GEMA/HS Alert: Ben Hill All Hazards

Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued April 24 at 8:37PM EDT until April 24 at 9:45PM EDT by NWS Tallahassee FL
The National Weather Service in Tallahassee has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Northwestern Cook County in south central Georgia...
Irwin County in south central Georgia...
Northern Berrien County in south central Georgia...
Northern Colquitt County in south central Georgia...
Tift County in south central Georgia...
Southeastern Ben Hill County in south central Georgia...
Southern Worth County in south central Georgia...

* Until 945 PM EDT.

* At 837 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Ocilla to near Doerun, moving east at 40 mph.

HAZARD...Ping pong ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail
damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect
wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Locations impacted include...
Tifton, Ocilla, Fitzgerald, Moultrie, Enigma, Omega, Norman Park,
Lenox, Doerun, Ty Ty, Alapaha, Phillipsburg, Mystic, Unionville,
Schley, Funston, Sumner, Minton, Scooterville and Osierfield.
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

Torrential rainfall is occurring with these storms, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.

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