A strong cold front moved across southeast South Carolina and southeast Georgia in the afternoon and evening. Isolated strong thunderstorms first developed ahead of the cold front in the early afternoon. Then the main line of thunderstorms along and near the cold front moved through in the late afternoon and evening hours. Several thunderstorms became strong enough to produce large hail, damaging wind gusts, and even isolated tornadoes.

Hail in TATTNALL, GEORGIA
From 03-MAR-19 17:17:00 to 03-MAR-19 17:19:00 (EST-5)
Location: REIDSVILLE
Magnitude: 1.00 
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: 911 Call Center

Tattnall County 911 dispatch reported that hail the size of quarters fell at the office.

Lightning in LIBERTY, GEORGIA
From 03-MAR-19 18:29:00 to 03-MAR-19 19:29:00 (EST-5)
Location: GUM BRANCH
Property damage: 5.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: 911 Call Center

Liberty County 911 dispatch reported that lightning started a house fire in Allenhurst. The amount of damage and status of the structure is unknown.

Thunderstorm Wind in SCREVEN, GEORGIA
From 03-MAR-19 16:47:00 to 03-MAR-19 16:49:00 (EST-5)
Location: BASCOM
Magnitude: 50.00 EG
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: 911 Call Center

Screven County 911 dispatch reported a tree down at Beaver Dam Road and Rolling Road.

Thunderstorm Wind in LIBERTY, GEORGIA
From 03-MAR-19 18:57:00 to 03-MAR-19 18:59:00 (EST-5)
Location: MIDWAY
Magnitude: 50.00 EG
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: 911 Call Center

Liberty County 911 dispatch reported multiple trees down near the intersection of Barrington Ferry Road and Highway 17.

Hail in CANDLER, GEORGIA
From 03-MAR-19 15:20:00 to 03-MAR-19 15:22:00 (EST-5)
Location: METTER
Magnitude: 0.75 
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Broadcast Media

A member of the broadcast media relayed via social media a photo of pea to penny sized hail near Metter.

Hail in BULLOCH, GEORGIA
From 03-MAR-19 15:39:00 to 03-MAR-19 15:41:00 (EST-5)
Location: PORTAL
Magnitude: 1.00 
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Broadcast Media

A picture on Facebook was relayed by the broadcast media of hail up to the size of quarters in Portal.

Hail in SCREVEN, GEORGIA
From 03-MAR-19 16:30:00 to 03-MAR-19 16:32:00 (EST-5)
Location: BOYD
Magnitude: 1.00 
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: 911 Call Center

Screven County 911 dispatch reported quarter sized hail near Poor Robin Road and Highway 24.

Tornado in LIBERTY, GEORGIA
From 03-MAR-19 18:58:00 to 03-MAR-19 19:08:00 (EST-5)
Location: RETREAT
Tornado F-scale: EF1
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: NWS Storm Survey

A National Weather Service storm damage survey team confirmed an EF-1 tornado in Liberty County. The tornado first touched down near Highway 17, about 1.2 miles west of Interstate 95 and mile marker 69. The tornado then moved east-northeast across Interstate 95, where it snapped and uprooted dozens of hard and softwood trees. The debris was thrown across Interstate 95, and one truck and one motorcycle reportedly hit the debris on the interstate. The motorcyclist was injured, but the extent of their injuries was unknown. From Interstate 95, the tornado continued east-northeast to Old Darien Road, which runs parallel and just east of Interstate 95. The region between Interstate 95 and Darien Road appeared to be where the most extensive damage occurred. It was estimated that well over 100 trees were snapped and/or uprooted in this area. A camper trailer was also flipped and rolled approximately 20 to 30 feet. There was a single family home near the flipped trailer that sustained very minor shingle damage to its roof. Beyond this point, the tornado continued east-northeast and moved across mainly uninhabited marsh. In this area, the tornado appeared to be only periodically on the ground as it moved for nearly an additional 6 miles. The end point of the tornado was along Islands Highway, just north of Kings Road in the Half Moon area. There were several snapped and uprooted trees along and near Islands Highway.