Pre-frontal showers and storms moved through inland southeast Georgia Saturday afternoon. As the cold front and upper level trough axis approached Georgia, the storms strengthened over southeast Georgia later in the afternoon into the early evening.
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Pre-frontal showers and storms moved through inland southeast Georgia Saturday afternoon. As the cold front and upper level trough axis approached Georgia, the storms strengthened over southeast Georgia later in the afternoon into the early evening. Around 4:40 PM EST, thunderstorms in Atkinson county produced damaging winds that knocked down two trees and pea to dime size hail. As the storms moved southeastward that evening, they produced a funnel cloud near Waverly and 50 mph wind gusts and half inch size hail in St. Simons Island. Showers and storms moved offshore by 11 PM.
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 Jacksonville, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Mar 19, 2:43 PM EST, 1 hour 58 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Jacksonville FL 343 PM EDT Sat Mar 19 2022 ...ISOLATED STRONG/SEVERE STORMS THIS EVENING... .NEAR TERM [Through Tonight]... Pre-frontal showers/storms remain limited so far this afternoon despite surface heating well into the 80s and decent surface based instability. Despite weak mid-level lapse rates expect a slight uptick in storm activity across inland SE GA/Suwannee Valley later this afternoon which will continue to track along the I-10 corridor of North FL and towards the SE GA coastal areas through the evening hours. Isolated strong/severe storms with gusty winds to 50 mph and hail will be possible through around midnight time frame, then activity will slowly shift into the rest of NE FL after midnight with scattered showers/embedded storms continuing although the severe threat will slowly diminish. Expect a wide range in temps by morning as temps fall into the upper 40s and lower 50s behind the frontal boundary across SE GA and the Suwannee Valley, while upper 50s/lower 60s are expected across the rest of NE FL in the morning hours. .SHORT TERM [Sunday Through Monday Night]... A few morning showers along the cold frontal passage across NE FL early in the day then skies quickly become Sunny with breezy Northwest to North winds around 15 mph with gusts to 25 mph at times and much cooler with Max temps in the lower/middle 70s. High pressure building just north of the region and light N-NE flow under clear skies Sunday Night will set the stage for widespread lows in the 40s inland and lower 50s along the Atlantic Coast. On Monday high pressure will build off the Carolinas and breezy E-NE winds developing and slightly milder temps pushing into the mid/upper 70s inland and around 70 degrees at the beach. High pressure builds further offshore into the Atlantic and S-SE steering flow will lead to milder overnight lows in the 50s under partly cloudy skies. .LONG TERM [Tuesday Through Saturday]... ...STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY... Long range models in good agreement this period. Tuesday will feature dry, breezy mild conditions with southeast flow at the surface and Max temps pushing into the lower/middle 80s while onshore flow keep coast in the 70s. Wed/Thu...Slight timing diffs but slow moving frontal boundary will slide into the region and expect several rounds of pre-frontal showers/storms with strong to severe storms pushing into the region at times this period. Highs in the 80s on Wednesday, will fall back into the mid/upper 70s on Thursday. Rainfall amounts of 1 to 3 inches are possible with locally higher amounts depending on the speed of the frontal boundary. Friday weather a bit more suspect depending on the slower GFS/faster ECMWF frontal position with some morning rainfall possible with clearing skies during the afternoon and much cooler temps topping out in the upper 60s/lower 70s. On Saturday cool Northwest flow under Mostly sunny skies will hold Max temps still in the lower to middle 70s. && .AVIATION... [Through 18Z Sunday] Showers and embedded storms were approaching southeast Georgia early this afternoon. The weak frontal boundary will slowly move into the area, and scattered showers and possibly a few embedded storms will be near the TAF sites overnight tonight. Restrictions are possible in the heavier showers and near storms. Southwest winds around 15 knots with higher gusts will diminish this evening. Winds will become northwesterly overnight behind the frontal boundary, and then increase to around 10 knots during the day on Sunday. && .MARINE... A cold front will cross the waters tonight, and expect Northwest winds to increase to 15 to 20 knots late tonight and become North at similar speeds Sunday morning with seas of 4-6 ft, so will post SCEC (Small Craft Exercise Caution) headlines for the short term period. High pressure will build over the southeastern states from Sunday evening through Monday and will shift offshore of the Carolina coast by Monday evening, resulting in gradually strengthening onshore winds and building seas through Tuesday night. Small Craft Advisory conditions will be possible offshore beginning on Tuesday night and will likely continue through Thursday. Winds will then shift to southerly by midweek ahead of an approaching cold front that may stall near our local waters late in the upcoming week. Rip Currents: Expect North winds on Sunday to become onshore (East) on Monday and Moderate risk of rips continues with surf/breakers in the 2-4 ft range. && .FIRE WEATHER... Drier air mass will support humidities falling to around 30 percent area-wide Sunday afternoon and while wind speeds may be over 15 mph in the morning expect winds to drop below 15 mph by the time the humidities fall to near critical levels so fire weather headlines are not expected. && .HYDROLOGY... Not enough rainfall to impact the slowly falling water levels on the Santa Fe and St. Marys river basins with minor flooding continuing into early next week. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... AMG 47 71 43 75 51 / 40 0 0 0 0 SSI 53 70 52 69 59 / 60 0 0 0 0 JAX 55 73 48 74 57 / 50 0 0 0 0 SGJ 58 71 53 74 59 / 40 30 0 0 0 GNV 56 74 47 78 55 / 40 10 0 0 0 OCF 59 76 47 80 55 / 50 20 0 0 0 && .JAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FL...None. GA...None. AM...None. &&
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Jacksonville FL
457 PM EDT Sat Mar 19 2022
GAZ132-149-162-163-192145-
Atkinson GA-Clinch GA-Coffee GA-Echols GA-
457 PM EDT Sat Mar 19 2022
...Strong thunderstorms will impact portions of southern Coffee,
Echols, Atkinson and northwestern Clinch Counties through 545 PM
EDT...
At 457 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from near Alapaha to 6 miles northeast of Quitman.
Movement was east at 35 mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts of 45 to 55 mph and nickel size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is
possible.
Locations impacted include...
Douglas, Homerville, Pearson, Willacoochee, Statenville, Nicholls, Du
Pont, Mayday, Cogdell and Axson.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with these storms.
Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe
shelter inside a building or vehicle.
&&
LAT...LON 3153 8308 3155 8260 3147 8261 3147 8263
3128 8264 3127 8270 3117 8267 3064 8277
3065 8314 3080 8313 3081 8310 3085 8309
3085 8301 3087 8297 3118 8297 3119 8305
3128 8303 3134 8307 3140 8314 3146 8315
TIME...MOT...LOC 2057Z 257DEG 29KT 3132 8325 3085 8348
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
MAX WIND GUST...55 MPH
HESSThe Moody AFB radar (KVAX), 44 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:38 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind, 1 funnel cloud. Local standard time, as filed.
An Atkinson county official reported that two trees were down near Cogdell road and fiddler Green road. These fell between 4:40 and 4:50 PM EST. Pea to dime size hail was also reported in the surrounding area.
A woman reported a funnel cloud about 10 to 20 miles north of her location in Kingsland which would put the funnel cloud between Kingsland and Waverly. From her location, she could not determine if the funnel was reaching the ground and no debris or damage was observed. Camden county did not report any damage from this storm.
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