Tornado watch until 9 p.m. for Thomas, Tift, Colquitt, Lowndes, Lanier, Cook, Berrien, Brooks, Echols

Terry Richards, Thomasville Times-Enterprise, Ga.

9 May 2024 at 6:19 pm

May 9—The National Weather Service has issued a tornado watch for the following Georgia Counties until 9 p.m.:

APPLING ATKINSON BACON

BAKER BEN HILL BERRIEN

BRANTLEY BROOKS CALHOUN

CAMDEN CHARLTON CLAY

CLINCH COFFEE COLQUITT

COOK DECATUR DOUGHERTY

EARLY ECHOLS GLYNN

GRADY IRWIN JEFF DAVIS

LANIER LEE LOWNDES

MILLER MITCHELL PIERCE

QUITMAN RANDOLPH SEMINOLE

TERRELL THOMAS TIFT

TURNER WARE WAYNE

WORTH

Terry Richards is the senior reporter for The Valdosta Daily Times.

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