UPSON,
LAMAR, SPALDING, MONROE, MERIWETHER AND HENRY COUNTIES WERE
UNDER A TORNADO WARNING MONDAY AT LUNCHTIME . UPSON EMA
DIRECTOR MARTHA ANN MCCARTY SAYS ACCORDING TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE, A TORNADO MIGHT HAVE TOUCHED DOWN IN
SOUTHERN UPSON COUNTY . DAMAGE REPORTED ON JOHN B.
GORDON ROAD, PO BIDY ROAD, LOGTOWN ROAD, KENDALL ROAD, BENTLEY
ROAD, PLEASANT GROVE ROAD, AND YATESVILLE HIGHWAY COINCIDE
WITH THE STORM TRACK.
MOST
OF THE DAMAGE APPEARS TO BE DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES,
NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED. THE STORM MOVED INTO MONROE
COUNTY WHERE A TORNADO TOUCHDOWN WAS SUSPECTED EAST OF
FORSYTH, AND POSSIBLY A TOUCHDOWN NEAR JACKSON.
EMA
DIRECTOR MCCARTY SAYS PREPARATIONS ARE UNDERWAY FOR A
SECOND ROUND OF STORMS EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING AND ANOTHER
STORM CELL , POSSIBLY LATER IN THE DAY.
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