5:30 p.m. UPDATE: Crews were still working to clear trees from roads across Hall County and power crews were working to restore electricity which had been cut by trees that fell across powerlines. Power in some areas was not expected to be restored until about dark. Hall wasn’t the only county that suffered from the storm. Barrow County was hit hard. Jackson EMC reported that the percentage of its customers there who were without power was higher than in of its other service areas. Map Viewer (jacksonemc.com) Georgia Power was not hit as hard. GPC Outage Map (georgiapower.com)
EARLIER STORY
The brief, but intense thunderstorm that roared through Hall County about 3:00 Wednesday afternoon left behind a trail of downed trees but, as of 4:15, there had been no reports of any other damage.
“Hall County has experienced several trees down as a result of the line of thunderstorms moving through this afternoon,” Zach Brackett, the county’s Emergency Management and Homeland Security Director said. “We can expect continued gusty winds overnight that may bring down additional trees.”
At 4:15, these were the locations with downed trees that were “being worked,” Brackett added:
Thompson Bridge Rd/Wahoo Dr
Sardis Rd/Oak Creek Dr
3200 block of Gillsville Hwy
100 block of Riverbend Cir
3300 block of Gaines Mill Rd
Union Cir/Huntington Mill Rd
5500 block of Atlanta Hwy
Dorsey Cir/Dorsey Dr