An active and very unstable northwest flow continued across the southeast United States as the polar vortex remained very strong in the northeast United States. A disturbance rotated around the back side of the upper low into the southeast United States during the afternoon and evening.
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The episode as NWS FFC wrote it up.
An active and very unstable northwest flow continued across the southeast United States as the polar vortex remained very strong in the northeast United States. A disturbance rotated around the back side of the upper low into the southeast United States during the afternoon and evening. Multiple complexes of severe thunderstorms developed across north and central Georgia during the mid to later afternoon as a result and moved southeast during the evening hours. Large hail was the primary severe weather element observed during this outbreak, however an EF2 tornado developed in Cherokee county and caused extensive damage to hundreds of homes. This was the 45th tornado of the spring season for north and central Georgia.
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Atlanta, GA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at May 20, 3:03 PM EST, 15 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 403 PM EDT TUE MAY 20 2008 .SHORT TERM /TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT/... PRIMARY CONCERN IS CHANCE FOR SEVERE CONVECTION THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. STORMS FIRING UP ALONG COLD FRONT IN TN AND XTRM NRN AL BUT HAVE ALSO SEEN SVR STORM DEVELOP JUST EAST OF WARRENTON. COULD SEE ADDITIONAL ISOLATED DEVELOPMENT OF STORMS ALONG SOUTHERN PERIPHERY OF MID LEVEL CLOUDS AND CU FIELD IN CENTRAL GA EVEN THOUGH LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE NOT AS WELL DEFINED. AXIS OF GREATEST INSTABILITY ALONG BROAD SWATH ALSO CENTERED ALONG I-20 WHERE MLCAPE VALUES 1500-2000 J/KG. WILL LIKELY SEE TWO AREAS OF STORMS ...ONE IN FAR NRN GA NEAR COLD FRONT AND ANOTHER ALONG SOUTHERN PERIPHERY OF CLOUDS. PRIMARY THREAT IS LARGE HAIL UP TO 2.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER. DAMAGING WINDS ALSO POSSIBLE BUT NOT AS LIKELY. TORNADO THREAT SOMEWHAT LOW ATTM AS LOW LEVEL STORM RELATIVE HELICITY HAS NOT INCREASED AS MUCH AS MODEL FCST SOUNDINGS INDICATED. IF STORM BECOMES SUPERCELLULAR WITH HIGHLY DEVIANT RIGHT MOTION...COULD SEE STRONGLY ROTATING UPDRAFTS AND ISOLATED TORNADO ESP IN CENTRAL GA. FRONT WILL TAKE ITS TIME TO SAG INTO THE STATE TONIGHT. VERTICAL MOTION PROGGED TO WEAKEN AS WEAK SHORT WAVE SWEEPS THROUGH. MAV GUIDANCE POPS AND GFS/WRF QPF NOT VERY AGGRESSIVE WITH RAINFALL. ONLY SMALL POPS FOR TSRA ALONG FAR SRN ZONES FOR EARLY WED BEFORE CLEARING OUT. NEXT OPPORTUNITY FOR TSRA ON THURSDAY AS WARM/MOIST ADVECTION RETURNS. ATYPICAL UPPER PATTERN WITH TWO LARGE CUTOFF LOWS...ONE OVER WRN U.S. AND THE OTHER OFF THE NEW ENGLAND COAST. PRETTY GOOD AGREEMENT LARGE SCALE PATTERN WITH SHORT AND MEDIUM RANGE MODELS AS WRN LOW TAKING ITS SWEET TIME TO MOVE EAST WHILE THE NE LOW DRIFTS SOUTH. HOWEVER...GFS A LITTLE MORE AGGRESSIVE THAN NAM WITH POPS AND PRECIP AMOUNTS ON THURS NIGHT AND FRI. HAVE BACKED OFF ON POPS SOME. INSTABILITY LOOKS PRETTY GOOD WITH THIS SYSTEM HOWEVER WINDS ALOFT WILL BE FAIRLY WEEK. .LONG TERM /FRIDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/... PATTERN REMAINS NEARLY STAGNANT WITH BLOCKING FEATURES MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY. ANOTHER FLY IN THE PICTURE FOR THE LONG TERM IS POSSIBLE TROPICAL FEED OF MOISTURE MOVING IN LATER IN THE WEEK. GOING FCST SEEMS PRETTY CLOSE TO LATEST MODEL PROGS. NO GOOD REASON TO CHANGE ATTM. SNELSON && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... ATHENS 60 82 52 84 60 / 30 10 5 20 20 ATLANTA 60 80 60 81 64 / 30 10 5 30 20 BLAIRSVILLE 55 76 47 75 54 / 20 10 10 30 20 CARTERSVILLE 56 80 52 81 59 / 20 10 10 30 20 COLUMBUS 67 86 60 86 67 / 20 10 5 40 20 GAINESVILLE 59 79 53 81 60 / 30 10 10 30 20 MACON 63 87 55 89 66 / 30 10 5 30 20 ROME 56 80 55 80 62 / 20 10 10 30 20 PEACHTREE CITY 58 80 53 82 62 / 30 10 5 30 20 VIDALIA 67 90 58 89 67 / 30 20 10 20 20 && .FFC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: BANKS...BARROW...BARTOW...CARROLL...CATOOSA...CHATTOOGA... CHEROKEE...CLARKE...COBB...DADE...DAWSON...DEKALB...DOUGLAS... FANNIN...FLOYD...FORSYTH...GILMER...GORDON...GWINNETT...HALL... HARALSON...JACKSON...LUMPKIN...MADISON...MURRAY...NORTH FULTON... OCONEE...OGLETHORPE...PAULDING...PICKENS...POLK...SOUTH FULTON... TOWNS...UNION...WALKER...WALTON...WHITE...WHITFIELD. && 13
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1030 AM EDT TUE MAY 20 2008 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-211000- BALDWIN-BANKS-BARROW-BARTOW-BIBB-BLECKLEY-BUTTS-CARROLL-CATOOSA- CHATTAHOOCHEE-CHATTOOGA-CHEROKEE-CLARKE-CLAYTON-COBB-COWETA- CRAWFORD-CRISP-DADE-DAWSON-DEKALB-DODGE-DOOLY-DOUGLAS-EMANUEL- FANNIN-FAYETTE-FLOYD-FORSYTH-GILMER-GLASCOCK-GORDON-GREENE- GWINNETT-HALL-HANCOCK-HARALSON-HARRIS-HEARD-HENRY-HOUSTON-JACKSON- JASPER-JEFFERSON-JOHNSON-JONES-LAMAR-LAURENS-LUMPKIN-MACON- MADISON-MARION-MERIWETHER-MONROE-MONTGOMERY-MORGAN-MURRAY- MUSCOGEE-NEWTON-NORTH FULTON-OCONEE-OGLETHORPE-PAULDING-PEACH- PICKENS-PIKE-POLK-PULASKI-PUTNAM-ROCKDALE-SCHLEY-SOUTH FULTON- SPALDING-STEWART-SUMTER-TALBOT-TALIAFERRO-TAYLOR-TELFAIR-TOOMBS- TOWNS-TREUTLEN-TROUP-TWIGGS-UNION-UPSON-WALKER-WALTON-WARREN- WASHINGTON-WEBSTER-WHEELER-WHITE-WHITFIELD-WILCOX-WILKES- WILKINSON- 1030 AM EDT TUE MAY 20 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. ISOLATED TO A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. .SYNOPSIS... A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO NORTH GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON AND ACROSS CENTRAL GEORGIA TONIGHT. .PRIMARY HAZARDS... THE PRIMARY HAZARDS FROM ANY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. THE MOST LIKELY LOCATION FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE SOUTH OF DALTON AND NORTH OF COLUMBUS TO DUBLIN...THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. HOWEVER...ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE NORTH OF DALTON AND SOUTH OF COLUMBUS TO DUBLIN. .OTHER HAZARDS... A WIND ADVISORY IS ALSO IN EFFECT TODAY FOR NORTH GEORGIA NORTH OF A LINE FROM CARROLLTON TO ATLANTA AND ATHENS. WEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED OVER NORTH GEORGIA...WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF THE NORTH GEORGIA MOUNTAINS. .DISCUSSION... MOISTURE IS INCREASING AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT. CAPES WILL INCREASE TO 1500 TO 2000 WITH LIFTED INDICES OF MINUS 3 TO MINUS 5. WHILE THE INSTABILITY WILL BE SUFFICIENT FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...A LIMITING FACTOR WILL BE WEAK LOW LEVEL SHEAR. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WEDNESDAY AND SATURDAY ACROSS CENTRAL GEORGIA...AND ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. OTHERWISE...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR POSSIBLE ACTIVATION THIS AFTERNOON. EMERGENCY MANAGERS SHOULD MONITOR THE SITUATION. BDL
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 336 PM EDT TUE MAY 20 2008 GAZ053-202000- 336 PM EDT TUE MAY 20 2008 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR 1/4 TO 1/2 INCH DIAMETER SIZED HAIL IN COWETA COUNTY UNTIL 400 PM EDT... AT 332 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTHERN COWETA COUNTY...NEAR HANDY AND SARGENT. THIS THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH. THE STORMS WILL MOVE EAST AT 35 MPH. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT. CONTINUE TO MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO...WEATHER.GOV OR OTHER MEDIA OUTLETS FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS ON THESE STORMS. 19
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 349 PM EDT TUE MAY 20 2008 GAZ001-002-202015- 349 PM EDT TUE MAY 20 2008 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR PEA SIZED HAIL IN DADE AND WALKER COUNTIES UNTIL 415 PM EDT... AT 348 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER TRENTON...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. OTHER STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS ARE IN NORTHEAST ALABAMA AND WILL APPROACH THE AREA BY 430 PM. WARNINGS MAY BE NECESSARY WITH THIS ACTIVITY IF THE STORMS MAINTAIN THEIR STRENGTH OR INCREASE. WIND GUSTS OF 45 MPH AND PEA SIZED HAIL ARE LIKELY AS THIS STORM MOVES ACROSS DADE AND WALKER COUNTIES THROUGH 415 PM EDT. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE STORM INCLUDE RISING FAWN...CLOUDLAND STATE PARK...NEW ENGLAND...TRENTON...WILDWOOD...HINKLES...LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN...ROSSVILLE...CHATTANOOGA VALLEY...HIGH POINT...DAVIS CROSSROADS...FAIRVIEW...CHICKAMAUGA...NOBLE AND LINWOOD.
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 33 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:18 UTC.
33 hail, 20 thunderstorm wind, 4 tornado, 3 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
The public observed quarter to golf ball-sized hail in the McDonough area. Radar supported that hail of at least quarter-size fell across much of central and east central Henry county.
The Catoosa County 911 Center relayed reports of penny to nickel-sized hail across far northern Catoosa county near the Tennessee state line, 4-5 miles north of Fort Oglethorpe and Ringgold. Nickel-sized hail was observed in the Lakeview area and penny-sized hail north of Ringgold.
The Jasper County 911 Center relayed reports of quarter-sized hail in the far northern part of the county near the Newton county line, west of Farrar. One tree was also blown down near the county line.
The Butts county 911 Center reported penny-sized hail in the Flovilla area.
The public observed penny-sized hail northeast of Eatonton. Radar supported that hail this size or possibly larger continued into the east central part of Putnam county along and near Georgia Highway 16.
An amateur radio operator observed penny-sized hail in Hillsboro. Radar supported that hail this size or larger fell across much of southern Jasper county from the Butts county line east-southeastward to the Jones county line.
The public observed quarter-sized hail in the far northern part of Chattooga county near the Walker county line. Radar supported that hail up to this size continued into the far northeastern corner of the county.
An amateur radio operator reported that a tree was blown down onto a home just north of Trion on Spring Creek Road causing minor damage to the structure.
The public reported hen egg or 2.00 inch diameter hail in the Veazey area of southern Greene county. Radar supported that hail up to this size may well have continued further east toward Siloam.
The public reported baseball-sized hail in Oostanaula, half-dollar-sized hail southwest of Calhoun, and quarter-sized hail near the Bartow county line about six miles south of Calhoun. Hail covered the ground up to two inches deep south of Calhoun. The public estimated wind gusts at 60 mph near the Bartow county line, but other than a few tree limbs, no other damage was reported.
The Taliaferro County 911 Center relayed reports of golf ball-sized hail from the western part of the county.
The Fannin County 911 Center reported nickel-sized hail in the Blue Ridge area.
A damage survey conducted by the National Weather Service Forecast Office in Peachtree City, Georgia along with information received from reports by the Baldwin County Emergency Management Director, the public, and the media, indicated that straight-line winds up to 80 mph affected the Milledgeville area. The worst damage occurred within in an area from 3.5 miles northwest of the city to 1.0 mile north of the city. Within this area, approximately 150 trees were down. Many power lines were also down as a result of fallen trees. Nearly the entire area was without power, some areas over a day. The majority of the damage occurred along Little Road northwest of Milledgeville where up to 100 trees were down and along North Jefferson Street, one mile north of downtown Milledgeville, where at least 50 trees were down.
The public observed half-dollar-sized hail from northwest to south of Adairsville. Nickel-sized hail was observed just north of White. As the storm continued southeastward, ping pong ball-sized hail was observed as the storm continued southeast toward the Cherokee county line. Radar data supported that nickel or larger sized hail fell across much of northern and eastern Bartow county from Adairsville to Pine Log, White, and to just north of Red Top Mountain State Park.
The Baldwin County 911 Center reported golf ball to baseball-sized hail in Milledgeville. The hail combined with wind gusts in excess of 60 mph caused extensive damage to property in the area. The public also observed golf ball-sized hail in the far southeast part of the county, approximately 11 miles southeast of Milledgeville. The hail caused damage to the roofs of many homes and hundreds of vehicles. The Baldwin County Emergency Management Director reported that the large hail damaged 31 county vehicles costing the county at least $55,000. In addition, the hail caused damage to several county buildings, including the 911 Center, the sheriff's office, and the fire station. The Emergency Management Director observed that the hail remained on the ground for at least two hours after the event. Radar supports that large hail of golf ball size or larger likely fell in a wide swath from northwest to southeast Baldwin county.
The Chattooga County Emergency Management Director observed golf ball-sized hail approximately three miles south-southwest of Summerville. The public observed nickel-sized hail in the Menlo area. Radar supported nickel or larger size hail in a large swath across the central and southern parts of the county from Menlo, to the Floyd county line south of James H. Floyd State Park.
The public observed quarter-sized hail in the far eastern part of the county along Kingston Highway near the Bartow county line. Nickel-sized hail was observed by the public north of Rome between Rome and Armuchee.
A damage survey conducted by the National Weather Service Forecast Office in Peachtree City, Georgia concluded that a brief EF0 tornado touched down 1.5 miles northwest of Davisboro and traveled southeast on the ground for approximately one mile before lifting 0.5 miles northwest of Davisboro. The tornado had a maximum path width of 50 yards with maximum estimated wind speeds of 70 to 80 mph. Several trees were blown down along the path of the tornado, but no structural damage was observed or reported.
The Cherokee County Emergency Management Director observed baseball-sized hail fell just south of Holly Springs. The public reported penny-sized hail in Woodstock. Ping-pong ball-sized hail fell near the Bartow/Cherokee county line west of Cherokee. Radar supported that large hail, nickel-size or larger, fell across a large swath of the southern half of Cherokee county from near Lake Allatoona across Holly Springs, Lebanon, and Woodstock.
The Jefferson County 911 Center reported that several trees and power lines were down throughout the city of Louisville.
A damage survey conducted by the National Weather Service Forecast Office in Peachtree City, Georgia concluded that an EF1 tornado touched down near the intersection of Interstate-575 and Sixes Road and traveled on the ground approximately 5-6 miles ending near the intersection of Georgia Highway 92 and Wigley Road. The maximum path width of the tornado was approximately one mile wide with maximum winds estimated to be 95 mph. The Falton Lakes Mobile Home Park sustained significant damage with substantial damage to many site-built homes also observed in the East Cherokee Drive Area.
Overall damage consisted of 60 destroyed homes, 35 of which were site-built and 25 were mobile. Twenty-five additional mobile homes sustained minor damage. In addition to the 35 destroyed site-built homes, 391 additional homes sustained major damage and 588 sustained minor damage. Ten multi-family homes also received minor damage. Minor damage occurred to ten commercial buildings. Four school district buildings sustained major damage as well as 16 mobile school instructional units. Hundreds of trees were down in the area and many power lines were down as well. One indirect death to a 24-year old male and an indirect injury to a female occurred on May 29th when two very large trees fell on two vehicles. These trees were weakened from the tornado that occurred on May 20th.
The Fulton County Department reported that several trees and power lines were blown down in the Mountain Park area. A storm spotter reported that a metal carport roof was ripped by strong winds north of Roswell.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported that lightning struck a home on Bisland Court setting the structure on fire.
The Bartow County 911 Center relayed a report of penny-sized hail from far southern Bartow county east of Euharlee and Stilesboro near the Paulding county line.
The Polk County Emergency Management Director relayed a report of golf ball-sized hail from far western Polk county near the Alabama border and the town of Etna near Prior Station Road.
The public observed golf ball-sized hail just south of Lilburn, quarter-sized hail just north of Snellville, and penny-sized hail near Grayson.
The public observed quarter-sized hail in both Acworth and Marietta.
The Polk County Emergency Management Director reported that several trees and power lines were down about five miles south of Cedartown. A tree was also down on Morgan Valley Road.
The Morgan County Emergency Management Director reported that many trees and power lines were blown down throughout the city.
The Haralson County 911 Center reported penny-sized hail in the Bremen area.
The Fulton County Emergency Management Director reported quarter-sized hail in the Alpharetta area and the public observed penny-sized hail in the Alpharetta area. Similar-sized hail fell along the Cherokee county line. Radar supported quarter-sized or larger hail across much of north Fulton county from northwest of Roswell to southeast of Alpharetta near the Gwinnett county border.
The Walton Tribune reported that lightning struck a home at 1200 Nicholsville Road. The house was completely destroyed. No one was at home at the time and no injuries were reported.
The public observed penny-sized hail north of Monroe.
The Douglas County 911 Center reported that several trees and power lines were blown down throughout the city of Douglasville. The public reported that tree limbs were down in Winston and estimated wind gusts at 60 mph.
The Oconee County 911 Center reported that several trees and power lines were down in the west central and southern part of the county, south of Watkinsville, mostly in the Bishop area.
The Morgan County Emergency Management Director reported that lightning started a grass fire near Madison. The exact location was not provided.
The Morgan County Emergency Management Director reported penny-sized hail.
An amateur radio operator reported penny-sized hail in the Bowdon area. Radar data supported that hail of similar size, perhaps larger, fell across the far western and southern parts of the county, south of Bowdon and toward Tyrus and possibly even Roopville.
The Greene County Emergency Management Director reported that over two dozen trees were down along and either side of Interstate-20 from the western border with Morgan county to south of Greensboro. One tree fell down on a home on the west side of the city of Greensboro.
The Greene County Emergency Management Director observed penny-sized hail approximately two miles south of Greensboro along Interstate-20. Radar data supports that hail of similar size, perhaps larger, fell across much of the southern half of the Greensboro, generally south of Interstate-20, from the western border southeastward toward Veazy and White Plains. However, no specific reports were received from these later two areas.
The Putnam County 911 Center reported that several trees were down around the city of Eatonton.
The Heard County 911 Center reported that numerous trees and power lines were blown down throughout the county.
The Fayette County Emergency Management Director observed penny-sized hail in Fayetteville. An off duty National Weather Service employee drove through hail slightly less than the size of dimes just north of Tyrone on Georgia Highway 74. Radar data supported that penny-sized hail likely fell across much of northern and east central Fayette county.
The Hancock County 911 Center reported that several trees and power lines were down throughout the county. Radar data supports that a bow echo moved through the northern and eastern part of the county from Shoulderbone, to Sparts, Culverton, and Mayfield, and points southeast toward the Washington county line.
The Heard County 911 Center relayed a report of penny-sized hail from the Centralhatchee area. Radar data supported that hail of similar or perhaps larger size fell likely fell across much of Heard county except for the northeast part.
The Warren County 911 Center reported that several trees and power lines were down in the Norwood area. It appeared to them to have possibly been a downburst.
A damage survey conducted by the National Weather Service Forecast Office in Peachtree City, Georgia concluded that an EF0 tornado touched down in extreme eastern Hancock county before crossing into Washington county and briefly strengthening to an EF1 as it made an approximately four-mile-long track, ending approximately 3 miles north of Warthen in Washington county. Within Hancock county, the tornado was only rated an EF0 as it tracked across a totally rural area of less than 1/4 mile just south of Barnes Road and west of Georgia Highway 15. Damage within Hancock county was confined to minor tree damage.
A survey conducted by the National Weather Service Forecast Office in Peachtree City, Georgia confirmed that the EF0 tornado, that initially touched down just inside Hancock county just south of Barnes Road and just west of Georgia Highway 15, crossed into Washington county and tracked four to five miles, ending just west of Hamburg State Park Road. The tornado tracked very close to Sparta-Davisboro Road until the eastern part of its track. The maximum path width was estimated to be 125 yards with maximum winds of 90 to 100 mph within Washington county. The tornado tracked through a largely rural area. Between 200 and 300 trees were blown down along the path of the tornado and one barn was partially destroyed. No major structural damage or injuries were observed or reported.
The Troup County 911 Center reported that several trees and power lines were blown down across the northeast part of the county around Hogansville.
The Troup County 911 Center relayed a report of penny-sized hail from the northeast part of the county. Radar data supported that hail of similar size, perhaps larger, fell across much of northern Troup county.
The Putnam County Emergency Management Director reported that several trees were down in the southeast part of the county around Flat Rock.
The Meriwether County 911 Center reported that several trees and power lines were down across the northern part of the county.
The Glascock County 911 Center reported golf ball-sized hail fell in the Edge Hill area. Radar supported that hail of similar size likely fell across the western part of the county from west of Mitchell near the Washington county line to just southeast of Edge Hill near the Jefferson county line.
The Glascock County 911 Center reported that several trees and power lines were down in the Edge Hill area.
The AWOS, located four miles northeast of Thomaston, at the Thomaston-Upson County Airport recorded a wind gusts of 61 mph. The Upson County 911 Center reported that several trees and power lines were blown down from the north side of Thomaston to Yatesville as thunderstorms with these wind gusts swept through the north ern and eastern part of the county.
The Upson County Emergency Management Director reported nickel-sized hail at the Thomaston-Upson county airport northeast of Thomaston. Radar supported that hail of penny to nickel-size likely fell from here east-southeastward toward Yatesville.
An amateur radio operator reported that several trees were down along Georgia Highway 42 north of Roberta to near the Monroe county line.
An amateur radio operator reported nickel-sized hail east of Lizella and the public observed penny-sized hail west of Macon. Radar supported that at least penny-sized hail likely continued into the southeast part of Bibb county.
The Twiggs County 911 Center reported that many trees were blown down across the county. Several roads were blocked as a result. The most significant damage appeared to be along Georgia Highway 96 in the southern part of the county from Tarversville eastward to near Danville.
The public observed quarter-sized hail just north of Huber. Radar supported that hail of penny to quarter-size likely fell across much of the northern part of the county from Huber to Fitzpatrick.
As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado, Cherokee | 2008-05-29 | 29 | Male | Vehicle/Towed Trailer | Indirect |
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