Storm Damage - Storm Reports, April 1997

TIME.....CITY/COUNTY LOCATION...EVENT/REMARKS...

545 PM...LA GRANGE/TROUP...WIND DAMAGE TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN ACROSS THE COUNTY.

645 PM...GILMER...WIND DAMAGE SEVERAL TREES DOWNED.

630 PM...WHITESBURG/CARROLL...WIND DAMAGE SEVERAL TREES DOWN.

630 PM...GLYNN/HEARD...WIND DAMAGE ONE TREE DOWN.

600 PM...ATLANTA/FULTON...WIND DAMAGE THREE TREES AND TWO POWER LINES DOWNED.

745 PM...MANCHESTER/MERIWETHER...WIND DAMAGE TREES SCATTERED ACROSS COUNTY ...HAIL OF UNKNOWN SIZE.

730 PM...MORN...0.75 INCH HAIL ROADS WERE ALSO CLOSED DUE TO FALLEN TREES AND POWER LINES.

750-810 PM...WATKINSVILLE/OCONEE...WIND DAMAGE NUMEROUS TREES DOWN COUNTYWIDE. 5 HOMES SUSTAINED STRUCTURAL DAMAGE FROM TREES FALLEN ON THEM...ONE HOME UNINHABITABLE IN THE OUTSKIRTS OF WATKINSVILLE AND A MOBILE HOME WAS BLOWN OFFITS FOUNDATION.

735 PM...10W LEXINGTON/OGLETHORPE...60 MPH TSTM GUST LARGE TREE SNAPPED. REPORTED BY SPOTTER.

630 PM...GRIFFIN/SPALDING... WIND DAMAGE NUMEROUS DOWNED TREES AND POW ER LINES. REPORTED BY SPALDING 911.

630 PM...CONCORD/PIKE...WIND DAMAGE ROADS CLOSED DUE TO DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES. REPORTED BY PIKE 911.

940 PM...THOMASTON/UPSON...0.75 inch hail REPORTED ON BURKETT ROAD. REPORTED BY SPOTTER.

940 PM...3N THOMASTON/UPSOON...0.75 inch hail REPORTED BY PUBLIC.

620 PM...3N TALBOTTON/TALBOT...WIND DAMAGE FOUR DOWNED TREES. REPORTED BY TALBOT 911.

645 PM...12E THOMASTON/UPSON...WIND DAMAGETOWN OF YATESVILLE..NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN. REPORTED BY UPSON 911.

650 PM...MCDONOUGH/HENRY...WIND DAMAGE LARGE TREE FELL ON HOUSE.

725 PM...SE GRAY/JONES...1.75 inch hail SEVERAL TREES ALSO DOWN. REPORTED BY JONES CO EMA DIRECTOR.

705 PM...2S WALNUT GROVE/WALTON...WIND DAMAGE LARGE TREES DOWN ACROSS ROAD.

650 PM...OXFORD/NEWTON...WIND DAMAGE

725 PM...6S GREY/JONES....1.75 inch hail SEVERAL TREES ALSO DOWN.

730 PM...10W GREENSBORO/GREENE...WIND DAMAGE

735 PM...MCINTYRE/WILKINSON...1.00 inch hail

720 PM...2N MACON/BIBB...1.00 inch hail COVERING GROUND.

615 PM...3E JEFFERSON/JACKSON...1.00 inch hail. HWY 15, 15 PLUS TREES TOPS SNAPPED OFF. POSSIBLE TORNADO.

715 PM...MACON/BIBB...WIND DAMAGE NUMEROUS TREES DOWN. REPORTED BY RADIO STATION.

705 PM...5N COVINGTON/NEWTON...WIND DAMAGE LARGE TREES BLOWN DOWN.

720 PM...MACON/BIBB...0.75 inch hail REPORTED BY TV METEOROLOGIST.

925 PM...PINE MOUNTAIN/HARRIS...0.75 inch hail REPORTED ON HWY 27 NEAR THE HARRIS/TROUP COUNY LINE.

940 PM...5N THOMASTON/UPSON...1.00 inch hail

958 PM...THOMASTON/UPSON...0.75 inch hail REPORTED 3N THOMASTON AND IN DOWNTOWN NEAR RT 19N AND JEFF DAVIS ROAD.

955 PM...PIEDMONT/LAMAR...0.75 inch hail ONE TREE ALSO DOWN. REPORTED BY LAMAR 911.

700 PM...12E THOMASTON/UPSON...WIND DAMAGE POWER LINES DOWN. REPORTED BY EMA DIRECTOR.

705 PM...SE ROBERTA/CRAWFORD... WIND DAMAGE *** 0 INJ *** HWY 128, TREES DOWN ON CARS. OCCUPANTS NOT SERIOUSLY HURT. REPORTED BY CRAWFORD 911.

705 PM...6N MUSELLA/CRAWFORD...0.75 inch hail HWY 42N, TREE DOWN ON CAR. OC CUPANT UNHURT. HAIL REPORTED BY OFFICERS WORKING INCIDENT.

740 PM...HIGH FALLS/MONROE...WIND DAMAGE NUMEROUS DOWNED TREES.

740 PM...BOLINGBROKE/MONROE...WIND DAMAGE NUMEROUR DOWNED TREES.

1105 PM...NEAR FORT VALLEY/PEACH...0.75 inch hail REPORTED BY FO MACON.

1115 PM...PERRY/HOUSTON...0.75 inch hail REPORTED BY EMA DIRECTOR.

300 PM...ACWORTH/COBB...1.75 inch hail

530 PM...LARWENCEVILLE/GWINNETT...0.75 inch hail

558 PM...LAGRANGE/TROUP...1.00 inch hail TREE ALSO DOWN.

605 PM...CARROLTON/CARROLL... WIND DAMAGE SEVERAL TREES BLOWN DOWN.

630 PM...COMMERCE/JACSON...1.00 inch hail

1045 PM...AMERICUS/SUMTER...WIND DAMAGE SEVERAL TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN. REPORTED BY EMA DIRECTOR.

800 PM...COUNTYWIDE/WARREN...WIND DAMAGE TREES DOWN. REPORTED BY WARREN EMA.

1117 PM...CORDELE/CRISPWIND DAMAGE TREES DOWN. TRUCKS BLOWN OVER REPORTED BY HAM OPERATOR.

755 PM...SPARTA/HANCOCK...WIND DAMAGE SEVERAL LARGE TREES DOWN ACROSS ROADS.

1150 PM...DUBLIN/LAURENS...WIND DAMAGE TOPS OF TREES SNAPPED OFF AND POWER LINES DOWN IN RESIDENTIAL AREAS.

1145 PM...10SW DUBLIN/LAURENS...WIND DAMAGE DEVERAL LARGE TREES DOWN FROM DEXTER TO MINTER.

1118 PM...5S WARNER ROBBINS/HOUSTON...1.00 inch hail

1115 PM...10N MACON/BIBB...WIND DAMAGE TREES DOWN ON POWER LINES. REPORTED BY BIBB 911.

1120 PM...VIENNA-BYRONSVILLE/DOOLY...WIND DAMAGE TREES DOWN. REPORTED BY DOOLY 911.

1120 PM...CORDELE/CRISP...WIND DAMAGE TREES DOWN. REPORTED BY CRISP 911.

1145 PM..S EASTMAN/DODGE...WIND DAMAGE TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN. REPORTED BY DOOLY 911.

1150 PM...DEXTER/LAURENS...WIND DAMAGE NUMEROUS TREES DOWN. REPORTED BY LAURENS 911.

700 PM...COUNTYWIDE/BUTTS...WIND DAMAGE SEVERAL TREES DOWN. SOME DAMAGED HOMES. REPORTED BY BUTTS 911.

700 PM...COVINGTON/NEWTON...WIND DAMAGE TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN ON HOMES. REPORTED BY NEWTON 911

706 PM...BUTLER/TAYLOR...WIND DAMAGE SEVERAL TREES DOWN-FELL ON TELEPHONE POLE. REPORTED BY TAYLOR 911.

1205 AM...DUBLIN/LAURENS...WIND DAMAGE TREES DOWN. REPORTED BY LAURENS 911.

745 PM...ATHENS/CLARKE...WIND DAMAGE SEVERAL TREES DOWN. REPORTED BY CLARKE 911.

1230 AM...MT. VERNON/MONTGOMERY...1.00 inch hail REPORTED BY TOOMBS 911.

1230 AM...VIDALIA/TOOMBS...WIND DAMAGE HWY 297 AND 15. NORTH AND SOUTH OF VIDALIA. SEVERAL TREES DOWN ACROSS ROAD. REPORTED BY TOOMBS 911.

1215 AM...5W ALLSTON/TOOMBS...WIND DAMAGE SEVERAL TREES DOWN.

1210 AM...5N SOPERTON/TREUTLEN...WIND DAMAGE 9 TREES DOWN ON ROAD. POWER LINES DOWN. REPORTED BY SHERIFFS DEPT.

714-820PM...COUNTYWIDE/WILKINSON...WIND DAMAGE TREES DOWN AT: DP CURR RD. AND CO. RD. #7 AT 714 PM. HWY 243 AND SNOWHILL CHURCH RD AT 757 PM. ASHBURY RD AND CO. RD. #185 AT 810 PM. IN IRWINTON AT HWY 57 AND SMITH RD.

808 PM...COUNTYWIDE/HANCOCK... WIND DAMAGE NUMEROUS TREES DOWN ST. RTE. 22 AND 15 NEAR SPARTA. POWER LINES DOWN NEAR HAMBURG ST. PARK. TREES DOWN MAINLY IN WEST AND SOUTH PARTS OF COUNTY. REPORTED BY SHERIFF.

800 PM...DEEPSTEP/WASHINGTON...WIND DAMAGE SEVERAL TREES DOWN. TREES ALSO DOWN ALONG HWY 24 IN HAMBURG ST. PARK. REPORTED BY SHERIFF.

805 PM...COUNTYWIDE/JEFFERSON...WIND DAMAGE TREES DOWN NORTH AND SOUTH ENDS OF COUNTY. REPORTED BY SHERIFF.

815-840 PM...COUNTYWIDE/WARREN...WIND DAMAGE TREES, POWER LINES, TELEPHONE LINES DOWN. REPORTED BY WARREN CO. COMMS.

1030 PM...COUNTYWIDE/MACON... WIND DAMAGE NUMEROUS POWER LINES DOWN COUNTYWIDE. REPORTED BY . POWER.

1130 PM...COUNTYWIDE/PULASKI...WIND DAMAGE NUMEROUS TREES DOWN. REPORTED BY PULASKI EMA.

1115 PM...COUNTYWIDE/DOOLY...WIND DAMAGE SEVERAL LARGE TREES DOWN. REPORTED BY DOOLY CO. SHERIFF

1200 AM...COUNTYWIDE/TELFAIR... SEVERAL LARGE TREES DOWN. REPORTED BY SHERIFF

1200 AM...COUNTYWIDE/WHEELER...WIND DAGE SEVERAL TREES DOWN ON ST. AND CO. ROADS. REPORTED BY WHEELER 911.

355 PM...LEXINGTON/OGLETHORPE...0.75 INCH HAIL

250 PM...ACWORTH/COBB...1.25 INCH HAIL

325 PM...MONROE0/WALTON...0.75 INCH HAIL

245 PM...ALPHARETTA/FULTON...1.75 INCH HAIL

335 PM...NATHENS/CLARKE...0.75 INCH HAIL

325 PM...ELEXINGTON/OGLETHORPE...1.75 INCH HAIL

325 PM...KENNESAW/COBB...0.75 INCH HAIL

345 PM...WATHENS/JACKSON...1.75 INCH HAIL

222 PM...ALPHARETTA/FULTON...1.00 INCH HAIL

250 PM...ACWORTH/BARTOW...1.00 INCH HAIL

250 PM...NEAR ACWORTH/CHEROKKE...1.00 INCH HAIL

230 PM...10NDALLAS/PAULDING...1.00 INCH HAIL HWY 61 NEAR HICKORY FALLS

300 PM...I-85N0/JACKSON...0.75 INCH HAIL

300 PM...W WOODSTOCK/CHEROKEE...0.75 INCH HAIL

300 PM...ACWORTH/COBB...SOFTBALL SIZED HAIL NEAR INTERSTATE 75

315 PM...LAWRENCEVILLE/GWINNETT...1.00 INCH HAIL

320 PM...BUFORD/GWINNETT...1.00 INCH HAIL

330 PM...9WNW ATHENS/JACKSON...1.25 INCH HAIL HAIL LARGER THAN HALF DOLLARS

552 PM...TROUP...WIND DAMAGE TREES WERE DOWNED AND TREE LIMBS DOWN 2 MILES FROM ALABAMA BORDER IN TROUP COUNTY.

600-605 PM...CARROLLTON/CARROLL...WIND DAMAGE TREES AND LIMBS DOWNED.

125-135 PM...3SW DALLAS/PAULDING...0.75 INCH HAIL DIME TO NICKEL SIZED HAIL.

140 PM...POWDER SPRINGS/COBB...1.00 INCH HAIL

145 PM...COBB...1.00 INCH HAIL DIME TO QUARTER SIZED HAIL FELL ACROSS WESTERN COBB COUNTY.

251 PM...WINTERVILLE/OGLETHORPE...0.75 INCH HAIL

300 PM...CLARKE...1.75 INCH HAIL GOLFBALL SIZED HAIL FELL ON JEFFERSON ROAD.

300 PM...1N ATHENS/CLARKE...1.25 INCH HAIL

308 PM...10NW ATHENS/BARROW...0.75 INCH HAIL DIME TO NICKEL SIZED HAIL REPORTED.

320 PM...5NW MONROE/WALTON...1.00 INCH HAIL

345 PM...1N BISHOP/OCONEE...0.75 INCH HAIL

235-255 PM...ACWORTH/COBB...2.50 INCH HAIL GOLFBALL TO TENNIS BALL SIZED HAIL REPORTED. CARS WERE DAMAGED.

300 PM...WOODSTOCK/CHEROKEE...1.00 INCH HAIL

300-320 PM...ALPHARETTA/FULTON...1.00 INCH HAIL DIME TO QUARTER SIZED HAIL LASTED FOR NEARLY 20 MINUTES.

625 PM...CATAULA/HARRIS...WIND DAMAGE TREES DOWN ON HIGHWAY 27. REPORT RECEIVED FROM COLUMBUS EOC AND HARRIS COUNTY SHERIFF OFFICE.

635 PM...W DANIELSVILLE/MADISON...1.00 INCH HAIL QUARTER SIZED HAIL REPORTED ON COMMERCE-NEESE ROAD IN AREA WEST OF DANIELSVILLE.

640 PM...6W DANIELSVILLE/MADISON...2.00 INCH HAIL REPORTED BY TRAINED SPOTTER.

645 PM...W DANIELSVILLE/MADISON...2.75 INCH HAIL 635 REPORT CALLED BACK TO REPORT THAT HAIL WAS NOW THE SIZE OF BASEBALLS. WINDOWS WERE BROKEN IN THE HOUSE.

745 PM...3W MILLEDGEVILLE/BALDWIN...0.75 INCH HAIL

BALDWIN 607 PM...NEWNAN/COWETA...WIND DAMAGE LARGE TREE LIMBS WERE DOWN ON MILLARD FARMER ROAD IN NEWNAN AND ON SHENENDOAH ROAD ONE MILE EAST OF INTERSTATE 85.

640 PM...NICHOLSON/JACKSON...0.75 INCH HAIL DIME TO NICKEL SIZED HAIL.

630 PM...JONESBORO/CLAYTON...WIND DAMAGE LARGE TREES HAVE FALLEN IN BACKYARD.

615 PM...PEACHTREE CITY/FAYETTE...WIND DAMAGE A LARGE TREE HAD FALLEN ON A FENCE.

640-650 PM...DANIELSVILLE/MADISON...2.50 INCH HAIL

640 PM...NEESE/MADISON...1.75 INCH HAIL

640 PM...DANIELSVILLE/MADISON...1.75 INCH HAIL

615 PM...TYRONE/FAYETTE...WIND DAMAGE THREE LARGE TREES UPROOTED. WINDS WERE ESTIMATED AT 60 MPH.

700 PM...8W DANIELSVILLE/MADISON...1.00 INCH HAIL

715 PM...MACON/BIBB...0.75 INCH HAIL DIME SIZE HAIL REPORTED IN WESTERN PORTIONS OF MACON.

545 PM...LA GRANGE/TROUP...WIND DAMAGE NUMEROUS TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN. PEA SIZED HAIL ALSO REPORTED.

700 PM...GILLMER...WIND DAMAGE SEVERAL TREES WERE DOWNED.

645 PM...MURRAY...WIND DAMAGE HIGHWAY 282 HAS BEEN CLOSED. REPORTED BY GILMER 911.

630 PM...WHITESBURG/CARROLL...WIND DAMAGE SEVERAL TREES WERE DOWNED.

545 PM...GLYNN/HEARD...WIND DAMAGE ONE TREE DOWN.

600 PM...ATLANTA/FULTON...WIND DAMAGE THREE TREES AND TWO POWER LINES DOWN.

745 PM...MANCHESTER/MERIWETHER...WIND DAMAGE TREES WERE DOWN SCATTERED THROUGHOUT MANCHESTER AND HAIL OF UNKNOWN SIZE REPORTED

630 PM...GRIFFIN/SPALDING...WIND DAMAGE NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES DOWNED.

630 PM...CONCORD/PIKE...WIND DAMAGE ROADS ARE CLOSED DUE TO TREES AND POWERLINES DOWNED.

750-810 PM...OCONEE...WIND DAMAGE 5 HOUSES WITH TREES DOWN IN WATKINSVILLE. ONE HOME HAS SEVERE STRUCTURAL DAMAGE DUE TO TREES DOWN IN THE OUTSKIRT OF WATKINSVILLE. A MOBILE HOME WAS BLOWN OFF ITS FOUNDATION. NUMEROUS TREES DOWN COUNTY WIDE.

940 PM...THOMASTON/UPSON...0.75 INCH HAIL DIME SIZED HAIL ON BURKETT ROAD.

940 PM...3N THOMASTON/UPSON...0.75 INCH HAIL

620 PM...3N TALBOTTON/TALBOT...WIND DAMAGE FOUR TREES DOWNED.

645 PM...12E THOMASTON/UPSON...WIND DAMAGE NUMEROUS TREES AND POWERLINES DOWNED IN YATESVILLE CAUSING SEVERAL POWER OUTAGES.

530 PM...10 NW ELLIJAY/GILMER...0.75 INCH HAIL

605 PM...FORTSON/HARRIS...WIND DAMAGE TWO TREES WERE DOWNED.

630 PM...JEFFERSON/JACKSON...WIND DAMAGE TWO TREES DOWNED.

645 PM...DANIELSVILLE 2.75 INCH HAIL

MADISON 650 PM...MILSTEAD/ROCKDALE...WIND DAMAGE THREE TREES DOWNED 2 MILES NORTHWEST OF CONYERS.

700 PM...KNOXVILLE/CRAWFORD...WIND DAMAGE TREES DOWNED.

710 PM...8SSW WATKINSVILLE/OCONEE...0.75 INCH HAIL WIND WAS ESTIMATED AT 60 MPH. TREES WERE ALSO DOWNED IN THE AREA.

940 PM...IN THOMASTON/UPSON...0.75 INCH HAIL

955 PM...PIEDMONT/LAMAR...0.75 INCH HAIL HAIL WAS LARGER THAN THE SIZE OF DIMES.

1005 PM...BARNESVILLE/LAMAR...0.75 INCH HAIL.

940 PM...ZEBULON/PIKE...0.75 INCH HAIL