Confirmed tornado hit Walton County, damaged homes
An EF-1 tornado with wind speeds up to 100 mph tore through Walton County on Wednesday night, the National Weather Service confirmed.
Confirmed. EF-1 tornado with 100 mph wind touched down yesterday evening in Social Circle, Walton County.
— Brad Nitz (@BradNitzWSB) August 2, 2018
More information will come later today.
Walton County EMA Director Brian Burgamy told Channel 2 Action News that five structures, including homes, were damaged in Social Circle and four appear to be a total loss. The damage was in the 1400 block of Fairplay Road.
Live@630am 94 year old woman escaped home when a tree fell on it after a storm hit Walton County #wsbtv pic.twitter.com/yCvsWJ5aMN
— Darryn Moore (@DarrynMooreWSB) August 2, 2018
The storm toppled several large trees in the front and back of Edward Long’s home, Channel 2 reported. Three landed on his house, nearly trapping Long and his 94-year-old grandmother inside.
“We got the warning over the phone,” Long told the news station. “Thirty seconds later it goes from calm to total chaos.”
Long and his grandmother were able to make it out of the house without injuries. Tim Peters, another Social Circle resident, said the tornado spared his house.
“We might have lost roofs, and we may have had property damage, and we might have had power lines down, but we didn’t have no loss of life,” Peters said.
Burgamy said the Red Cross is helping two families whose homes suffered damage.
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