWNDES...SOUTHERN BERRIEN AND COOK COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE CITIES OF VALDOSTA...SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD SEVERE WEATHER THREATEN. PEA SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS WHICH MAY CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING OF STREETS AND LOW LYING AREAS...AND IS ALSO PRODUCING FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. RELAY REPORTS OF SIGNIFICANT 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. 38-GODSEY
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 537 PM EDT WED JUN 11 2008 GAZ127-146-112230- COLQUITT-WORTH- 537 PM EDT WED JUN 11 2008 ...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS IN EFFECT FOR COLQUITT AND SOUTHERN WORTH COUNTIES IN SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA... * UNTIL 630 PM EDT AT 535 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF NORMAN PARK...OR 11 MILES NORTH OF MOULTRIE...MOVING SOUTH AT 8 MPH. THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR... NORMAN PARK BY 610 PM EDT. PEA SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS WHICH MAY CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING OF STREETS AND LOW LYING AREAS...AND IS ALSO PRODUCING FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. RELAY REPORTS OF SIGNIFICANT 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. 38-GODSEY
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 544 PM EDT WED JUN 11 2008 ALZ068-112230- GENEVA- 444 PM CDT WED JUN 11 2008 ...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN GENEVA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA... * UNTIL 530 PM CDT AT 442 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR SAMSON...OR 13 MILES NORTHWEST OF GENEVA... MOVING EAST AT 4 MPH. PEA SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS AROUND 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS WHICH MAY CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING OF STREETS AND LOW LYING AREAS...AND IS ALSO PRODUCING FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. RELAY REPORTS OF SIGNIFICANT 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. 38-GODSEY
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 601 PM EDT WED JUN 11 2008 ALZ065-112245- COFFEE- 501 PM CDT WED JUN 11 2008 ...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN COFFEE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA... * UNTIL 545 PM CDT AT 458 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR ENTERPRISE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 4 MPH. PEA SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS WHICH MAY CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING OF STREETS AND LOW LYING AREAS...AND IS ALSO PRODUCING FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. RELAY REPORTS OF SIGNIFICANT 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. 38-GODSEY
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 619 PM EDT WED JUN 11 2008 GAZ120-112300- QUITMAN- 619 PM EDT WED JUN 11 2008 ...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS IN EFFECT FOR QUITMAN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA... * UNTIL 700 PM EDT AT 614 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR GEORGETOWN...MOVING NORTH AT 3 MPH. PEA SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS WHICH MAY CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING OF STREETS AND LOW LYING AREAS...AND IS ALSO PRODUCING FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. RELAY REPORTS OF SIGNIFICANT 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. 38-GODSEY
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
10 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A barn was destroyed just south of Hahira.
Numerous trees and power lines were down across much of the county.
A few trees were down in the southeast part of the county.
Numerous trees and power lines were down to the northwest and west of Quitman.
Several trees were down just west of Pavo.
Numerous trees and power lines were down across the southwest portion of the county.
Numerous trees were down across the eastern half of the county.
Numerous trees were down across the western half of the county.
Numerous trees and power lines were down across the eastern portion of the county.
A few trees were down on State Road 262.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Georgia in 2008Every state in 2008This day in weather historyWarnings in Georgia, June 2008
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 107932, 107937, 107938, 107946, 107947, 107948, 107949, 107950, 107951, 107952.