- Special Weather Statement for Evans County, Georgia
- Special Weather Statement issued June 17 at 5:57PM EDT by NWS
- Effective: Monday, June 17, 2013 at 5:57 p.m.
- Expires: Monday, June 17, 2013 at 7 p.m.
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF EFFINGHAM...BRYAN...
JASPER AND CHATHAM COUNTIES THROUGH 700 PM EDT...
AT 551 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM COLDBROOK TO 15
MILES SOUTHWEST OF MELDRIM...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...
COLDBROOK...FAULKVILLE...WESTWOOD...GOSHEN HILLS...SILVERWOOD...
BLOOMINGDALE...O`LEARY...MEINHARD...
PREPARE NOW FOR THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS...
FUNNEL CLOUDS...
EXCESSIVE CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...
A BRIEF FUNNEL CLOUD WAS REPORTED IN THE VICINITY OF BLOOMINGDALE.
IT DID NOT TOUCH DOWN. OTHER BRIEF FUNNEL CLOUDS ARE POSSIBLE AS THE
LINE MOVES EASTWARD.
FREQUENT TO EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS LINE OF
STORMS.
- Special Weather Statement for Evans County, Georgia
- Special Weather Statement issued June 12 at 4:26AM EDT by NWS
- Effective: Wednesday, June 12, 2013 at 4:26 a.m.
- Expires: Wednesday, June 12, 2013 at 5 p.m.
...HEAT INDICES 100 TO 104 DEGREES THIS AFTERNOON...
THE FIRST REAL SPELL OF HOT WEATHER WILL BEGIN TO AFFECT SOUTHEAST
SOUTH CAROLINA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA TODAY. HIGH TEMPERATURES IN
THE LOWER TO MID 90S COMBINED WITH MODERATE LEVELS OF HUMIDITY
WILL PRODUCE HEAT INDEX VALUES BETWEEN 100 AND 104 DEGREES FOR
SEVERAL HOURS THIS AFTERNOON. BECAUSE THIS IS THE FIRST HEAT
EPISODE OF THE SUMMER...RESIDENTS AND VISITORS SHOULD EXERCISE
EXTRA CAUTION. SLIGHTLY WARMER TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED ON
THURSDAY AND A HEAT ADVISORY MAY BE NEEDED.
