PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1038 PM EST WED FEB 18 2009
 
..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..
 
 
0830 PM     TSTM WND DMG     MORELAND                33.29N 84.77W
02/18/2009                   COWETA             GA   PUBLIC
 
            POSSIBLE TORNADO. TWELVE TO 15 HOMES DAMAGED SOUTH OF
            MORELAND NEAR THE MERIWETHER COUNTY LINE AND GEORGIA
            HIGHWAY 54...HINES ROAD...AND BEAR CREEK ROAD. A ROOF WAS
            BLOWN OFF A SCHOOL. THE DAMAGE WAS SOUTH OF GEORGIA
            HIGHWAY 16.
 

 

 
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
958 PM EST WED FEB 18 2009
 
..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..
 
0657 PM     TSTM WND DMG     6 SSW WATKINSVILLE      33.78N 83.45W
02/18/2009                   OCONEE             GA   EMERGENCY MNGR
 
            POSSIBLE TORNADO. EMA DIRECTOR REPORTS 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.
 

 

 

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
949 PM EST WED FEB 18 2009
 
..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..
 
0710 PM     TSTM WND DMG     11 W WASHINGTON         33.74N 82.94W
02/18/2009                   WILKES             GA   EMERGENCY MNGR
 
            POSSIBLE TORNADO. EMA DIRECTOR REPORTS SIGNIFICANT PATH
            OF DAMAGE BEGINNING IN THE TYRONE COMMUNITY INT HE
            WESTERN PART OF THE COUNTY NEAR GEORGIA HIGHWAY 44 AND
            CONTINUING SOUTH TOWARD GEORGIA HIGHWAY 47. ONE 3500 SQ.
            FT. HOME COMPLETELY DEMOLISHED. FIVE OTHER BUILDINGS WITH
            MINOR TO MODERATE DAMAGE. A CHICKEN HOUSE WAS ALSO
            DESTROYED. NINE ROADS BLOCKED WITH DEBRIS, DOWNWED TREES,
            OR POWER LINES AT ONE TIME.
 
0715 PM     TSTM WND DMG     6 WSW EATONTON          33.29N 83.48W
02/18/2009                   PUTNAM             GA   EMERGENCY MNGR
 
            *** 1 INJ *** POSSIBLE TORNADO. SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE FROM
            WILLARD TO EATONTON...ESPECIALLY ON THE WEST AND SOUTH
            SIDE OF THE CITY. ONE BUSINESS IN EATONTON COMPLETELY
            DESTROYED. DOZENS OF HOMES DAMAGED. ONE PERSON INJURED
            FROM DEBRIS. SOME PEOPLE BRIEFLY TRAPPED IN CARS AND
            HOMES. U.S. HIGHWAY 129 CLOSED FROM DOWNED TREES AND A
            MAJOR POWER LINE.