PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
736 PM EDT MON APR 10 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1253 AM HAIL TRENTON 34.87N 85.51W
04/08/2006 E1.00 INCH DADE GA EMERGENCY MNGR
0112 AM HAIL ROCK SPRING 34.82N 85.24W
04/08/2006 E0.88 INCH WALKER GA EMERGENCY MNGR
0115 AM HAIL FORT OGLETHORPE 34.92N 85.25W
04/08/2006 E0.75 INCH CATOOSA GA AMATEUR RADIO
0119 AM HAIL ROCK SPRING 34.82N 85.24W
04/08/2006 E0.88 INCH WALKER GA EMERGENCY MNGR
0120 AM HAIL RINGGOLD 34.92N 85.11W
04/08/2006 E0.88 INCH CATOOSA GA PUBLIC
DIME TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
0120 AM HAIL RISING FAWN 34.76N 85.53W
04/08/2006 E0.75 INCH DADE GA EMERGENCY MNGR
0128 AM HAIL VARNELL 34.90N 84.97W
04/08/2006 E0.88 INCH WHITFIELD GA PUBLIC
0138 AM HAIL TRENTON 34.87N 85.51W
04/08/2006 E1.00 INCH DADE GA EMERGENCY MNGR
0145 AM HAIL DALTON 34.77N 84.98W
04/08/2006 E0.88 INCH WHITFIELD GA PUBLIC
0150 AM HAIL DALTON 34.77N 84.98W
04/08/2006 E1.00 INCH WHITFIELD GA PUBLIC
0200 AM HAIL CHATSWORTH 34.78N 84.78W
04/08/2006 E1.75 INCH MURRAY GA PUBLIC
0205 AM HAIL DALTON 34.77N 84.98W
04/08/2006 E1.00 INCH WHITFIELD GA PUBLIC
0215 AM TSTM WND GST ETON 34.82N 84.76W
04/08/2006 E60.00 MPH MURRAY GA AMATEUR RADIO
0230 AM HAIL ARMUCHEE 34.39N 85.18W
04/08/2006 E1.00 INCH FLOYD GA EMERGENCY MNGR
0245 AM HAIL CALHOUN 34.49N 84.94W
04/08/2006 E0.88 INCH GORDON GA PUBLIC
0255 AM TSTM WND DMG 7 W JASPER 34.47N 84.55W
04/08/2006 PICKENS GA EMERGENCY MNGR
A FEW TREES BLOWN DOWN OFF MATTHEWS ROAD.
0300 AM HAIL CARTECAY 34.63N 84.38W
04/08/2006 E1.00 INCH GILMER GA EMERGENCY MNGR
0300 AM TSTM WND DMG ELLIJAY 34.69N 84.48W
04/08/2006 GILMER GA COUNTY OFFICIAL
AT LEAST 10 TREES DOWN SCATTERED AROUND THE COUNTY.
0305 AM HAIL CARTECAY 34.63N 84.38W
04/08/2006 E0.88 INCH GILMER GA PUBLIC
0315 AM TSTM WND DMG SHANNON 34.34N 85.09W
04/08/2006 FLOYD GA EMERGENCY MNGR
NUMEROUS TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN NEAR HIGHWAY 53. A
TOTAL OF 11 STRUCTURES DAMAGED. 9000 RESIDENTS STILL LEFT
WITHOUT POWER AT 11 AM EST.
0320 AM TORNADO ROCKMART 34.01N 85.05W
04/08/2006 F2 POLK GA NWS STORM SURVEY
*** 2 INJ *** F2 TORNADO. 1NW ROCKMART TO 2ENE ROCKMART.
PATH LENGTH 3 MILES AND PATH WIDTH 50-100 YARDS. MORE
THAN 24 HOMES WITH DAMAGE...TWO DESTROYED. A NUMBER OF
OUT BUILDINGS ALSO DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. HUNDERDS OF
TREES DOWN. MINOR DAMAGE TO ROCKMART HIGH SCHOOL. TWO
INJURIES REPORTED...ONE TO A YOUNG CHILD INJURED BY
DEBRIS WHILE SLEEPING AND ANOTHER FEMALE INJURED BY A
FALLEN TREE ON HER MOBILE HOME.
0330 AM TORNADO 5 S CEDARTOWN 33.94N 85.26W
04/08/2006 F0 POLK GA NWS STORM SURVEY
F0 TORNADO...4S CEDARTOWN TO 5SE CEDARTOWN. PATH LENGTH 5
MILES AND PATH WIDTH 50 TO 100 YARDS. AROUND 12 HOMES
WITH DAMAGE...MOSTLY FROM DOWNED TREES. PORCHES BLOWN OFF
TWO HOMES. SEVERAL OUT BUILDINGS DAMAGED...INCLUDING A
GREENHOUSE.
0345 AM TSTM WND GST 5 NE DALLAS 33.97N 84.77W
04/08/2006 E60.00 MPH PAULDING GA TRAINED SPOTTER
0348 AM HAIL ACWORTH 34.06N 84.68W
04/08/2006 E1.00 INCH COBB GA PUBLIC
0350 AM TSTM WND DMG 5 NW DALLAS 33.97N 84.89W
04/08/2006 PAULDING GA AMATEUR RADIO
SEVERAL POWERLINES DOWN ON BRASWELL MOUNTAIN ROAD.
0350 AM TORNADO 7 W MARIETTA 33.95N 84.66W
04/08/2006 F0 COBB GA NWS STORM SURVEY
*** 1 INJ *** F0 TORNADO...8W MARIETTA TO MARIETTA.
TWO-SEGMENTED PATH WITH OVERALL LENGTH OF 8 MILES AND
PATH WIDTH 50 YARDS. FIRST SEGMENT FROM DUE WEST ROAD/GA
120 TO 6W MARIETTA. DAMAGE ALONG THIS PATH TO 6 HOMES IN
THE CORN LAKE AREA FROM DOWNED TREES...ONE WITH MAJOR
DAMAGE AND 1 INJURY REPORTED IN THIS AREA. SECOND SEGMENT
FROM COBB COUNTY PARKWAY AND ROSWELL STREET TO JUST WEST
OF I-75 NEAR THE BIG CHICKEN. DAMAGE TO BIG CHICKEN
BILLBOARD AND AT LEAST TWO BUILDINGS AND A K-MART.
0355 AM HAIL CARTERSVILLE 34.17N 84.80W
04/08/2006 E0.88 INCH BARTOW GA EMERGENCY MNGR
NUMEROUS REPORTS OF NICKEL SIZED HAIL.
0355 AM TSTM WND DMG NEW HOPE 33.96N 84.79W
04/08/2006 PAULDING GA AMATEUR RADIO
AT LEAST EIGHT HOMES WITH SHINGLE OR SIDING DAMAGE IN THE
STEEPLE CHASE AREA. NUMEROUS POWERLINES DOWN ON DUE
WEST...BOBO...AND BRASWELL MOUNTAIN ROAD. WIND GUSTS
ESTIMATED AT 60 MPH.
0355 AM TORNADO 8 N MARIETTA 34.07N 84.54W
04/08/2006 F1 COBB GA NWS STORM SURVEY
F1 TORNADO...NOONDAY TO 3E SWEAT MOUNTAIN. TORNADO
CONTINUED INTO NORTH FULTON COUNTY. PATH LENGTH IN COBB
COUNTY OF 7 MILES AND PATH WIDTH OF 10 TO 200 YARDS. 60
HOMES DAMAGED IN THE JAMERSON FOREST SUBDIVISION NEAR
NOONDAY...10 WITH MAJOR DAMAGE AND 50 WITH MINOR DAMAGE.
AT LEAST 200 TREES DOWN IN THE AREA. MINOR...MOSTLY ROOF
DAMAGE TO HOMES ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF SWEAT MOUNTAIN.
0357 AM HAIL 4 SE CANTON 34.21N 84.44W
04/08/2006 E1.00 INCH CHEROKEE GA EMERGENCY MNGR
0359 AM TSTM WND DMG 7 W CANTON 34.25N 84.61W
04/08/2006 CHEROKEE GA EMERGENCY MNGR
NUMEROUS TREES DOWN ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN
PORTION OF THE COUNTY FROM 7 MILES WEST OF CANTON TO 3
MILES EAST OF WOODSTOCK. FOUR HOMES WITH MAJOR DAMAGE...9
HOMES WITH MODERATE DAMAGE...22 HOMES WITH MINOR
DAMAGE...SEVERAL AUTOMOBILES DAMAGED FROM FALLEN TREES.
MANY LEFT WITHOUT POWER. WORST DAMAGE JUST EAST OF
WOODSTOCK. ESTIMATED DAMAGES OF 650,000 MILLION DOLLARS.
WIND GUSTS ESTIMATED AT 75-80 MPH.
0400 AM TSTM WND DMG 9 SW CANTON 34.16N 84.60W
04/08/2006 CHEROKEE GA EMERGENCY MNGR
STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO A HOUSE.
0400 AM TSTM WND DMG BUCHANAN 33.80N 85.18W
04/08/2006 HARALSON GA COUNTY OFFICIAL
DAMAGE TO TREES WIDESPREAD THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY. ONE
TRAILOR OVERTURNED AND SEVERAL OUT BUILDINGS DAMAGED OR
DESTROYED.
0402 AM TORNADO ALPHARETTA 34.07N 84.27W
04/08/2006 F1 FULTON GA NWS STORM SURVEY
F1 TORNADO...0.5 S MOUNTAIN PARK TO ALPHARETTA. PATH
LENGTH IN NORTH FULTON COUNTY OF 11 MILES AND PATH WIDTH
OF 10 TO 200 YARDS. CONTINUATION OF TORNADO THAT BEGAN
NEAR NOON DAY IN NORTHERN COBB COUNTY. CONSIDERABLE
DAMAGE JUST SOUTH OF CRABAPPLE TO A CAR WASH DETAIL
SHOP...GAS STATION...AND STRIP MALL. HUNDERDS OF TREES
DOWN ON RUCKER ROAD. ROADS STILL BLOCKED 2 DAYS LATER.
ABOUT 40 HOMES DAMAGED BY DOWNED TREES IN THE APLHARETTA
AREA.
0415 AM TSTM WND GST ALPHARETTA 34.07N 84.27W
04/08/2006 E60.00 MPH FULTON GA TRAINED SPOTTER
ESTIMATED WIND GUST 60 TO 70 MPH.
0425 AM HAIL 4 SE COAL MOUNTAIN 34.23N 84.05W
04/08/2006 E1.00 INCH FORSYTH GA PUBLIC
0429 AM TSTM WND GST 2 S CHAMBLEE 33.86N 84.30W
04/08/2006 M66.00 MPH DEKALB GA OFFICIAL NWS OBS
KPDK ASOS MEASUREMENT.
0435 AM TSTM WND GST GRAYSON 33.89N 83.96W
04/08/2006 E60.00 MPH GWINNETT GA TRAINED SPOTTER
0436 AM TSTM WND DMG 6 SW GAINESVILLE 34.23N 83.91W
04/08/2006 HALL GA PUBLIC
TWO LARGE TREES DOWN IN YARDS AND A FREEZER KNOCKED OVER
BETWEEN OAKWOOD AND FLOWERY BRANCH. DAMAGE TO SEVERAL
ROOFS OF FLOATING DOCKS AND FLOATING WALKWAYS AT THE AQUA
LAND MARINA ON LIGHTS FERRY ROAD ON LAKE LANIER.
0438 AM TSTM WND DMG 3 NE LILBURN 33.92N 84.10W
04/08/2006 GWINNETT GA PUBLIC
POSSIBLE TORNADO. EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO TREES AND HOMES IN
THE OAK VIEW COURT AREA BETWEEN BEAVER RUIN ROAD AND
PLEASANT HILL ROAD JUST NORTH OF LAWRENCEVILLE HIGHWAY.
PROPERTY DAMAGE WAS REPORTED AT 35 RESIDENCES...BUT ONLY
10 HOMES WERE DAMAGED. A NUMBER OF LARGE 75-100 FT TREES
DOWN, INCLUDING SEVERAL 100-YEAR OLD OAK TREES. POWER
LINES DOWN. ROADS BLOCKED DURING HEIGHT OF EVENT. SEVERAL
VEHICLES ALSO DAMAGED.
0446 AM TSTM WND GST PEACHTREE CITY 33.39N 84.57W
04/08/2006 M59.00 MPH FAYETTE GA OFFICIAL NWS OBS
KFFC ASOS MEASUREMENT.
0450 AM TSTM WND DMG 4 NW MONROE 33.83N 83.76W
04/08/2006 WALTON GA LAW ENFORCEMENT
A FEW TREES DOWN OFF RIVER BLUFF ROAD AND TROY SMITH
ROAD.
0500 AM TSTM WND DMG JEFFERSON 34.13N 83.60W
04/08/2006 JACKSON GA LAW ENFORCEMENT
SEVERAL TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN OFF PENDERGRASS RD AND
OAK AVE.
0500 AM TSTM WND DMG 5 NE COMMERCE 34.26N 83.40W
04/08/2006 BANKS GA EMERGENCY MNGR
TWO CHICKEN HOUSES DESTROYED AT GEORGIA HIGHWAY 363 AND
DODD ROAD.
1235 PM HAIL DRANEVILLE 32.21N 84.49W
04/08/2006 E0.75 INCH MARION GA PUBLIC
HAIL COVERED THE GROUND NEARLY AN INCH DEEP. IN
ADDITION...SEVERAL LARGE OAK TREE LIMBS BROKEN.
1248 PM HAIL 7 SW ELLAVILLE 32.17N 84.39W
04/08/2006 E0.88 INCH SCHLEY GA PUBLIC
1248 PM HAIL 6 E FRIENDSHIP 32.15N 84.32W
04/08/2006 E0.88 INCH SUMTER GA PUBLIC
0100 PM HAIL IDEAL 32.37N 84.19W
04/08/2006 E1.75 INCH MACON GA COUNTY OFFICIAL
0115 PM TSTM WND DMG VIENNA 32.09N 83.79W
04/08/2006 DOOLY GA EMERGENCY MNGR
OFFICE OF A FUNERAL HOME NEAR I-75 HAD A ROOF BLOWN OFF.
0120 PM HAIL PINEHURST 32.19N 83.76W
04/08/2006 E0.75 INCH DOOLY GA EMERGENCY MNGR
0130 PM FLASH FLOOD COLUMBUS 32.47N 84.97W
04/08/2006 MUSCOGEE GA COUNTY OFFICIAL
WATER FLOWING OVER A FEW ROADS COUNTYWIDE.
0225 PM HAIL 7 SW ALAMO 32.07N 82.86W
04/08/2006 E0.88 INCH WHEELER GA PUBLIC
0230 PM HAIL 8 W ALAMO 32.15N 82.92W
04/08/2006 E1.00 INCH WHEELER GA PUBLIC
0230 PM HAIL MCRAE 32.06N 82.90W
04/08/2006 E1.00 INCH TELFAIR GA EMERGENCY MNGR
0250 PM HAIL GLENWOOD 32.18N 82.67W
04/08/2006 E0.88 INCH WHEELER GA COUNTY OFFICIAL
0300 PM HAIL 3 S CEDAR CROSSING 31.98N 82.41W
04/08/2006 E1.75 INCH TOOMBS GA EMERGENCY MNGR
0300 PM HAIL 3 SE CEDAR CROSSING 31.99N 82.37W
04/08/2006 E1.25 INCH TOOMBS GA EMERGENCY MNGR
SIX ACRES OF CABBAGE CROP DESTROYED CAUSING AN ESTIMATED
5,000 IN DAMAGES.
0305 PM FLOOD PRESTON 32.06N 84.54W
04/08/2006 WEBSTER GA COUNTY OFFICIAL
WATER FLOWING ACROSS ONE ROAD, CAUSING IT TO BE CLOSED.
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