PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 400 PM EDT TUE MAY 1 2007 ...FINAL DAMAGE REPORT FOR APRIL 15 SEVERE WEATHER... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCED 8 TORNADOES DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS OF APRIL 15TH. THREE OF THE TORNADOES WERE RATED EF2...FOUR OF THE TORNADOES WERE RATED EF1 AND ANOTHER TORNADO WAS RATED EF0. THE FINAL REPORT ON THE LOCATION AND STRENGTH OF THE TORNADOES FOLLOWS. ANY CHANGES FROM THE PREVIOUS REPORT HAVE BEEN HIGHLIGHTED AT THE BEGINNING OF EACH PARAGRAPH. ...DAMAGE INTENSITY OF FIRST TORNADO INCREASED TO EF1... THE FIRST TORNADO AFFECTED DODGE COUNTY WHEN A TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN AT 1:23 AM EDT ABOUT 1 MILE WEST OF DOWNTOWN EASTMAN. THE TORNADO CONTINUED NORTH-NORTHEAST LIFTING 4 MILES NORTH-NORTHEAST OF DOWNTOWN EASTMAN AROUND 1:28 AM EDT. TOTAL PATH LENGTH WAS 4.5 MILES... MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH WAS 100 YARDS. THE TORNADO WAS RATED EF1 WITH A MAXIMUM WIND SPEED WAS 90 MPH. RETAIL BUILDINGS ON U.S. 23 RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE. AN ADJACENT GREENHOUSE WAS DESTROYED. THE ANNOUNCERS BOOTH AT THE EASTMAN HIGH SCHOOL FIELD WAS DESTROYED. NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES DOWNED ON HOMES. SEVERAL HOMES RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE. TWO MOBILE HOMES THAT WERE UNSECURED WERE DESTROYED. THE SECOND TORNADO AFFECTED LAURENS COUNTY AND RESULTED IN TWO INJURIES. A TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN AT 1:45 AM EDT ABOUT 8.5 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF DUBLIN NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF STATE HIGHWAY 117 AND U.S. 441/319. THE TORNADO CONTINUED NORTHEAST...LIFTING AT 1:54 AM EDT ABOUT 5.5 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF DUBLIN. TOTAL PATH LENGTH WAS APPROXIMATELY 5 MILES... MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH WAS 200 YARDS. THE TORNADO WAS RATED EF2 WITH A MAXIMUM WIND SPEED WAS 120 MPH. A TIED-DOWN DOUBLE-WIDE MOBILE HOME WAS COMPLETELY DESTROYED RESULTING IN TWO INJURIES. ANOTHER TIED-DOWN MOBILE HOME WAS DESTROYED WITH 2 ADULTS AND 2 CHILDREN INSIDE ...ALL SURVIVED WITH ONE MINOR INJURY. A HOME HAD ITS CARPORT AND PART OF ITS ROOF REMOVED REMOVED. SEVERAL OTHER MOBILE HOMES AND HOMES RECEIVED DAMAGE FROM FALLING TREES OR WIND. A LARGE GREENHOUSE WAS ALSO DESTROYED. ...RATING AND DAMAGE INFORMATION ADDED... SIMULTANEOUS TO THE SECOND TORNADO...A THIRD TORNADO HIT SOUTHERN LAURENS COUNTY...TOUCHING DOWN AT 1:50 AM EDT ABOUT 4 MILES NORTH- NORTHEAST OF THE COMMUNITY OF CEDAR GROVE. THE TORNADO TRAVELED NORTHEAST...LIFTING ABOUT 1.5 MILES NORTH-NORTHEAST OF THE COMMUNITY OF LOWERY AT 1:58 AM EDT. TOTAL PATH LENGTH WAS 6.5 MILES...MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH WAS 50 YARDS. THE TORNADO WAS RATED EF0 WITH A MAXIMUM WIND SPEED OF 80 MPH. NUMEROUS TREES WERE DOWNED ALONG THE MOSTLY FORESTED PATH. A FEW OUTBUILDINGS WERE DAMAGED NEAR MORTON ROAD AND ROCK SPRINGS ROAD. ...END POINT MODIFIED... A FOURTH TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN IN WESTERN TREUTLEN COUNTY AT 2:04 AM EDT ABOUT 2 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ROCKLEDGE...SOUTH OF I-16 AND TRAVELED NORTH-NORTHEAST INTO WESTERN EMANUEL AND FAR SOUTHERN JOHNSON COUNTIES. THE TORNADO LIFTED AT 2:18 AM EDT ABOUT 3 MILES NORTH-NORTHEAST OF ADRIAN. TOTAL PATH LENGTH WAS 10 MILES...MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH WAS 1/4 MILE. THE TORNADO WAS RATED EF1 WITH A MAXIMUM WIND SPEED OF 100 MPH. HUNDREDS OF TREES WERE DOWNED ALONG AND NORTH OF I-16. TWO HOUSES SOUTHEAST OF THE COMMUNITY OF ORIANNA WERE DAMAGED AND TWO OUTBUILDINGS WERE DESTROYED. A SILO WAS THROWN 1/4 MILE INTO THE FIELD ACROSS THE ROAD. ANOTHER HOME NORTHEAST OF ORIANNA RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE. IN ADRIAN...A MOBILE HOME WAS ROLLED OVER AND A UTILITY BUILDING HAD PART OF ITS ROOF REMOVED...AROUND A DOZEN HOMES RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE AND NUMEROUS TREES WERE DOWNED. A CAMPGROUND NORTHEAST OF ADRIAN WAS AFFECTED AS TWO HOUSES WERE HEAVILY DAMAGED WHEN TREES WERE DOWNED ON THEM. AN UNSECURED MOBILE HOME 3 MILES NORTH-NORTHEAST OF ADRIAN WAS ALSO DESTROYED. ...RATING AND DAMAGE INFORMATION ADDED... A FIFTH TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN AT NEARLY THE SAME TIME AS THE FOURTH TORNADO...BEGINNING IN NORTHEAST LAURENS COUNTY AT 2:05 AM EDT ABOUT 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DUBLIN. THE TORNADO TRAVELED NORTHEAST... LIFTING INTERMITTENTLY...INTO WESTERN JOHNSON COUNTY AND FINALLY LIFTED AROUND 2:24 AM EDT ABOUT 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF KITE. TOTAL PATH LENGTH WAS 19 MILES...MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH WAS 100 YARDS. THE TORNADO WAS RATED EF1 WITH A MAXIMUM WIND SPEED OF 100 MPH. THE TORNADO DAMAGED OR DESTROYED SEVERAL OUTBUILDINGS. SOME HOMES RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE. A CHURCH NORTH 5 MILES NORTH OF SCOTT RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE INCLUDING A FAMILY LIFE CENTER WHICH WAS SHIFTED SLIGHTLY. A SIXTH TORNADO AFFECTED EASTERN EMANUEL COUNTY. THE TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN AT 2:56 AM EDT 2 MILES SOUTHEAST OF TWIN CITY AND TRAVELED NORTHEAST TO ABOUT 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF TWIN CITY. THE TOTAL PATH LENGTH WAS 5 MILES...MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH WAS 200 YARDS. THE TORNADO WAS RATED EF2 WITH A MAXIMUM WIND SPEED WAS 115 MPH. TWO HOMES WERE DAMAGED HEAVILY REMOVING SIGNIFICANTS PARTS OF THEIR ROOFS AND WALLS. OUTBUILDINGS WERE DESTROYED. A MOBILE HOME WAS ALSO DAMAGED. A SEVENTH TORNADO HIT CRISP COUNTY...RESULTING FROM A NEW COMPLEX OF THUNDERSTORMS. THIS TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN IN WORTH COUNTY AND CROSSED INTO CRISP COUNTY AT 3:27AM EDT ABOUT 5.5 MILES WEST OF ARABI. THE TORNADO TRAVELED NORTHEAST AND LIFTED AT 3:39 AM EDT ABOUT 3 MILES NORTHEAST OF ARABI. TOTAL PATH LENGTH WAS APPROXIMATELY 14 MILES ...WITH APPROXIMATELY 7.5 MILES OCCURRING IN CRISP COUNTY. PATH WIDTH WAS 200 YARDS. THE TORNADO WAS RATED EF1 WITH A MAXIMUM WIND SPEED WAS 100 MPH. NEAR ARABI...A MOBILE HOME WAS SHIFTED OFF ITS FOUNDATION...AND ITS STRAPS PULLED OUT OF THE GROUND. SEVERAL TREES WERE DOWNED AS WELL. AS THE TORNADO LIFTED NEAR EXIT 92 ON I-75...IT TOSSED A CAR ONTO A GUARD RAIL. ...RATING AND DAMAGE INFORMATION ADDED... THIS SAME STORM PRODUCED AN EIGHTH TORNADO IN DODGE COUNTY...HITTING THE CITY OF EASTMAN A SECOND TIME. THE TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN AT 4:25 AM EDT ABOUT 1 MILE SOUTH OF DOWNTOWN EASTMAN AND TRAVELED NORTHEAST... LIFTING AT AROUND 4:30 AM EDT ABOUT 3.5 MILES EAST OF DOWNTOWN EASTMAN. THE TOTAL PATH LENGTH WAS 4.5 MILES WITH A MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH OF 200 YARDS. THE TORNADO WAS RATED EF2 WITH A MAXIMUM WIND SPEED OF 120 MPH. THE COUNTY ROAD DEPARTMENT GARAGE WAS DESTROYED. A NEARBY HOME SUFFERED SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE WITH PART OF ITS ROOF AND PATIO REMOVED AND PART OF AN EXTERIOR WALL KNOCKED DOWN. A BARN WAS DESTROYED. SEVERAL HOMES RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE. TWO UNSECURED MOBILE HOMES WERE ALSO DESTROYED.