Storms move across Georgia; tornado watch issued

ATLANTA (AP) -- Strong storms moved through Georgia Thursday evening, and emergency dispatchers reported damage in the Rome area, Gordon County and elsewhere, mostly in northwest Georgia.

Georgia Power estimated that more than 19,000 customers lost electricity early Thursday evening.

Power was reported out in much of west Rome.

Georgia Power spokeswoman Carol Boatright said about two-thirds of the outages in the state were in the Rome area. "Our crews are used to working in bad weather, and they'll be out there working this evening," she said.

Damage in Floyd County "seems to be the result of straight line winds and confined to an area of West Rome, mostly businesses reporting windows blown out," Ken Davis of the Georgia Emergency Management Agency said in a statement.

There were two reported minor injuries in Rome, caused by cuts from flying glass, Davis said.

Davis said utility crews were en route to restore lost power in the area.

A rehab center, described by Davis as a place to get a warm drink and out of the weather, was being established at Westminster Presbyterian Church.

Gordon County reported a couple of homes with damages ranging from major to being destroyed by straight line winds, and some minor injuries. Some power outages were reported in Gordon county, Davis said.

In Adairsville in Bartow County, the National Weather Service said many trees were down and homes were damaged.

Emergency management officials said numerous trees were down in southern Gilmer County.

Trees were reported down in Polk, Meriwether and Douglas counties.

Power lines were reported down in Coweta County.

Source: http://www.accessnorthga.com/detail.php?n=244518

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