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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
406 PM EDT MON DEC 17 2007

...TWO TORNADOES CONFIRMED IN SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA ON 
SATURDAY EVENING...

NWS STORM SURVEYS WERE CONDUCTED IN WORTH...TURNER AND EARLY 
COUNTIES FOLLOWING THE SEVERE WEATHER EVENT ON SATURDAY. 

...STORM SURVEY #1 IN WORTH AND TURNER COUNTIES...

AN NWS STORM SURVEY WAS CONDUCTED SUNDAY AFTERNOON TO ASSESS THE
DAMAGE CAUSED BY A TORNADO THAT MOVED ACROSS WORTH AND TURNER 
COUNTIES SATURDAY NIGHT. THE SURVEY DETERMINED THAT ONE TORNADO 
TOUCHED DOWN IN CENTRAL WORTH COUNTY AND CONTINUED ALONG AN 
INTERMITTENT PATH NORTHEASTWARD INTO CENTRAL TURNER COUNTY. 

IN WORTH COUNTY...
THE TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN AROUND 905 PM EST ABOUT 3 MILES WEST OF 
SYLVESTER JUST SOUTH OF U.S. HIGHWAY 82. THE TORNADO MOVED 
NORTHEASTWARD THROUGH THE COMMUNITY OF ISABELLA. ALONG THIS PATH THE 
TORNADO DAMAGED 29 HOMES...6 OF THEM SUFFERED MAJOR DAMAGE. SEVERAL 
IRRIGATION SYSTEMS WERE TOPPLED. 1 PEANUT WAREHOUSE BUILDING WAS 
DAMAGED. THE PATH WIDTH OF THIS TORNADO WAS ESTIMATED TO BE 75 YARDS 
AND WAS RATED AN EF-0 WITH MAXIMUM WINDS UP TO 75 MPH. 

IN TURNER COUNTY...
THE TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN AGAIN JUST SOUTHWEST OF ASHBURN AND CAUSED 
MODERATE DAMAGE IN THE CITY OF ASHBURN. THE TORNADO DESTROYED FOUR 
SINGLE WIDE MOBILE HOMES AND DAMAGED THIRTY-NINE FRAME HOMES. 
SEVERAL EMPTY TRACTOR TRAILERS WERE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. SEVERAL 
BUSINESSES IN THE TOWN SUFFERED DAMAGE. JUST NORTHEAST OF 
ASHBURN...A LARGE AREA OF PINE TREES WERE SNAPPED. THE TORNADO 
CONTINUED NORTHEAST AND APPROACHED INTERSTATE 75 NEAR THE 83 MILE 
MARKER. AS THE TORNADO CROSSED THE INTERSTATE...AN 18-WHEEL TRUCK 
WAS TOSSED OFF THE ROAD AND DOWN A 50 FOOT EMBANKMENT. THE DRIVER 
AND ONLY OCCUPANT OF THE TRUCK DIED. THIS TORNADO HAD A MAXIMUM PATH 
WIDTH OF 125 YARDS AND IS RATED AN EF-1 WITH MAXIMUM WINDS OF 105 
MPH. 

NO OTHER INJURIES OR FATALITIES WERE REPORTED WITH THIS TORNADO. 

...STORM SURVEY #2 IN EARLY COUNTY...

AN NWS STORM SURVEY WAS CONDUCTED MONDAY AFTERNOON IN EARLY COUNTY. 
THIS SURVEY CONFIRMED THAT A WEAK EF-0 TORNADO BRIEFLY TOUCHED DOWN 
IN NORTH CENTRAL EARLY COUNTY 3.5 MILES NORTHWEST OF BLAKELY. THE
FIRST AREA SURVEYED WEST OF BLAKELY FOUND A DESTROYED ADDITION TO A 
HOME. THIS DAMAGE WAS CAUSED BY STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. THE SECOND 
SURVEY AREA WAS NORTHWEST OF TOWN CENTERED AROUND DAMAGE TO A SINGLE 
WIDE MOBILE HOME. THIS DAMAGE WAS DETERMINED TO BE CAUSED BY A A 
WEAK EF-0 TORNADO. THE PATH WIDTH OF THIS TORNADO WAS ABOUT 50 YARDS 
WIDE WITH ESTIMATED MAXIMUM WINDS OF 70 MPH. 

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GODSEY