NOUS42 KFFC 242319
PNSATL
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
658 PM EDT MON JUL 24 2000

...BRIEF F0/F1 TORNADO TOUCHDOWNS CONFIRMED ACROSS HALL AND BANKS 
COUNTIES...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM MOVED ACROSS DAWSON INTO NORTHERN HALL AND 
WESTERN BANKS COUNTY ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON WITH SIGNIFICANT WIND 
DAMAGE.  THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SURVEYED THE AREA TODAY TO 
CONFIRM ANY TORNADO DAMAGE.  

THE DAMAGE PRODUCED FROM THIS STORM WAS CHARACTERISTIC OF STRONG 
STRAIGHT LINE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL TWISTING AND 
CONVERGENCE INDICATIVE OF A WEAK TORNADO.  WEAK F0/F1 TORNADO 
TOUCHDOWNS OCCURRED IN THE LEISURE LAKES VILLAGE AREA OF MURRAYVILLE 
OF NORTHWEST HALL COUNTY WHERE SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO NUMEROUS HOMES 
OCCURRED.  FURTHER EAST IN NORTHEAST HALL COUNTY JUST SOUTH OF 
LULA...NEAR WHITEHALL ROAD...ANOTHER WEAK F0/F1 TORNADO TOUCHDOWN 
OCCURRED WITH TWISTING OF TREES EVIDENT.  DAMAGE TO HOMES WAS NOTED 
IN THIS AREA.  FINALLY...EVEN FURTHER SOUTHEAST IN BANKS 
COUNTY...DAMAGE WITH CONVERGENCE OF TREES WAS ALSO NOTED IN THE 
WELBORN ROAD AREA OF BANKS COUNTY. 

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONDUCTED NUMEROUS INTERVIEWS WITH 
CITIZENS LIVING IN THE AREA AFFECTED. THEY OBSERVED FUNNEL CLOUDS 
AND AN APPARENT CIRCULATION JUST OFF THE GROUND.  THUS...FROM ALL 
INFORMATION GATHERED AND RADAR DATA...THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 
PRODUCED DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS WITH OCCASIONAL INTENSIFICATION 
INTO WEAK F0/F1 TORNADOES.

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GOODEN/NOEL