Thunderstorm Wind in Baldwin County, Georgia

A damage survey conducted by the National Weather Service Forecast Office in Peachtree City, Georgia along with information received from reports by the Baldwin County Emergency Management Director, the public, and the media, indicated that straight-line winds up to 80 mph affected the Milledgeville area. The worst damage occurred within in an area from 3.5 miles northwest of the city to 1.0 mile north of the city. Within this area, approximately 150 trees were down. Many power lines were also down as a result of fallen trees. Nearly the entire area was without power, some areas over a day. The majority of the damage occurred along Little Road northwest of Milledgeville where up to 100 trees were down and along North Jefferson Street, one mile north of downtown Milledgeville, where at least 50 trees were down.

The Baldwin County Emergency Management Director, the Baldwin County 911 Center, and the Union Recorder of Milledgeville reported that at least 12 trees were blown down approximately five miles south of Milledgeville. A large 200-year old oak tree fell on a home in Milledgeville causing extensive damage to the structure. A female resident of the house sustained minor injury to her knee from fallen debris in the damaged home. At least 10 of the trees were down in the Memory Hill Cemetery which resulted in destruction to more than a dozen gravestones. Many of the downed trees were 60 to 80 years old.

Several large trees and power lines were downed throughout the county by thunderstorm winds. Up to 3,000 residents and businesses lost power throughout Milledgeville, primarily on Lake Sinclair. Most of the fallen trees occurred along U.S. Highway 441 on the north side of Milledgville. A traffic light was blown off its cable on U.S. Highway 441 bypass, while portable advertising signs were overturned along the main street of Milledgeville.