Most of midstate escapes substantial storm damage
By Staff reports
Liz Fabian, The Telegraph
Middle Georgians survey damage to the area near Eisenhower Parkway and Pio Nono Avenue in Macon on Sunday after storms raced through the state early in the morning.
Bibb, Laurens and Johnson counties took the heaviest brunt of the storm fury that pummeled Middle Georgia on Sunday, but other counties across the midstate reported problems.
Here's a look at damage reports, compiled mostly from area sheriff's offices:
Baldwin County
Several trees and power lines were knocked down, but no homes sustained heavy damage, a dispatcher said. By early Sunday evening, workers were still trying to clear roads, and some homes were still without power in the area.
Crawford County
Only a handful of houses sustained damage in the storms, and one injury was reported when a limb broke through a roof and hit a woman, said Randall Pate, chief of the Crawford County volunteer fire department. "We lucked out this time," he said. Some trees were down early, and workers were in the field by 5:30 a.m., ready for the worst. "After we saw that we didn't have major damage, we were in Macon all day" helping there, he said.
Wilkinson County
The majority of damage in the county was in the southeastern portion, particularly in the Stephensville community along Ga. 112, Sheriff Richard Chatman said. A couple of homes were damaged, but there were no injuries. Also, there was some damage to Wilkinson County High School, and the entire top of the football field house was torn away. By 7 p.m., most power was back on to county residents, Chatman said. Several mobile homes in Irwinton were damaged by falling trees Sunday morning.
Monroe County
Several trees and power lines were knocked down in the southern part of the county, in the Culloden area, near Ga. 74. Half a roof was torn off one home, a sheriff's office dispatcher said.
Houston, Peach and Crisp counties
Storm damage was less severe south of Macon. Houston County 911 reported trees and power lines down, but no injuries or damage to homes. A Peach County 911 dispatcher said she hadn't had any reports of significant damage, and the Georgia State Patrol post in Cordele said there was a lot of rain and wind in the area when the storm came through, but no reports of damage.
Jones County
There were trees and power lines down after storms passed through, but no injuries or substantial damage to homes were reported to the sheriff's office during the first few hours afterward, according to a dispatcher at the sheriff's office.
Twiggs County
Damage in the county was mostly downed power lines and trees, sheriff's dispatcher Katie Simpson said. There was minimal damage to homes.
Upson County
Several trees and power lines were down along Ga. 74 east of Thomaston.
Staff writers Travis Fain, Oby Brown and Andy Drury contributed to this report.
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