Power Outage in Albany, GA

Several power lines were blown down in Albany.

Trees and power lines were blown down in Albany, generally on the west side of town.

A tree was blown down onto power lines along with multiple locations where the traffic lights were out due to power outages in the Albany area.

A power line was blown down at Gillionville Road and N Slappey Blvd.

Trees and power lines were blown down at Holly Dr and Radium Springs Road.

Power lines were blown down on Gillianville road in Albany.

Power lines were blown down at the 400 block of Philema Road.

Power lines were blown down in the Albany area with around 2000 customers out at the peak.

Tree limbs were blown down onto power lines.

A power pole was blown down onto a car on North Harding Street.

Trees and power lines were blown down in Albany.

A severe thunderstorm produced a 3 to 4 mile swath of 80 to 85 mph winds across the northern half of Albany proper, causing widespread damage across the city. The NWS damage survey team found hundreds of snapped and/or uprooted trees, minor to moderate roof damage to structures and buildings, and occasional instances of extensive damage to wide-span metal roofs in areas throughout the city. Much of the severe structural damage surveyed was a result of trees falling onto structures and powerlines, especially in the Rawson Circle area, where the roads are canopied by old oak trees. The downed trees across the city were oriented in the same direction. This, along with examination of radar data from the event suggests that the damage was caused by straight line winds. Dougherty county received FEMA aid for this event due to damage cost exceeding the local threshold of $16 million.

A severe thunderstorm produced a 3 to 4 mile swath of 80 to 85 mph winds across the northern half of Albany proper, causing widespread damage across the city. The NWS damage survey team found hundreds of snapped and/or uprooted trees, minor to moderate roof damage to structures and buildings, and occasional instances of extensive damage to wide-span metal roofs in areas throughout the city. Much of the severe structural damage surveyed was a result of trees falling onto structures and powerlines, especially in the Rawson Circle area, where the roads are canopied by old oak trees. The downed trees across the city were oriented in the same direction. This, along with examination of radar data from the event suggests that the damage was caused by straight line winds. Dougherty county received FEMA aid for this event due to damage cost exceeding the local threshold of $16 million.

Trees and power lines were blown down near Mitchell Ave and Rood Street as reported by WALB-TV.

Power lines were blown down along Branch Road.

Several reports of trees and power lines blown down were received across the city of Albany.

A power line was blown down at North Carroll Street and East 1st Ave in Albany and was blocking traffic.

A main power line was blown down on Murray Hill Lane in Albany.

A tree was blown down onto a power line and eventually caught fire on the 400 block of West Lincoln Ave in Albany.

Several trees and power lines were blown down.

A severe storm produced a microburst over portions of northern Albany. Numerous trees and power lines were blown down in a swath from Lovers Lane Road southwest to the Avalon United Methodist Church off Gillionville Road where the steeple was blown over. Pictures from the area near Stonewater Drive showed trees down across neighborhood roads. Some trees were blown down on houses and cars. Monetary damage was estimated.

A severe storm produced a microburst over portions of northern Albany. Numerous trees and power lines were blown down in a swath from Lovers Lane Road southwest to the Avalon United Methodist Church off Gillionville Road where the steeple was blown over. Pictures from the area near Stonewater Drive showed trees down across neighborhood roads. Some trees were blown down on houses and cars. Monetary damage was estimated.

Power lines were blown down on the 1800 block of Schley Ave.

Lightning struck a tree, causing it to fall on power lines on Eager Drive.

Trees and power lines were blown down. Monetary damage was estimated.

Trees were down around Albany with power outages reported. WALB also reported on their facebook page that a tree fell on a home in Albany and the couple inside the home was displaced. Monetary damage was estimated.

Trees and power lines were blown down across the county. The monetary damage figure provided is a rough estimate.

A few trees and power lines were down near downtown Albany.

A few large trees were down on the 1800 block of Dawson Road. At Dawson Road and Greenwood Drive, the top of a large pine tree snapped and downed power lines and shattered a nearby street lamp.

There were scattered reports of downed trees and power lines in Albany and throughout the county.

Straight line winds toppled numerous trees and power lines across the city. An estimated 1,000 residents were without power. The storm disrupted the city's 911 computer and telephone capabilities. Several homes sustained minor damage on the west and northwest edge of Albany.

Straight line winds toppled numerous trees and power lines across the city. An estimated 1,000 residents were without power. The storm disrupted the city's 911 computer and telephone capabilities. Several homes sustained minor damage on the west and northwest edge of Albany.

A county official reported some downed trees and power lines, including several power outages.

There were numerous reports of downed trees and power lines throughout the county. A fallen tree heavily damaged three vehicles and tore down utility lines on West Lincoln Avenue in Albany. A large tree fell across Robinhood Road in northwest Albany. Reported by Dougherty County 911.

Downed trees and power lines on Mitchell Avenue reported by the Albany Police.

Downed trees and power lines near Redbud Road and Cherry Laurel Lane. About 700 customers were without power. Reported by the Albany Police.

Downed trees and power lines countywide reported by a WALB-TV meteorologist.

Straight-line winds damaged several homes, an apartment complex, and downed numerous trees and power lines. One person suffered minor injuries. Reported by GEMA and SKYWARN spotter.

Downed trees and power lines at 3rd Avenue and Dawson Road, and on Stewart Avenue near the Albany Mall. Reported by WALB-TV.

An F2 tornado damaged the main house and several surrounding structures at Abigail Plantation off Old Tallahassee Road, as well as several other homes on Old Dawson and Springhill Roads. Hundreds of plantation trees were uprooted. Downed power poles affected 300 customers in northwest Albany. A few storage buildings were damaged at the Cookville Trailer Park just west of Albany. Reported by the Dougherty County Police and WALB-TV Albany.

Some trees down on power lines. Reported by Albany 911.

A large tree fell onto a vehicle injuring the driver. Several trees and power lines down in Albany. Reported by the Dougherty County EMA.

Numerous trees and power lines down. Scattered power outages. Reported by a ham radio operator.

Hurricane Michael started as typical weak October Caribbean tropical system. However, after approximately a week of slow development, the system moved into warm Gulf of Mexico waters and rapidly intensified into a major hurricane as it moved north towards the Florida Panhandle. After a 2-day long intensification period over the eastern Gulf, Michael made landfall as an unprecedented (for the region) high-end category 4 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale in the Florida Panhandle with maximum sustained wind speed of 155 mph and a minimum pressure 919 mb. Based on wind, Michael is the fourth most powerful hurricane to hit the United States, behind the Labor Day Hurricane (1935), Hurricane Camille (1969) and Hurricane Andrew (1992), and the most powerful storm to impact the Florida Panhandle in recorded history. Based on central pressure, Michael is the third most powerful hurricane to hit the United States, behind only the Labor Day Hurricane (1935) and Hurricane Camille (1969). The storm caused catastrophic damage from wind and storm surge, particularly in the Panama City Beach to Mexico Beach to Cape San Blas areas. The widespread catastrophic damage spread well inland as Hurricane Michael remained at category 3 strength into southwest Georgia.||One of the hardest hit locations was from Mexico Beach to Indian Pass where 9 to 14 feet of peak storm surge inundation was observed. In addition, wave action caused even higher total water values and this resulted in waves destroying the second story of multiple buildings in Mexico Beach.||At St. Joseph Peninsula State Park on Cape San Blas, the storm surge cut through the peninsula, creating two inlets, resulting in portions of the park no longer being accessible by vehicle. These new inlets truly demonstrate the power of storm surge.||While preliminary peak storm surge inundation was slightly less east of Indian Pass, values were still life-threatening and caused significant damage. Along the coast, portions of U.S. 98 and Alligator Drive were washed out and had to be patched/repaved. In Carrabelle, water was high enough to enter a restaurant, resulting in damage to furniture. In addition, numerous homes along the coast were destroyed or damaged as water slammed against the structures.||In addition to the life-threatening storm surge, structural damage was extensive particularly across the Florida Panhandle. Preliminary data assessments indicate almost 50,000 structures were affected across the Florida Panhandle, western Big Bend, southwest Georgia and southeast Alabama. Of these, more than 3,000 structures were destroyed. Homes and businesses were not the only structures impacted. The Hurricane Michael Preliminary Virtual Assessment Team (P-VAT) report from the Structural Extreme Event Reconnaissance Network indicated that two hospitals in Bay County, Bay Medical Sacred Heart and Gulf Coast Regional Medical Center also sustained significant damage. One hospital had glass crack and cladding stripped off the building while the other hospital had issues with power and water. Tyndall Air Force Base (AFB), that experienced the eye of Hurricane Michael, experienced catastrophic damage with every building on base experiencing some roof damage. A nearby elementary school had a portion of its roof ripped off. During the height of the storm, before the transmission stopped, a sensor at Tyndall AFB measured a gust to 139 mph.||The wind damage was not confined to the coastline, but extended well inland. In Marianna, businesses lost their roofs and the exterior wall of some buildings collapsed as the roof was lost. In Donalsonville, GA, where a 115 mph gust was measured, roof damage was also observed and at least one silo was flipped over. Even in Albany, GA, signs were blown down and roofs were peeled off buildings.||In addition to extensive structural damage, hurricane force winds caused widespread power outages across a large portion of the tri-state region. Nearly 100% of customers across a large portion of the Florida Panhandle lost power, with some of these outages lasting weeks. These widespread power outages extended into southwest Georgia with 100% of customers losing power all the way up to Lee County, GA!||Property damage estimates were still being calculated at the time of this publication and will likely rise further from what is indicated here. However, one estimate of insured losses from the state of Florida alone was as high as $4.2 billion.||The catastrophic winds also resulted in damage to the timber and agricultural communities across Florida and Georgia. According to the Florida Forest Service, in Florida, timber damage costs estimates were over $1.2 billion dollars with almost 3 million acres of forested land damaged. In addition to damage costs, replanting in the more severely damaged areas could be an addition $240 million. This damage also has impacts to the wildfire potential with additional forest fuels from downed trees. |According to Florida Commissioner of Agriculture Adam Putnam, the state suffered nearly $1.5 billion in agricultural damages due to Michael. The estimated damages were as follows: Forestry $1.3 billion, Cotton $49.9 million, Cattle $43.3 million, Peanuts $23 million, Nurseries and Floriculture $16.1 million, Poultry and Eggs $10 million, Vegetables $8.6 million, Other Field Crops $7.3 million, Dairy $6.4 million, Aquaculture $5 million, Fruit $4.4 million, Tree Nuts $4.1 million, and Apiary $2 million. ||In Georgia, 2,368,226 acres of forestland was impacted by Hurricane Michael. The estimated value of this land is $762,683,909. Catastrophic damage was mainly confined to Seminole, Decatur and Miller Counties with severe damage extending into Dougherty and Terrell Counties. Additional crop damage occurred in Georgia to cotton, vegetables, pecans, poultry, peanuts, and timber. According to Georgia Agriculture Commissioner Gary Black, estimated damages were as follows: Cotton $300-$900 million, Vegetables $480 million, Pecans $560 million, Poultry $25 million, Peanuts $10-$20 million, and Timber $1 billion.||Inland flooding associated with Hurricane Michael across the tri-state region was limited as the hurricane quickly tracked across the area. A maximum rainfall total of 6.84 inches was observed near Crossroads, GA (Quitman County) with the second highest amount for the region recorded in Calhoun County, FL with 6.66 inches. With these higher rainfall amounts isolated, only a few areas of inland flooding were observed. In Bay County, record flooding was observed on the Econfina Creek at State Road 20 with 26.17 feet (NAVD88). This resulted in the SR-20 bridge being overtopped. In addition, in Calhoun County, FL, moderate flooding occurred on the Chipola River near Altha. A few homes were impacted downstream from the gauge and significant damage was sustained to the fish camps along the river. There were no recorded tornadoes across the Florida Panhandle, Big Bend, southwest Georgia or southeast Alabama associated with Hurricane Michael.

Scattered to numerous showers and thunderstorms occurred across the area during the June 2-4 period. As is typical with summer storms in this part of the country, some of the storms were severe with impacts to trees and power lines. One storm was particularly severe in southern Lanier county with overturned farm equipment reported.

Hurricane Irma brought numerous impacts to the Florida Big Bend, southwest Georgia and southeast Alabama including widespread downed trees and power lines, roads blocked by trees, power outages, and trees on homes. Two people died during the event - one due to a car crash (Liberty County, FL) and another that had a heart attack (Worth County, GA). Two indirect deaths occurred due to carbon monoxide from a generator (Taylor County, FL). While many counties across the Florida Big Bend and southwest Georgia were impacted, the greatest impacts were across the eastern portion of the area near the I-75 corridor. There were over 6.5 million customers without power in Florida, over 930,000 customers without power in Georgia, and over 45,000 customers without power in Alabama. Total damage cost for each county was estimated when figures were not available.||Seminole county reported $150,000 in damage to structures, trees, and power lines. There were 42 evacuated locals and 74 evacuees from Florida.||Mitchell county reported 200 trees downed onto roadways and power lines. There was little known property damage. However, agricultural damage may have been significant to pecans and cotton.||Colquitt county reported 200 trees downed and many power lines downed resulting in road closures. Some trees fell on homes and one tree fell on a car. Half of the city of Moultrie lost power. ||Lowndes county reported over 500 trees downed with 34 homes damaged and 60,000 customers without power. More than 5,000 pecan trees were destroyed. There was approximately 25,000 CY of vegetative debris on public and private property. The total estimated property losses were around $9 million. Agricultural losses due to the pecan trees was estimated around $12.5 million based on one pecan tree being values at around $2500.||Tift county reported many trees and power lines downed and blocking roads including U.S. Highway 19.||Early county reported a peak wind gust of 63 mph at the EMA office.||Dougherty county reported widespread trees and power lines downed in the Albany area with many power outages and blocked roads. One tree fell on a car in the Shoreham apartment complex.||Worth county reported widespread trees and power lines down with damage to roofs and vehicles reported. Some large oak trees were among the trees toppled by the storm. A man died of a heart attack while sheltering in a homemade shelter. A sustained wind of 42 mph with a peak gust to 70 mph was measured at the EMA office. ||Lanier county reported trees and power lines down across the county including a few large oak trees. Five trees were down on homes. The county sheltered 97 people. ||Berrien county reported trees down across the county with power outages. There was one report of structural damage. In the city of Nashville, trees fell onto two residences causing significant roof damage.||Turner county reported trees and power lines down with roofs blown off several homes. Several barns were also blown down. ||Decatur county reported trees and power lines down with Faceville Highway blocked. ||Lee county reported many trees down across the county. Trees fell onto or into several mobile homes. Downed power lines blocked U.S. Highway 19. The city of Smithville had no potable water for a period of time from Monday into Tuesday. ||Thomas county reported numerous traffic signals out. Downed trees on power lines left 750 residents without power. ||Terrell county reported several power lines and large trees downed, damaging several homes. At least one home in Dawson was severely damaged by a large pecan tree.||Quitman county reported trees and power lines downed across the county. The estimated damage to the county was $15,000.||Randolph county reported widespread trees and power lines down across the county. Forty percent of the county was without power. A two story house caught on fire from a downed tree on a line.||Miller county reported numerous trees and power lines down throughout the county. One house and one outbuilding fire occurred due to downed power lines. ||Baker county reported trees and power lines down across the county. Approximately 2,400 people lost power. ||Grady county reported more than 225 trees and power lines down across the county. Seven to eight homes sustained minor damage due to falling trees. Approximately 11,000 people were without power. A voluntary evacuation was ordered for mobile homes and approximately 550 people in the county evacuated. ||Irwin county reported numerous trees and power lines down across the county. Eight homes sustained minor structural damage due to fallen trees. Approximately 70 people evacuated from their mobile homes. There was one indirect injury from the storm as one lineman was electrocuted. ||Cook county reported trees and power lines down across the county that resulted in 26 road closures. These impacts lasted 4 to 5 days. Approximately 15 homes were damaged due to fallen trees. School in the county was closed for the whole week.||Brooks county reported widespread trees down across the county. Several homes were damaged, including 2 with major damage. Several roads were washed out. Power outages lasted 4 to 5 days across the county with several thousand power outages. There were 150 people sheltered in the county. ||Calhoun county reported numerous trees and power lines down across the county. There were 250 power outages lasting a couple of days. A comfort station was set up for people in mobile homes to stay at during the storm, and 70 people stayed at the comfort center. Ten homes sustained structural damage due to wind or fallen trees. One business in Arlington lost its roof due to wind.

A couple of days of severe weather impacted southern Georgia on May 23rd and 24th. Two EF0 tornadoes occurred, and some straight line wind damage also occurred with impacts to trees and power lines.

Hurricane Hermine impacted southwest Georgia in early September with significant inland wind gusts which downed numerous trees and power lines. Rainfall generally ranged from 3-8 with minimal impacts from inland flooding. County by county impacts are as follows. ||In Cook county, there were numerous trees and power lines blown down. A tree fell across Highway 41 at Dardon Road, causing a traffic crash which resulted in 1 injury. Total damage cost was estimated.||In Grady county, 55-60 trees were blown down across roadways. Approximately 2800 customers lost power. The main damage was across the southeast part of the county from the Spence area to Whigham. Total damage cost was estimated.||In Thomas county, 70 trees were blown down across the county. Total damage cost was estimated.||In Colquitt county, 125 trees were blown down across the county over roads. One home sustained tree damage. Power outages occurred across much of the county. Total damage cost was estimated.||In Dougherty county, two roofs were damaged by fallen limbs. One tree was blown down which did not cause damage. There were spotty power outages with about 200 customers losing power. Total damage cost was estimated.||In Lanier county, there were numerous trees and power lines blown down, especially in the pecan orchards. Total damage cost was estimated.||In Mitchell county, 26 trees were blown down in roadways including 7 in Pelham, 5 in Camilla, and 14 elsewhere in the county. There were minimal power outages. Total damage cost was estimated.||In Worth county, there were several trees downed across the county. Trees fell across Wynn Drive and Wa Patterson Road. Branches fell on a vehicle on Highway 256 west of Deerland Road. Total damage cost was estimated.||In Tift county, there were widespread trees and power lines downed on roadways, mainly on the south and west side of the county. Highway 41S at Adcock Road was closed due to a tree down. U.S Highway 125N was also closed due to a downed tree. Total damage cost was estimated.||In Berrien county, several trees and power lines were blown down. Total damage cost was estimated.||In Lowndes county, numerous trees and power lines were blown down including hundreds in the city of Valdosta. About 1,000 pecan trees were blown down with estimated damage to the pecan crop at around $3 million. Approximately 90 roads were closed mainly due to downed power lines. Property damage estimates are around $1 million. About 31,000 county customers lost power. Up to 117,000 gallons of sewage spilled due to the sewer system being overwhelmed by heavy rain.

Scattered afternoon thunderstorms developed in an environment of high instability favorable for microbursts. A couple of storms became severe with downed trees and power lines. Eyewitness video also confirmed a very brief, weak tornado near Reed Bingham State Park on June 26th due to a local boundary collision.

A wake low developed along the back edge of an area of stratiform rain behind a squall line during the evening hours of March 28th. Strong wind gusts in excess of 45 mph were measured in Dougherty county as well as Berrien county. The highest measured wind gust was measured at Alapaha in Berrien county at 51.1 mph at 10:05 pm EDT. Other wind gusts measured include 46 mph at the Albany airport at 7:34 pm EDT and 47.5 mph at Ducker in western Dougherty county at 7:32 pm EDT. Numerous trees were reported down in Dougherty and Worth counties with some power outages also reported in Dougherty county. No trees were reported down in Berrien county. It is likely that moderate to heavy rain earlier in the day in Dougherty and Worth counties saturated the soil and contributed to the trees falling with winds around 50 mph. Monetary damage was estimated.

The third winter storm to impact the NWS Tallahassee County warning area in five years brought a wintry mix of precipitation to virtually the entire forecast area. The predominant precipitation types were sleet and freezing rain. Total liquid equivalent estimates were greater than a quarter inch across portions of southern Georgia, especially in the counties adjacent to Alabama. Virtually all of southern Georgia received at least a tenth of an inch of sleet and freezing rain. Power outages occurred across the area along with treacherous road conditions.||On the morning of January 28th, there was a trough approaching from the west with moist southwest flow and precipitation ahead of it over the Southeast. At the surface, a cold front was stalled across north central Florida and the Gulf of Mexico. However, the deep arctic air was still well north of our region. During the day, the precipitation changed over to snow and/or sleet in places like Atlanta, Birmingham, Macon, and Mobile, as progressively colder air flowed into the region. This caused major traffic problems, especially in Atlanta. ||Late in the afternoon and early evening the rain began to change to freezing rain and sleet in portions of Southeast Alabama, Southwest Georgia, and western portions of the Florida Panhandle. There appeared to be a secondary cold front (a fairly common occurrence when arctic air moves southward) that helped accelerate the advance of the cold air and changeover to freezing/frozen precipitation during the evening. ||During the night (January 28th ��� January 29th) the cold air continued to spread south and east. By the morning of January 29th, many locations in our forecast area had changed to either freezing rain, sleet, or a mix. Much drier air in the mid to upper atmosphere overspread Southeast Alabama and Southwest Georgia. This caused the precipitation to end there during the morning hours. However, light wintry precipitation lingered across the Florida Big Bend throughout the day, as the upper level trough continued to approach from the west. The combination of the unusually cold air and thick clouds prevented many locations from getting above freezing, a very rare occurrence in the Deep South. ||The Wednesday morning surface chart showed the main cold front finally on the move again through South Florida, while high pressure and very cold, dry air continued to infiltrate the Gulf Coast Region. This precipitation tapered off during the evening as the atmosphere dried out.

On the Monday morning of January 10, 2011, freezing rain fell across portions of southern Georgia and southeast Alabama. Amounts generally ranged from a trace to a quarter of an inch, but a few areas had half an inch of total ice accumulation. In southern Georgia, the main impacts from the ice storm were hazardous road conditions and power outages. In southeast Alabama, where there was less ice, the impact was limited to slippery roads. This was a very rare event for the region, and warning criteria ice accretion at the time was defined locally as any measurable ice accretion of greater than a trace. Ice accretion reports first started to come in around 5 am EST /4 am CST/ with freezing rain ending around 9 am EST /8 am CST/. The highest amount reported was in Terrell County, GA with around a half inch of accretion. The counties of Turner, Worth, Randolph, and Lee in Georgia reported around a quarter inch of accretion. The rest of the counties reported less than a quarter inch of accretion. Many schools were closed for the day on Monday. The monetary damage figure provided is a rough estimate that only includes the Georgia counties. For the estimate on the Alabama counties, please see that entry.

Strong winds associated with a line of heavy showers downed numerous trees and power lines, and caused minor structural damage.

Tropical Storm Fay, which came ashore along the northeast Florida coast, moved slowly westward toward the Florida Panhandle from the 22nd through the 24th. The rain bands from Fay produced sustained winds of 25 to 40 mph with frequent gusts over 45 mph. These winds downed numerous trees and power lines throughout most of southwest and south central Georgia. Rainfall amounts associated with the western semicircle of Fay's circulation generally averaged from one to three inches. However, as Fay moved into the Florida Panhandle on the 23rd, it tapped into Gulf of Mexico moisture, which resulted in excessive rainfall on its east side. Storm total rainfall during the 48-hour period from noon on the 22nd through the 24th varied from four to as much as 27.50 inches at Thomasville. Much of this area experienced severe drought conditions, with low stream flows. Nonetheless, the high volume of runoff resulted in minor to moderate flooding on many of the stem rivers and creeks. The maximum sustained wind and peak wind measured was at Bainbridge on the 23rd. The lowest sea-level pressure recorded was 1003 millibars. A motorist was injured in Valdosta when a tree fell on his vehicle. A 12-year-old boy drowned when he was swept away by flood waters while playing near a drainage ditch in Cairo. Many area schools were closed on the 22nd and 25th. Many area farmers were faced with flattened corn crops, bent cotton plants and as many as 600 downed pecan trees. The following counties were declared disaster areas by the Governor: Baker, Berrien, Brooks, Colquitt, Decatur, Early, Grady, Lanier, Lee, Lowndes, Miller, Mitchell, Randolph, Seminole, and Thomas.

Hurricane Dennis came ashore along the central Gulf coast on July 10. The lowest sea-level pressure and peak wind gust recorded were 1007.5 mb and 42 mph, respectively, at Albany, GA. Heavy rainfall commenced July 10, and persisted into the early morning hours of July 11. A nearly stationary feeder band from the eastern Florida Panhandle into southwest Georgia produced four to eight inches, with isolated amounts up to a foot. In Colquitt County, flash flooding along the Okapilco Creek in Moultrie damaged many homes, washed out roads, and forced the evacuation of 100 homes. Heavy rains in the upper Flint River basin generated high flows which reached as far south as Bainbridge, GA. Minor flooding occurred along the Flint and Withlacoochee River basins with a few homes affected by high water. Several counties in southwest Georgia observed wind damage to trees and power lines. In Worth County, a total of 300 homes were evacuated due to rising flood water, with 80 homes flooded. In Dougherty County, dozens of homes and businesses in Putney lost power. Also, flooding was confined to both sides of Highway 82 near the Worth County line. About 5,000 Albany customers were without power. At Mitchell County Middle School, strong winds caused roof damage. Several homes were flooded in Calhoun County. Several Decatur County roads were washed out. In Terrell County, many roads were flooded. Fishpond Drain in Seminole County flashed with several homes surrounded by rising flood water. A pond dam burst and caused a torrent of water to overrun a road in Tift County. 6,000 customers were without power in Decatur, Grady, and Thomas counties. A large portion of eastern Thomas County observed between 6 and 11 inches of rain. A few Boston homes were evacuated and many county roads were washed out. Disaster assistance was granted to Colquitt and Worth counties.

Tropical Storm Jeanne moved north across south central Georgia during the early morning hours of September 27. Maximum sustained winds up to 40 knots with peak gusts to 50 knots were reported. The lowest sea-level pressure was 987.8 mb at Valdosta, GA. Rainfall totals varied from an inch at Albany, GA to nine inches at Tifton, GA. Widespread areal flooding was reported over portions of south central Georgia. In Lowndes County, high water forced 700 residents of a Valdosta subdivision to evacuate. The Withlacoochee River near Valdosta rose above flood stage. Many county and dirt roads were washed out. Schools and local businesses were closed on September 27. There were numerous reports of downed trees and power lines. An estimated 36,000 customers were without power. Many homes were damaged by fallen trees. A state of emergency was declared for the affected counties, with a request for federal assistance.

Hurricane Ivan weakened to a tropical storm as it moved into southwest Alabama on September 16. The maximum sustained wind recorded was 29 knots at Albany, GA. The peak wind gust recorded was 37 knots at Valdosta, GA. The lowest sea-level pressure was 1003 mb at Albany. Rainfall totals varied from 0.75 inches at Tifton and Valdosta, GA to 6.50 inches at Blakely, GA. Minor flooding was reported in Early County. Minor rises were observed on the Kinchafoonee and Muckalee creeks. An estimated 20,000 customers were without power. There were numerous reports of downed trees and power lines. Intense outer rain bands from Ivan spawned several tornadoes in southwest Georgia on September 15. The hardest hit areas were Early and Miller counties, with many homes and businesses damaged. Many schools and businesses were closed on September 16 and 17. A state of emergency was declared for the affected counties. Federal assistance was granted for Early and Miller counties.

Tropical Storm Frances continued to slowly weaken as it moved north into southwest Georgia during the late afternoon and evening hours of September 6. Maximum sustained winds reached 38 knots at Albany, GA, with a peak wind gust 59 knots. The lowest sea-level pressure was 991.8 mb at Albany. Rainfall totals ranged from two inches at Newton, GA, to nearly seven inches at Tifton, GA. Many schools and local businesses were closed on September 7. There were numerous reports of washed out roads, downed trees and power lines. Several mobile homes and businesses were damaged. Most of the damage occurred in Grady and Thomas counties. with 140 homes damaged, five mobile homes destroyed, and numerous vehicles damaged. An estimated 30,000 customers were without power. Several counties in southwest Georgia suffered crop yield losses, on the order of 25 to 50 percent. Damage estimates will be realized at the time of the autumn harvest. A state of emergency was declared for much of southwest Georgia.