Severe storms drench South, take down power lines amid summerlike pattern
Most of the activity was centered over Alabama and Georgia, where a squall line developed and even produced a tornado outside the Atlanta metro just after 6:30 p.m. local time.
Heavy rain falls across Georgia Tuesday
Woodstock, Georgia was soaked Tuesday, part of a stormy pattern persisting across most of the South this week.
TOOMBS COUNTY, Ga. – Strong to severe storms drenched the South on Tuesday, part of a summerlike pattern that has taken hold of the region.
Most of the activity was centered over Alabama and Georgia, where a squall line developed and even produced a tornado outside the Atlanta metro just after 6:30 p.m. local time.
Altamaha EMC, a power company that services southeastern Georgia, reported that at least 12 power poles were taken down Tuesday evening in Toombs County, around the same time that local emergency managers reported straight-line wind damage.
NOAA's Storm Prediction Center received dozens of reports of severe weather, with downed trees causing most of the problems.
Even though widespread severe weather isn’t expected over the coming days, the FOX Forecast Center said a stormy pattern will persist across the South through this week, with daily chances for severe thunderstorms and isolated hail.
That comes after Memorial Day storms blasted Texas with baseball-sized hail and hurricane-force wind gusts.