Rain with a chance of thunderstorms. Areas of fog after midnight. Windy. Lows in the mid 50s. Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph shifting to the southwest 10 to 20 mph after midnight. Chance of rain 90 percent.
Wednesday
Rain likely with a chance of thunderstorms in the morning...then mostly sunny in the afternoon. Windy. Highs around 70. West winds 10 to 20 mph. Chance of rain 60 percent.
There are currently no warnings or advisories for this location.
Public Information Statement
Statement as of 2:05 PM EST on December 08, 2009
... Updated report on tornadoes of Wednesday Dec 2nd...
A strong upper level storm system with very strong winds aloft and weak instability helped produce severe weather on Wednesday December 2nd. This report provides more information on the wind damage and tornadoes which occurred in Monroe... Jones and Putnam counties.
Wind damage - Monroe County at 122 PM EST... straight line winds with speeds up to 70 mph causing minor damage to two homes about 4 miles southeast of Forsyth near Gosa Rd and Callaway Rd. The homes lost a small amount of siding and guttering. Two other homes lost TV antennas off their roofs. Approximately 6 mature Pine trees were snapped as well.
EF-0 tornado - Jones County at 130 PM EST... a weak tornado rated EF-0 with winds up to 80 mph touched down in the Piedmont National Wildlife Refuge snapping 50 to 100 mature Pine trees near a cemetery. The tornado touched down approximately 3 miles east-southeast of Juliette and lifted 3 minutes later 3.5 miles east of Juliette with a total path length of 2 miles and maximum path width of 100 yards.
EF-0 tornado - central Putnam County at 155 PM EST... a weak tornado rated EF-0 with winds up to 85 mph touched down in a forested area approximately 4.3 miles west of Eatonton. The tornado traveled about 1.5 miles with a path width of 100 yards before lifting about 3.5 miles west-northwest of Eatonton at 158 PM EST. At least 500 trees were downed with around 50 of those downed across forestry roads. Two hunters were trapped but unharmed in this area and were not freed until nearby roads were cleared.
EF-1 tornado - northeast Putnam County at 205 PM EST... another tornado rated EF-1 with winds up to 90 mph touched down near little Rd and Harmony Rd approximately 8.2 miles north-northeast of Eatonton. The tornado traveled east-northeast about 1.5 miles with a path width of 100 yards before lifting about 9.0 miles north-northeast of Eatonton at 208 PM EST. Hundreds of trees and several power lines were downed. A Mobile home was rolled onto its side. The occupant inside the Mobile home was uninjured but was taken to the hospital due to a coronary episode. At least one outbuilding was destroyed. Tin roofing off a home was pulled off. Some fencing was also blown down.
Wind damage - southern Putnam County at 210 PM EST... straight line winds accelerated over the northern end of Lake Sinclair with speeds up to 80 mph causing damage to a Mobile home on twisting hill Dr. A loosely attached screened porch was destroyed and thrown 20 yards. Approximately 20 trees were also downed in this area.