STORM DAMAGE MONDAY IN EASTERN UPSON CO.

A STORM THAT BLEW INTO UPSON COUNTY MONDAY NITE CAUSED PROPERTY DAMAGE AND DOWNED TREES.

JIMMY ELLINGTON OF TRICE CEMETERY ROAD TOLD ZOOM NEWS THE MID-SECTION OF HIS BARN AND ROOF WERE TORN-AWAY AND SCATTERED IN HIS PASTURE. HIS HOUSE SUSTAINED SHINGLE AND SHUTTER DAMAGE.

AT 1939 YATESVILLE HIGHWAY UPSON SHERIFF'S OFFICE REPORTED —DON AND MARTHA ELLERBEE HEARD A LOUD NOISE AROUND 9;30PM AND FOUND THE AWNING CONNECTING TO THE FRONT OF THEIR RESIDENCE HAD BEEN RIPPED AWAY AND HAD BLOWN-UP ON THEIR ROOF.

THE ELLERBEE HOME ALSO HAD CEILING LEAKS IN BOTH BEDROOMS.

ROCK HILL FIRE DEPARTMENT DISPATCHED TO REMOVE A TREE IN THE ROAD AT TRICE CEMETERY AND YATESVILLE HIGHWAY.

ROCK HILL UNITS RESPONDED TO A HOUSE FIRE AT 1136 VESTAVIA LANE—THE RESIDENCE OF ANDREW CREAMER—WHO WAS NOT AT HOME. A NEIGHBOR SAW FLAMES COMING FROM THE BACK OF THE DWELLING AND CALLED 911. ROCK HILL PERSONNEL TOLD THE S.O. THE FIRE APPARENTLY STARTED ON THE BACK DECK OR PERHAPS IN THE KITCHEN NEAR SOME GAS CANS AND CHEMICAL CONTAINERS. THERE WAS NO WATER OR ELECTRICITY SERVICE AT THE RESIDENCE.