VALDOSTA — South Georgia is once again in the severe weather crosshairs to be followed by falling temperatures, according to forecasters.
A cold front dropping south from the Plains states moved quickly through the region overnight, bringing lines of thunderstorms with it, said Kristian Oliver , a meteorologist with the National Weather Service’s Tallahassee, Fla., office.
“This cold front is a little more dynamic,” he said.
While hail and tornadoes could not be ruled out, the biggest threat to Lowndes County was high wind, said Dan Pydyowski, a senior meteorologist with the private forecasting firm AccuWeather.
Lowndes and surrounding counties have been labeled as “slight risk” for violent weather, Oliver said. Tornado chances were only 5-9% while the chance of severe hail ran from 15-29%, he said. Hailstones as large as 1 1/2-inch were possible.
The worst of the weather was expected to move out of Lowndes could around 10 a.m. Wednesday, he said.
In the wake of the cold front, Valdosta’s temperatures were expected to slide, with a high Thursday of only 70 degrees and a low that night in the mid-40s, Pydyowski said.
The cool temperatures were expected to hang on for a few days, he said.