![]() The McKinney Fire Department carried out multiple water rescues Monday night amid flash flooding conditions. Several gauges listed on the National Weather Service’s Southeast River Forecast Center website showed minor flooding in the area. As many as 3 inches of rain had fallen across the area and more light to moderate rain is expected to continue through Tuesday afternoon. Much of metro Atlanta spent hours under a flash flood warning, according to the National Weather Service. More than 25,000 customers were without power in Georgia and South Carolina, according to. Tornado watches were in effect Tuesday night for parts of Florida, central and southern Georgia, the weather service said. From Randell PetrieĪt least five possible tornadoes were reported in Mississippi, downing trees in Jefferson Davis and Covington counties northwest of Hattiesburg, as well as in Newton and Scott counties east of Jackson, the National Weather Service said.ĭowned trees and power lines near the southwestern Alabama community of Coffeeville also might have been caused by a tornado, the weather service said. ![]() ET.Ī damaged home in the Georgia neighborhhood of Randell Petrie, who said he and his family hid in a closet when they heard what sounded like a train. The Storm Prediction Center said there were 35 tornado reports from Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi and South Carolina as of 10:40 p.m. Brandon LaVorgna added there were no known storm deaths.Ī few dozen homes and businesses in the county on the Georgia border were damaged, LaVorgna said. The county was assessing damage to the area after reports of several trees down on homes and trees on roads, the coordinator, Jay Brooks, said.Īt least three people suffered non-life-threatening injuries in Allendale County in South Carolina, a spokesperson for the South Carolina Emergency Management Division said. The other known storm death occurred in East Texas where a middle-aged man in an RV was killed Tuesday morning in the community of Whitehouse, southeast of Tyler, when a tree fell on the vehicle, the Smith County emergency management coordinator said. Trystan McCorkle captured video of a tornado on Interstate 16 just before exit 143 in Bryan County, Georgia.
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