PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1010 PM EDT TUE MAY 13 2008 ..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON... ..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE.... ..REMARKS.. 0215 AM HAIL FAIRBURN 33.57N 84.58W 05/11/2008 E1.00 INCH FULTON GA COUNTY OFFICIAL HAD BEEN HAILING FOR 10-15 MINUTES. 0225 AM HAIL COLLEGE PARK 33.64N 84.46W 05/11/2008 E1.75 INCH FULTON GA LAW ENFORCEMENT HAIL HAD BEEN OCCURRING FOR SEVERAL MINUTES. 0227 AM HAIL EAST POINT 33.67N 84.47W 05/11/2008 E0.75 INCH FULTON GA PUBLIC 0240 AM HAIL 6 S CONYERS 33.58N 84.01W 05/11/2008 E0.75 INCH ROCKDALE GA COUNTY OFFICIAL 0320 AM HAIL GOOD HOPE 33.78N 83.61W 05/11/2008 E1.00 INCH WALTON GA PUBLIC 0408 AM TORNADO 9 W CARROLLTON 33.58N 85.23W 05/11/2008 F2 CARROLL GA NWS STORM SURVEY THE FIRST OF TWO BRIEF EF2 TORNADO SPINUPS OCCURRED WEST OF CARROLLTON IN THE JONESVILLE AREA. ROOFS WERE COMPLETELY BLOWN OFF TWO HOMES AND NUMEROUS TREES WERE DOWNED. 0408 AM TORNADO 5 NE LA GRANGE 33.09N 84.97W 05/11/2008 F2 TROUP GA NWS STORM SURVEY TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN JUST OFF HWY 29 AT WILLOWWOOD RD. DAMAGE PATH ABOUT 1 MILE LONG AND 150 YARDS WIDE. 3 HOMES DAMAGED...A WELL HOUSE DESTROYED AND NUMEROUS TRESS SNAPPED OR UPROOTED. 0420 AM TORNADO 4 SSE HOGANSVILLE 33.12N 84.88W 05/11/2008 F2 TROUP GA NWS STORM SURVEY TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN NEAR 1112 PERKINS RD WHERE IT DAMAGED A HOUSE AND TOSSED TWO PICKUP TRUCKS...ONE 40 FT AND THE OTHER 60 FT. AT 1117 PERKINS RD AND ALONG DUCHESNE LANE...1 HOME HAD THE ROOF COMPLETELY LIFTED OFF AND A CINDER BLOCK OUTBUILDING WAS DESTROYED. THE TORNADO CONTINUED INTO MERIWETHER COUNTY WHERE NUMEROUS TREES WERE DOWNED AND A SHED WAS DESTROYED. TOTAL PATH WAS 4 MILES LONG AND PATH WIDTH WAS 100 TO 300 YARDS WIDE. 0425 AM TORNADO 7 E CARROLLTON 33.58N 84.95W 05/11/2008 F2 CARROLL GA NWS STORM SURVEY THE SECOND OF TWO BRIEF TORNADOES OCCURRED IN THE DIAMOND COURT SUBDIVISION OFF CROSS PLAINS HULETT ROAD. TWO HOMES WERE SIGNFICANTLY DAMAGED...ONE COMPLETELY DESTROYED. SEVERAL HOMES RECEIVED MINOR TO MODERATE ROOF DAMAGE. THE PATH LENGTH AND WIDTH WERE APPROXIMATELY 100 YARDS. 0430 AM TSTM WND DMG FAIRPLAY 33.62N 84.86W 05/11/2008 DOUGLAS GA NWS STORM SURVEY NUMEROUS TREES AND POWERLINES ARE DOWN IN FAIRPLAY. SEVERAL HOMESRECEIVED DAMAGE FROM WINDS AND TREES FALLING ON THEM. THIS IS A CONTINUATION OF THE WIDESPREAD PATH OF WIND DAMAGE THAT STARTED IN CARROLL COUNTY NEAR BOWDEN. THE SURVEY TEAM CONCLUDED THAT STRAIGHT-LINE WINDS CAUSED THE DAMAGE. 0445 AM TSTM WND DMG GREENVILLE 33.03N 84.72W 05/11/2008 MERIWETHER GA EMERGENCY MNGR SEVERAL TREES DOWN ACROSS THE COUNTY. 0450 AM TSTM WND DMG 4 N FAIRBURN 33.62N 84.58W 05/11/2008 FULTON GA NWS STORM SURVEY SEVERAL TREES AND DAMAGED STRUCTURES NEAR SOUTH FULTON PARKWAY ON THE NORTH SIDE OF FAIRBURN. THE NWS SURVEY TEAM HAS CONCLUDED THAT STRAIGHT-LINE WINDS PRODUCED THE DAMAGE IN SW FULTON COUNTY NORTH OF FAIRBURN. 0453 AM TSTM WND DMG 4 N FAIRBURN 33.62N 84.58W 05/11/2008 FULTON GA EMERGENCY MNGR HEAVILY DAMAGED HOME AT 4800 BLOCK OF TRIGGER LANE. 0500 AM HAIL 5 NE MORROW 33.63N 84.28W 05/11/2008 E1.75 INCH CLAYTON GA NWS STORM SURVEY 0515 AM TSTM WND DMG 4 S PANTHERSVILLE 33.65N 84.28W 05/11/2008 HENRY GA COUNTY OFFICIAL ONE POWER LINE WAS DOWN ALONG RAINBOW DRIVE. 0517 AM TORNADO 4 NE MORROW 33.62N 84.29W 05/11/2008 F2 CLAYTON GA NWS STORM SURVEY AN EF2 TORNADO WITH WINDS UP TO 130 MPH TOUCHED DOWN JUST EAST OF I-675 CAUSING SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE OVER A 2.5 SQ MILE AREA TO THE ELLENWOOD COMMUNITY. 188 PRIVATE DWELLINGS WERE DAMAGED...53 ARE UNINHABITABLE. 500 RESIDENTS WERE DISPLACED. THE TORNADO CONTINUED INTO HENRY COUNTY AND ROCKDALE COUNTY DOWNING TREES AND POWER LINES BEFORE LIFTING IN NEWTON COUNTY NEAR US HWY 20. PATH LENGTH WAS 19 MILES AND THE MAXIMUM WIDTH WAS 100 YARDS WIDE. 0520 AM TSTM WND DMG 2 E THOMASTON 32.89N 84.29W 05/11/2008 UPSON GA COUNTY OFFICIAL TREES ARE DOWN ON THE EAST SIDE OF THOMASTON AND ALONG HIGHWAY 74 TOWARDS YATESVILLE. POSSIBLE TORNADO REPORTED BY EMA IN FAR NORTHERN UPSON COUNTY NEAR THE PIKE COUNTY LINE. 0525 AM TSTM WND DMG 3 NE THOMASTON 32.92N 84.29W 05/11/2008 UPSON GA COUNTY OFFICIAL SEVERAL TREES ARE DOWN ALONG HIGHWAY 74 EAST OF THOMASTON. 0531 AM HAIL 5 NNE CUSSETA 32.37N 84.74W 05/11/2008 E0.88 INCH CHATTAHOOCHEE GA COUNTY OFFICIAL 0542 AM TSTM WND DMG ROBERTA 32.72N 84.01W 05/11/2008 CRAWFORD GA COUNTY OFFICIAL MANY TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN ACROSS THE COUNTY. 0542 AM TSTM WND DMG 4 NW CRAWFORD 33.92N 83.21W 05/11/2008 OGLETHORPE GA COUNTY OFFICIAL NUMEROUS TREES AND POWERLINES ARE DOWN COUNTYWIDE. 0550 AM TORNADO LIZELLA 32.81N 83.82W 05/11/2008 F2 BIBB GA NWS STORM SURVEY AN EF2 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN NEAR LIZELLA AND CONTINUED ON A SPORADIC PATH ACROSS SOUTH MACON AND INTO WESTERN TWIGGS COUNTY. TORNADO WAS EF0 TO EF1 THROUGHOUT MOST OF THE PATH...BUT REACHED EF2 INTENSIFY ALONG EISENHOWER PARKWAY IN SOUTH MACON. THE TORNADO LIFTED NEAR DRY BRANCH AT THE TWIGGS/BIBB COUNTY LINE. TOTAL PATH LENGTH WAS 18 MILES AND MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH WAS 100 YARDS WIDE. 0555 AM TSTM WND DMG 11 S FORSYTH 32.88N 83.94W 05/11/2008 MONROE GA COUNTY OFFICIAL SEVERAL TREES WERE DOWN ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PART OF COUNTY...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE INTERSTECTION OF HIGHWAYS 22 AND 74. 0555 AM TSTM WND DMG BYRON 32.65N 83.76W 05/11/2008 PEACH GA COUNTY OFFICIAL SEVERAL TREES ARE DOWN IN THE NORTHERN PART OF THE COUNTY. 0600 AM TSTM WND DMG IRWINTON 32.81N 83.17W 05/11/2008 WILKINSON GA EMERGENCY MNGR 4 HOME WERE HEAVILY DAMAGED IN IRWINTON AND NUMEROUS TREES WERE DOWN ACROSS THE ENTIRE COUNTY WITH SEVERAL ROADS BLOCKED. 0600 AM TSTM WND DMG 1 NNE CENTERVILLE 32.65N 83.67W 05/11/2008 HOUSTON GA PUBLIC A FEW TREES AND LIMBS WERE BROUGHT DOWN IN A TRAILER PARK ON THE NORTHEAST SIDE OF TOWN. 0605 AM HAIL 3 S MACON 32.79N 83.66W 05/11/2008 E0.75 INCH BIBB GA PUBLIC NEAR HOUSTON AVE AND EISENHOWER PKWY 0605 AM TSTM WND DMG FORT VALLEY 32.55N 83.89W 05/11/2008 PEACH GA AMATEUR RADIO WIDESPREAD TREES DOWN ACROSS THE COUNTY. POWER OUTAGES ALSO. 0610 AM TSTM WND DMG 5 W MILLEDGEVILLE 33.09N 83.33W 05/11/2008 BALDWIN GA COUNTY OFFICIAL NUMEROUS TREES AND POWERLINES ARE DOWN ALL ACROSS THE COUNTY. 0613 AM TSTM WND DMG MONTEZUMA 32.30N 84.03W 05/11/2008 MACON GA COUNTY OFFICIAL SEVERAL TREES WERE DOWN ACROSS THE CITY. 0615 AM TORNADO FITZPATRICK 32.75N 83.44W 05/11/2008 F1 TWIGGS GA NWS STORM SURVEY AN EF1 TORNADO WITH WINDS UP TO 90 MPH TOUCHED DOWN NEAR US HWY 80 WEST OF MYRICKS MILL RD WHERE A CHURCH HAD MOST OF ITS ROOF BLOWN OFF. IT CONTINUED EAST INTO WESTERN WILKINSON COUNTY PARALLELING GA HWY 96 NEAR US HWY 441. A MOBILE HOME WAS DAMAGED AT BEAVER DAM ROAD. THE TORNADO LIFTED EAST OF LONG BRANCH RD 8 MILES SE OF TOOMSBORO. TOTAL PATH LENGTH 25 MILES. MAXIMUM WIDTH WAS 100 YDS. ADDITIONAL STRAIGHT-LINE WIND DAMAGE WAS OBSERVED ALONG AND UP TO 3 MILES SOUTH OF THE TORNADO TRACK. 0617 AM TSTM WND DMG 7 S MADISON 33.48N 83.48W 05/11/2008 MORGAN GA COUNTY OFFICIAL SEVERAL TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN ACROSS SOUTH PART OF COUNTY 0630 AM TSTM WND DMG AMERICUS 32.07N 84.23W 05/11/2008 SUMTER GA COUNTY OFFICIAL SEVERAL TREES DOWN 0630 AM TSTM WND DMG ELLAVILLE 32.24N 84.31W 05/11/2008 SCHLEY GA COUNTY OFFICIAL SEVERAL TREES DOWN 0636 AM TORNADO 7 NW DUBLIN 32.61N 83.01W 05/11/2008 F2 LAURENS GA NWS STORM SURVEY *** 1 FATAL, 3 INJ *** EF2 TORNADO CONFIRMED TOUCHDOWN IN THE 2700 BLOCK OF U.S. HIGHWAY 441...ABOUT THREE MILES SOUTHWEST OF DUBLIN...WHERE A DOUBLE-WIDE MOBILE HOME WAS DESTROYED. AN EARLY 50S MALE KILLED AND WIFE IN VERY SERIOUS CONDITION. TWO CHILDREN SUFFERED NON-LIFE THREATENING INJURIES. ADDITIONAL DAMAGE REPORTED IN OTHER PARTS OF THE COUNTY...MOSTLY FROM STRAIGHT-LINE WINDS OR EF0 TO EF1 TORNADO. 0644 AM TORNADO 9 WSW WRIGHTSVILLE 32.68N 82.86W 05/11/2008 LAURENS GA NWS STORM SURVEY AN EF1 TORNADO WITH WINDS UP TO 110 MPH TOUCHED DOWN IN EXTREME NORTHERN LAURENS COUNTY ABOUT 1 MILE W OF TUCKERS CROSSROADS OR 9 MILES WSW OF WRIGHTSVILLE AT 644 AM EDT. NEAR TUCKERS CROSSROADS...THE TORNADO DESTROYED ONE MOBILE HOME...PUSHED A MANUFACTURED HOME OFF ITS FOUNDATION...AND MOVED A TRUCK 30 FT. THE TORNADO DOWNED NUMEROUS TREES AND DAMAGED SEVERAL HOMES IN THE WRIGHTSVILLE AREA BEFORE LIFTING 1 MILE NE OF WRIGHTSVILLE IN JOHNSON COUNTY AT 654 AM EDT. THE TOTAL PATH LENGTH WAS 10 MI 0645 AM TORNADO 4 NE SANDERSVILLE 33.02N 82.76W 05/11/2008 F0 WASHINGTON GA NWS STORM SURVEY AN EF0 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN NEAR GA HWY 15 AND MAYVIEW RD TRACKING EAST FOR APPROXIMATELY 33 MILES THROUGH JEFFERSON COUNTY AND CONTINUED INTO BURKE COUNTY BEFORE LIFTING AT 722 AM. MANY STRUCTURES WERE DAMAGED BUT MOST OF THE DAMAGE WAS MINOR. MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH WAS 1/4 MILE. ADDITIONAL STRAIGHT-LINE WIND DAMAGE WAS OBSERVED ALONG AND UP TO 2 MILES SOUTH OF THE TORNADO...CAUSING MODERATE DAMAGE TO STRUCTURES IN DAVISBORO AND LOUISVILLE. 0700 AM TSTM WND DMG KITE 32.69N 82.52W 05/11/2008 JOHNSON GA NWS STORM SURVEY STRAIGHT-LINE WINDS ESTIMATED UP TO 90 MPH OCCURRED ALONG AND UP TO 2 MILES SOUTH OF THE TORNADO TRACK. A GYMNASIUM IN KITE SUSTAINED MASONRY WALL AND ROOF DAMAGE. SEVERAL OTHER STRUCTURES WERE DAMAGED AND NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES WERE DOWNED. 0700 AM TORNADO 1 N LOWERY 32.37N 82.80W 05/11/2008 F1 LAURENS GA NWS STORM SURVEY DAMAGE PATH 0.5 MILES LONG AND 200 YARDS WIDE.ONE MOBILE HOME DESTROYED AND NUMEROUS TREES SNAPPED AND UPROOTED. 0701 AM TORNADO 1 NW KITE 32.70N 82.53W 05/11/2008 F2 JOHNSON GA NWS STORM SURVEY AN EF2 TORNADO WITH WINDS UP TO 130 MPH TOUCHED DOWN NORTHWEST OF KITE CAUSING DAMAGE ALONG US HWY 221. A MOBILE HOME WAS ROLLED OVER AND SEVERAL HOMES AND CARS WERE DAMAGED. MORE SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE OCCURRED 3 MILES NE OF KITE ALONG MINTON CHAPEL RD WHERE A MOBILE HOME WAS DESTROYED WITH DEBRIS THROWN 50 FT. A METAL BUILDING WAS ALSO DESTROYED. THE TORNADO CONTINUED INTO EMANUEL COUNTY BEFORE LIFTING 1 MILE W OF BLUNDALE. PATH LENGTH WAS 8 MILES AND THE MAXIMUM WIDTH WAS 1/2 MILE. 0705 AM TSTM WND DMG LOUISVILLE 33.00N 82.40W 05/11/2008 JEFFERSON GA COUNTY OFFICIAL NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN ALL AROUND LOUISVILLE. 0705 AM TSTM WND DMG SANDERSVILLE 32.98N 82.81W 05/11/2008 WASHINGTON GA COUNTY OFFICIAL SEVERAL TREES DOWN COUNTYWIDE. 0710 AM TSTM WND DMG MCRAE 32.06N 82.90W 05/11/2008 TELFAIR GA COUNTY OFFICIAL SEVERAL TREES DOWN ACROSS THE COUNTY. 0711 AM TORNADO 3 SE SOPERTON 32.35N 82.56W 05/11/2008 F3 TREUTLEN GA NWS STORM SURVEY DAMAGE PATH 7 MILES LONG AND 150 YARDS WIDE. ONE TWO STORY BRICK HOME HAD THE SECOND FLOOR COMPLETELY REMOVED. NUMEROUS SHEDS AND OUTBUILDINGS WERE DESTROYED. THE TORNADO LIFTED ABOUT 6 MILES ENE OF KIBBEE IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY. 0715 AM TSTM WND DMG LOUISVILLE 33.00N 82.40W 05/11/2008 JEFFERSON GA COUNTY OFFICIAL SEVERAL TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN. 0720 AM TORNADO 3 SSW NORMANTOWN 32.27N 82.39W 05/11/2008 F2 TOOMBS GA NWS STORM SURVEY *** 3 INJ *** DAMAGE PATH 1 MILE LONG...150 YDS WIDE. 3 MOBILE HOMES DESTROYED...1 BRICK HOUSE HAD MAJOR DAMAGE...NUMEROUS SHEDS AND OUTBUILDINGS DESTROYED. 1 TRACTOR TRAILER RIG TURNED OVER. APPROXIMATELY 200 TO 300 PINE TREES DOWN. 3 INJURIES AND 7 FAMILIES DISPLACED. 0725 AM TSTM WND DMG LESLIE 31.95N 84.09W 05/11/2008 SUMTER GA COUNTY OFFICIAL NUMEROUS TREES ARE DOWN ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST PART OF SUMTER COUNTY. 0735 AM TORNADO 7 NE LYONS 32.28N 82.24W 05/11/2008 F1 TOOMBS GA NWS STORM SURVEY AN EF1 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN 7 MILES NE OF LYONS. NUMEROUS TREES WERE SNAPPED OR UPROOTED ALONG THE PATH. THIS TORNADO MOVED NORTHEAST BEFORE CURVING TO AN EAST DIRECTION BEFORE MOVING INTO TATTNALL COUNTY. THE TOTAL PATH LENGTH OF THIS TORNADO INCLUDING THE PORTION IN TATTNALL COUNTY WAS 7 MILES. MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH IN TOOMBS COUNTY WAS 100 YARDS WIDE. 0754 AM TSTM WND DMG CORDELE 31.97N 83.77W 05/11/2008 CRISP GA COUNTY OFFICIAL 1 TREE DOWN. 1002 AM TSTM WND DMG RAMHURST 34.70N 84.73W 05/11/2008 MURRAY GA BROADCAST MEDIA ONE TO TWO DOZEN TREES DOWN IN SOUTHEAST MURRAY COUNTY BETWEEN RAMHURST AND DENNIS ALONG OLD U.S. HIGHWAY 411. A COUPLE OF BARNS AND A STORAGE SHED DESTROYED.