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Severe Weather Threat - January 8th-9th, 2024

Meanwhile up here we have a high wind warning, which is apparently enough to get the kids out of school.

I know you don't want school buses running in 40-60 mph winds, but it's still amusing to me since my last "weather day" in school was my last day of college, which was April 27th.
 
Unfortunately, 1 fatality reported from the Dothan area.
This was the tornado that hit the small town of Cottonwood. Article says homes are destroyed, roads are impassible, and crews are going door to door checking on people. Not surprising unfortunately, as a major TDS and couplet went over that town. No damage photos on social media yet though.
 
This was the tornado that hit the small town of Cottonwood. Article says homes are destroyed, roads are impassible, and crews are going door to door checking on people. Not surprising unfortunately, as a major TDS and couplet went over that town. No damage photos on social media yet though.
Only thing I've seen from there so far.
 
Only thing I've seen from there so far.

Yeah I found this one right after I posted. Trees splintered, home unroofed. Looks consistent with EF2, but I'm assuming the more severe damage hasn't been photographed yet.
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That's a pretty strong couplet moving into Screven Co. from Bulloch Co., could be trouble if it produces because Sylvania is one of the larger towns in that area.
 
Town of Claxton, GA just took a direct hit! Same cell that produced the earlier Alma tornado
Yeah that's not great, Claxton is a decent-sized town (about 2,500 people). That one might end up uncomfortably close to Statesboro (where Georgia Southern University is) if it stays down. That's the largest city in that area (~35K people), not terribly far from where I grew up.
 
Yeah that's not great, Claxton is a decent-sized town (about 2,500 people). That one might end up uncomfortably close to Statesboro (where Georgia Southern University is) if it stays down.
Thankfully both circulations have weakened, but these things just keep popping up and rapidly intensifying. Could be a long day today.
 
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