A line of thunderstorms has been making progress through the I-75 corridor of southern Georgia and from the Forgotten Coast to the eastern Big Bend counties of Florida. While severe-weather risks have concluded in the tri-state region, isolated cases of gusty storms with frequent lightning remain possible for the coastal areas and the east Big Bend.
Along with lightning, damaging winds and brief tornadic spin-ups are possible. Heavy rain has been falling for our friends nearby in Alabama and farther north in southern Georgia. This will move into our western southern Georgia counties over the next few hours. Rainfall is expected to accumulate 2-3" over much of our area today, with localized areas of 3-5"+ where the heaviest of rain bands set up.
Storms look to move out after sunset this evening.
The main threats from storms today will be the chance for a few tornadoes to spin up along with damaging wind gusts and heavy rain.
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