Well, it was a stormy night across the metro area as a powerful storm system moved through the state. Most of the damage occurred just west and south of town and was associated with one specific storm cell that moved in from Alabama. You can notice that in the above image that there is a line of damage that is almost in a straight line from Carroll County to Fulton County to Clayton County to Newton County.
So far that storm has produced 3 tornadoes across northern
Georgia with widespread wind damage when the tornadoes lifted back into the sky as they hop-scotched their way across the state. The first two tornadoes were rated an EF-2 on the Fujita scale (the same strength as the tornado that hit downtown Atlanta a couple months ago). Both were very short-lived, but both created quite a bit of damage near Jonesville & Cross Plains.A third tornado came from the sky around 5:10am in northern Clayton County.
This storm was also an EF-2 with winds between 111-135 mph. This storm was not but 100 yards wide, but it destroyed nearly 43 homes in Clayton County. The tornado also produced damage along its 35 mile path in northern Henry, southern Rockdale, & Walton Counties.For more information on the tornadoes and the people they impacted you can watch many stories on our website... cbs46.com.
The compete report on the 15 tornadoes that hit the state of Georgia Sunday morning can be read on the National Weather Service website here and here.
The weather will be windy, but quiet on Monday although storms may return to the forecast as early as Wednesday.
--Chris
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