KFFC [241446]: Preliminary Local Storm Report...corrected

NWUS52 KFFC 241446
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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
945 AM EST SAT DEC 24 2011

..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..

0450 PM TORNADO 3 WSW ROME 34.25N 85.24W
12/22/2011 F2 FLOYD GA NWS STORM SURVEY

*** 3 INJ *** NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ASSESSMENT TEAM
DETERMINED THAT EF1 DAMAGE BEGAN WEST OF ROME AND
STRENGTHENED TO EF2 AS THE STORM PROGRESSED NORTHEAST
TOWARD THE COMMUNITY OF WALTON CREEK. THE TORNADO
EVENTUALLY LIFTED AND DISSIPATED JUST WEST OF HIGHWAY 53
AND EAST OF JONES BEND ROAD. PRELIMINARY ESTIMATES FROM
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ARE OF 20 HOMES WITH SIGNIFICANT
DAMAGE.

0503 PM TORNADO 3 NW SHANNON 34.37N 85.10W
12/22/2011 F0 FLOYD GA NWS STORM SURVEY

A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ASSESSMENT TEAM DETERMINED
THAT EF0 DAMAGE BEGAN IN FAR NORTHEAST FLOYD COUNTY NEAR
HIGHWAY 140 NORTH OF SHANNON AND CONTINUED INTO GORDON
COUNTY.

0506 PM TORNADO 5 ESE CALHOUN 34.48N 84.86W
12/22/2011 F3 GORDON GA NWS STORM SURVEY

*** 4 INJ *** CONTINUATION OF TORNADO FROM FLOYD
COUNTY...A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ASSESSMENT TEAM
DETERMINED TORNADO STRENGTHENED TO AN EF1 ALONG EMILY
LANE JUST EAST OF PLAINVILLE IN SOUTHWEST GORDON COUNTY
WHERE SEVERAL HOMES WERE DAMAGED FROM FALLING TREES. THE
TORNADO THEN STRENGTHENED TO EF3 AT THE CORNER OF BOONE
FORD ROAD AND BEASON ROAD NEAR CALHOUN WHERE A HOME WAS
COMPLETELY DESTROYED. THE TORNADO WEAKENED AND DISSIPATED
ON EAST SIDE OF CALHOUN.

0544 PM TORNADO 2 SW MORELAND 33.27N 84.80W
12/22/2011 F1 COWETA GA NWS STORM SURVEY

A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ASSESSMENT TEAM DETERMINED
THAT AS THE STORM PROGRESSED NORTHEAST...A CIRCULATION
DEVELOPED AND TIGHTENED BETWEEN GRANTVILLE AND MORELAND
RESULTING IN SHORT LIVED TORNADO DAMAGE. A DAMAGE PATH OF
JUST OVER A MILE WAS FOUND WITH EF1 DAMAGE BEGINNING AT
TORNADO TOUCHDOWN NEAR POLK ROAD AND SNAPPING DOZENS OF
TREES AS IT MOVED TOWARD DINGLER ROAD. ONE HOME ON POLK
ROAD HAD MOST OF ITS ROOF REMOVED AND SEVERAL TREES ON
THE PROPERTY WERE UPROOTED AND SNAPPED.

&&

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RGARCIA

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