PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
920 PM EDT SAT APR 26 2003

...STORM DAMAGE SURVEY OF POLK COUNTY STORM...

A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SURVEY FOUND EVIDENCE OF A SEVERE 
DOWNBURST ON FULLMER ROAD JUST NORTH OF THE HARALSON COUNTY LINE. 
THE STORM OCCURRED SHORTLY AFTER 6 PM EDT APRIL 25 2003. SEVERAL 
VERY LARGE TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN OR BROKEN OFF 15 TO 20 FEET ABOVE 
GROUND. OTHER LARGE TREE LIMBS WERE ALSO BROKEN OFF. A SUBSTANTIALLY 
SIZED STORAGE SHED WAS BLOWN AWAY WITH THE ROOF AND OTHER PARTS 
STREWN 50 TO 100 YARDS AWAY. ALL DAMAGED TREES AND THE STORAGE SHED 
WERE BLOWN IN A NORTHERLY DIRECTION. THIS INDICATES THE DAMAGE WAS 
LIKELY DUE TO A DOWNBURST. THIS WAS EARLIER REPORTED AS A TORNADO. 
ALTHOUGH RADAR INDICATED THE STORM HAD STRONG ROTATIONAL SIGNATURES 
ALOFT...THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE FOUND AT GROUND LEVEL WHICH INDICATED 
A TORNADO TOUCHDOWN. 

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HUTSELL