Saturday, March 8, 2008

Tornado Damage Report

Here's a tornado damage report from the National Weather Service:

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA  
449 PM EST SAT MAR 8 2008  
   
..PRELIMINARY REPORT FOR MARCH 7TH DOUGLAS COUNTY TORNADO
 
 
A DAMAGE SURVEY TEAM FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST  
OFFICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS CONFIRMED THAT AN EF1 TORNADO TRACKED  
ACROSS A PORTION OF DOUGLAS COUNTY BETWEEN 725 AND 740 PM EST.  
 
THE TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN ALONG THE 4300 BLOCK OF HAMPTON MILL  
DRIVE...WHICH IS APPROXIMATELY 4 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF  
DOUGLASVILLE. THE TORNADO TRACKED NORTHEAST WITH A PATH LENGTH OF  
7 MILES AND A MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH OF 100 YARDS. MAXIMUM WIND SPEEDS  
ARE ESTIMATED NEAR 110 MPH...WHICH IS A HIGH END EF1 ON THE  
ENHANCED FUJITA SCALE. THE TORNADO DISSIPATED ALONG VULCAN DRIVE  
AT BEAVER RUN CREEK...OR APPROXIMATELY 5 MILES EAST-NORTHEAST OF  
DOUGLASVILLE.   
 
AT LEAST 50 HOMES WERE DAMAGED BY THE TORNADO. DAMAGES RANGED FROM  
DISPLACED SHINGLES AND ROOF DAMAGE...TO BROKEN WINDOWS AND DOWNED  
CHIMNEYS...TO A BUCKLED GARAGE DOOR AND A PARTIAL EXTERIOR WALL  
FAILURE OF A PERMANENT RESIDENCE. A MOBILE HOME WAS COMPLETELY  
DESTROYED WHEN SEVERAL LARGE PINE TREES FELL ON THE STRUCTURE. IN  
ADDITION...THE ROOF OF A SUPERMARKET WAS PARTIALLY DAMAGED...AND  
AN AIR CONDITIONING UNIT WAS BLOWN INTO THE PARKING LOT.

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