NOUS42 KFFC 192345
PNSFFC

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
645 PM EST FRI JAN 19 2001

...STORM SURVEY REPORT ON DAMAGE IN CLAYTON COUNTY...

A SURVEY TEAM FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE
IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS DETERMINED THAT A WEAK TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN 
BRIEFLY IN NORTHERN CLAYTON COUNTY TODAY. THE FUJITA SCALE INTENSITY 
WAS F0.  (THIS SCALE RANGES FROM F0 TO F5 WITH F0 BEING THE 
WEAKEST.)  

THE TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN IN FOREST PARK...CROSSING HIGHWAY 54 
(JONESBORO RD) AT THE FOREST SQUARE SHOPPING CENTER NEAR THE 
SOUTHWEST CORNER OF FORT GILLEM. THE TORNADO'S PATH LENGTH WAS ABOUT 
150 YARDS AND THE WIDTH WAS AROUND 100 YARDS. TIME OF OCCURRENCE WAS 
1224 PM EST.

SEVERAL BUILDINGS (7 OR 8) RECEIVED DAMAGE...MAINLY TO ROOFS AND
WINDOWS. DOZENS OF AUTOMOBILES WERE DAMAGED BY FLYING DEBRIS.

THERE WERE NO DEATHS...BUT SOME 8 TO 10 PEOPLE WERE REPORTEDLY
INJURED. THESE INJURIES WERE DESCRIBED AS CUTS AND BRUISES...ALONG
WITH ONE BROKEN ARM.  


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GOODEN