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NOUS42 KTAE 271900  
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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL  
300 PM EDT WED MAR 27 2024  
 
...NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR MARCH 27, 2024 THUNDERSTORM WIND EVENT  
IN VALDOSTA, GEORGIA...  
   
THUNDERSTORM WIND EVENT IN VALDOSTA, GEORGIA
 
 
PEAK WIND: 75 MPH  
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 4.76 MILES  
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 2000 YARDS  
FATALITIES: 0  
INJURIES: 0  
 
START DATE: 03/27/2024  
START TIME: 1:49 AM EDT  
START LOCATION: VALDOSTA, GA NEAR I-75 AT EXIT 18  
START LAT/LON: 30.845/-83.331  
 
END DATE: 03/27/2024  
END TIME: 01:57 AM EDT  
END LOCATION: VALDOSTA, GA NEAR CHERRY CREEK RD  
END LAT/LON: 30.904/-83.296  
 
BASED ON STORM REPORTS AND RADAR DATA, DAMAGE BEGAN NEAR THE I-75  
EXIT 18 IN VALDOSTA AND CONTINUED EAST-NORTHEAST THROUGH THE  
NORTHWEST PORTION OF VALDOSTA. WITHIN THIS AREA, NUMEROUS LARGE  
PINE TREES WERE UPROOTED WITH A FEW SNAPPED ALONG THE SWATH OF  
SEVERE WINDS. ALL TREES UPROOTED OR SNAPPED WERE FACING TO THE  
EAST OR NORTHEAST, WHICH IS INDICATIVE OF STRAIGHT-LINE WIND  
DAMAGE. MOREOVER, RADAR DATA FROM MOODY AIR FORCE BASE DISPLAYED A  
DISTINCT DOWNBURST SIGNATURE THROUGHOUT THE DURATION OF THE STORM  
IN VALDOSTA. EXAMINATION OF THE PHOTOS AND DRONE IMAGERY FROM  
VALDOSTA FIRE AND LOWNDES COUNTY EMA SHOWED THAT IN SOME AREAS,  
DAMAGE WAS EXTENSIVE WITH WIDESPREAD PINE TREES FALLING ONTO  
HOMES. IN TOTAL, 32 HOMES WERE AFFECTED, WITH A FEW HOMES BEING  
DIRECTLY IMPACTED BY PINE TREES, EFFECTIVELY SLICED IN HALF.  
DAMAGE TO ALL SINGLE FAMILY HOMES WAS DUE TO TREE IMPACTS, WITH NO  
DAMAGE NOTED DUE DIRECTLY TO THE STRAIGHT-LINE WINDS. WIND DAMAGE  
REPORTS EXTENDED AS FAR NORTH AS LAKESHORE DRIVE. THE PATH WIDTH  
PEAKED AT JUST OVER 1 MILE WIDE, MAINLY IN THE AREA INSIDE INNER  
PERIMETER ROAD. BASED ON THE SIZE AND NUMBER OF TREES UPROOTED  
AND A FEW SNAPPED, THE MAXIMUM WINDS WITHIN THIS AREA IS RATED AT  
75 MPH.  
 
ALSO OF PARTICULAR NOTE, THAT THIS STORM CONTINUED MOVING  
NORTHEAST AND PRODUCED HAIL UP TO GOLF BALL SIZE AROUND 2:09 AM  
NEAR THE NAYLOR COMMUNITY IN FAR EASTERN LOWNDES COUNTY.  
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE WOULD LIKE TO THANK  
THE CITY OF VALDOSTA FIRE DEPARTMENT, LOWNDES COUNTY FIRE  
DEPARTMENT, AND THE LOWNDES COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY FOR  
THEIR ASSISTANCE IN THIS DAMAGE ASSESSMENT.  
 

 
 
NOTE:  
THE INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS PRELIMINARY AND SUBJECT TO  
CHANGE PENDING FINAL REVIEW OF THE EVENT AND PUBLICATION IN NWS  
STORM DATA.  
 

 
 
GODSEY  
 
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