The National Weather Service Sunday confirmed that a “weak” tornado struck parts of West Georgia Saturday as a stormy weather system moved through the state. The Gainesville area and other parts of Northeast Georgia were also impacted, with downed trees, power outages, and a few minor injuries.
“An EF-0 tornado began near Macland Road west of Hiram-Acworth Highway just north of Hiram in eastern Paulding County and traveled east-northeast for nearly 4 miles into western Cobb County,” according to a posting on the NWS Peachtree City Website. “Most of the damage was weak and intermittent, but the most notable damage occurred on Cristy Drive where a dozen large trees were snapped or uprooted, one of which fell on the master bedroom of a two-story home.”
The weather service says the twister caused minimal damage as it moved into western Cobb County but downed 15-20 trees around Lost Mountain Road and Kingsbridge Pass including in the Oakleigh subdivision.
“No significant structure damage was observed in this area. Shortly after this point, the tornado lifted.”
Two other areas of straight-line wind damage were identified.
“One area occurred along Scoggins Road south of Dallas in Paulding County where a few trees were downed on Scoggins Road and Cole Lake Road. The other was located about five miles southwest of Kennesaw on Vineyard Road in Cobb County. A large sweetgum tree fell onto the bedroom at a two-story home, causing significant damage. One of the residents was in the bedroom at the time but escaped injury."
Meanwhile, in Gainesville, Hall County Emergency Management Agency Director Casey Ramsey reported the county suffered numerous downed trees, power outages, and some property damage as the storm moved through Northeast Georgia. And, there were a few minor injuries as a result.
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The stormy weather that moved through Gainesville and other parts of Northeast Georgia Saturday left behind some property damage, downed trees, power outages, and some minor injuries.
"There have been around 20 responses for trees down. Some included power lines," according to Hall County Emergency Management Agency Director Casey Ramsey. "At least one of those calls was a tree that hit a vehicle. Minor injuries were reported."
Ramsey went on to say there was one report of lightning striking a house, and "one tree struck a residence, no injuries were reported."
At one point Saturday night, according to Ramsey, Georgia Power was reporting 3,650 customers without power and Jackson EMC had 2,458 customers in the dark.
Other counties in the area also reported trees down, roads blocked and power outages but no serious injuries.
This storm system spawned several tornadoes as it moved through the Southeast Friday and Saturday. At least 11 people died as a result of the storms. No deaths were reported in Georgia.
