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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
603 PM EST THU FEB 19 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0545 PM TORNADO 4 SW REYNOLDS 32.52N 84.14W
02/18/2009 F0 TAYLOR GA EMERGENCY MNGR
EF0 - TORNADO BEGAN NEAR TOMMY PURVIS JR RD. AND EUBANKS
DR. WITH INTERMITTENT TOUCHDOWNS ALONG A 3 TO 4 MILE PATH
ALONG THIS LINE. PATH WIDTH ESTIMATED TO BE 50 TO 100
FEET WIDE. TREES DOWN ACROSS THE ROAD...ONE HOME
DAMAGED...AND ONE MOBILE HOME MOVED OFF ITS FOUNDATION.
0625 PM TORNADO WARNER ROBINS 32.62N 83.63W
02/18/2009 F0 HOUSTON GA OTHER FEDERAL
EF0 - REPORTED BY THE WEATHER OBSERVER AT WARNER ROBINS
AFB. FUNNEL MOVED OVER RUNNWAYS AT WRB AFB AND THEN
DROPPED TO THE GROUND AND INTO THE TREES JUST OFF THE
RUNWAY. NO SPECIFIC DAMAGE PATH LENGTH OR WIDTH AVAILABLE
AT THIS TIME.
0657 PM TSTM WND DMG 6 SSW WATKINSVILLE 33.78N 83.45W
02/18/2009 OCONEE GA EMERGENCY MNGR
POSSIBLE TORNADO. SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE STARTING ON U.S. 441
AT MILE MARKER 2-3 AT TAPPIN SPUR ROAD. DAMAGE CONTINUES
EAST TO HALE ROAD AND COLHAM ROAD. TREES DOWN AND A
VEHICLE OVERTURNED. U.S. 441 WAS COMPLETELY CLOSED
BECAUSE OF DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES. SEVERAL HOMES
SUSTAINED MINOR ROOF DAMAGE. ONE MOBILE HOME MOVED FROM
ITS FOUNDATION. GEORGIA NATURE CENTER REPORTS HUNDREDS OF
TREES DOWN...TWO TENT AREAS DESTROYED...DAMAGE TO SOLAR
PANELS. DAMAGE PATH ESTIMATED TO BE 1/3 MILE WIDE.
0710 PM TORNADO 8 WSW WASHINGTON 33.67N 82.86W
02/18/2009 F4 WILKES GA NWS STORM SURVEY
EF4 - BEGAN IN TYRONE IN FAR SOUTHWEST PART OF THE COUNTY
AND CONTINUED ACROSS SOUTHERN WILKES INTO LINCOLN COUNTY.
THE TORNADO WAS ON THE GROUND APPROXIMATELY 16 MILES
WITHIN WILKES COUNTY. MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH 1/2 MILE. A
CINDER BLOCK HOME WAS COMPLETELY DEMOLISHED AND THE
DEBRIS WAS BLOWN 1/2 MILE DOWNSTREAM. FIFTEEN OTHER HOMES
SUSTAINED MODERATE - MAJOR DAMAGE WITH 19 OUTBUILDINGS
DESTROYED. A COMMERCIAL CHICKEN HOUSE WAS DESTROYED...A
STEEPLE BLOWN OFF A CHURCH...AND A 2-TON TRUCK MOVED 60FT
0715 PM TORNADO 7 WSW EATONTON 33.30N 83.50W
02/18/2009 F1 PUTNAM GA NWS STORM SURVEY
*** 1 INJ *** EF1 - SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE FROM WILLARD TO
EATONTON ON A FIVE MILE LONG PATH. MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH 3/4
MILE. MAXIMUM WINDS ESTIMATED TO BE 110 MPH. ONE
RESTAURANT COMPLETELY DESTROYED AND TWO OTHER BUILDINGS
DESTROYED. NUMEROUS TREES UPROOTED. AT LEAST ONE PERSON
INJURED FROM DEBRIS. SOME PEOPLE BRIEFLY TRAPPED IN CARS
AND HOMES. U.S. HIGHWAY 129 SOUTH OF EATONTON CLOSED FOR
SEVERAL HOURS BY DOWNED POWER LINES.
0720 PM TORNADO 4 E MONTICELLO 33.31N 83.61W
02/18/2009 F1 JASPER GA NWS STORM SURVEY
EF1 - BEGINNING ONE MILE WEST OF SMITHBORO ALONG GEORGIA
HIGHWAY 16...ENDING APPROXIMATLY TWO MILES EAST OF
SMITHBORO. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 100 MPH. PATH LENGTH
APPROXIMATELY 3 MILES AND MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH 1/4 MILE.
DAMAGE TO SEVERAL HOMES ALONG GEORGIA HIGHWAY 16 IN THE
SMITHBORO COMMUNITY, ONE WHICH SUSTAINED MAJOR DAMAGE. A
SAW MILL WAREHOUSE WAS DESTROYED. A NUMBER OF POWER LINES
AND TREES DOWN IN THE AREA AS WELL.
0800 PM TORNADO 4 S PORTERDALE 33.51N 83.89W
02/18/2009 F1 NEWTON GA NWS STORM SURVEY
EF1 - TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN AT KING BOSTWICK RD. AND
CHANNING COPE RD TRACKING APPROXIMATELY 2 MILES TO ABOUT
1/2 MI. SOUTHEAST OF THE INTERSECTION OF HENDERSON MILL
ROAD AND TAYLOR ROAD. PATH WIDTH ESTIMATED TO BE 100-200
YARDS WIDE. EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO 20 TO 30 HOMES IN A
HEAVILY WOODED PINE COMMUNITY. DAMAGE WAS NEARLY 100
PERCENT CAUSED BY TREES DOWN ON HOMES.
0800 PM TORNADO 9 WNW SHADY DALE 33.45N 83.73W
02/18/2009 F1 JASPER GA NWS STORM SURVEY
EF1 - BEGINNING 9WNW SHADY DALE NEAR SHEPARD RD...ENDING
2NW SHADY DALE NEAR TUCKERTOWN RD. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS - 100 MPH. PATH LENGTH APPROXIMATELY 7 MILES AND
MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH 1/4 MILE. MINOR DAMAGE TO FIVE HOMES
AND MAJOR DAMAGE TO A SMALL COTTAGE IN THE NORTHEAST PART
OF THE COUNTY. MORE THAN 100 TREES DOWN ALONG THE PATH.
0830 PM TORNADO MORELAND 33.29N 84.77W
02/18/2009 F2 COWETA GA NWS STORM SURVEY
EF2 - PATH OF DAMAGE SEVEN TO EIGHT MILES LONG BEGINNING
AT 923 BRADBERRY ROAD...APPROXIMATELY THREE MILES WEST OF
U.S. 27...THEN CONTINUED EAST-NORTHEAST ACROSS FAR
SOUTHERN COWETA COUNTY AND CONTINUED INTO SPALDING
COUNTY. PATH WIDTH UP TO ONE MILE WIDE. STRUCTURAL DAMAGE
TO AT LEAST A DOZEN HOMES...SOME SUBSTANTIAL. A ROOF WAS
ALSO BLOWN OFF A SCHOOL. A HORSE WAS KILLED BY FLYING
DEBRIS.
1040 PM TORNADO 5 ESE SPARTA 33.26N 82.88W
02/18/2009 F3 HANCOCK GA NWS STORM SURVEY
*** 1 FATAL, 3 INJ *** EF3 - TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN 5 ESE
MI. OF SPARTA AND CONTINUED TO INTO WARREN AND GLASCOCK
COUNTY...ENDING 6 MILES WNW OF GIBSON. TOTAL PATH LENGTH
8 MILES. MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH 500 YARDS WITH MAXIMUM
SUSTAINED WINDS OF 140 MPH. A CHURCH AND FOUR MOBILE
HOMES DESTROYED IN THE HICKORY GROVE COMMUNITY. ONE
FATALITY AND THREE INJURIES OCCURRED IN THE HICKORY GROVE
COMMUNITY. HUNDREDS OF TREES DOWN ALONG THE PATH OF THE
TORNADO.
&&
THIS PRELIMINARY STORM REPORT IS FOR TORNADOES ONLY THAT HAVE EITHER
BEEN SURVEYED AND/OR CONFIRMED OR ARE STILL IN THE PROCESS OF BEING
SURVEYED. A COMPLETE REPORT OF ALL STORM EVENTS FROM 02/18/09 WILL
BE SENT AFTER ALL REPORTS...INCLUDING OTHER THUNDERSTORM WIND AND
HAIL REPORTS...HAVE BEEN RECEIVED AND COMPILED.
$$
RAB
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