Severe Thunderstorm Warning in Effingham County, Georgia
Issued by the National Weather Service and archived by Claims Pages
EXPIRED
8/8/2023 8:00:00 PM (UTC)
Urgency: Immediate
Severity: Severe
Certainty: Observed
8/8/2023 8:00:00 PM until 8/8/2023 8:30:00 PM
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM EDT
FOR PORTIONS OF BRYAN...SCREVEN...BULLOCH...EFFINGHAM...CHATHAM...
HAMPTON AND JASPER COUNTIES...
At 759 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Stilson, moving
east at 50 mph.
HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Emergency management. At 725 PM EDT the Metter Airport
measured a 64 mph wind gust.
IMPACT...Expect considerable tree damage. Damage is likely to mobile
homes, roofs, and outbuildings.
Locations impacted include:
Statesboro, Springfield, Rincon, Port Wentworth, Guyton, Brooklet,
Newington, Oliver, Furman, Egypt, Stillwell, Pineora, Leefield,
Kildare, and Ebenezer.
This warning includes the following interstates:
I-16 between mile markers 123 and 141.
I-95 in Georgia between mile markers 111 and 112.
THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...OBSERVED
MAX WIND GUST...70 MPH




