Power Outage in Rincon, GA

An Effingham County emergency manager reported a tree on power lines along Hester Road near Brittany Lane.

A Effingham County emergency manager reported multiple trees down on power lines and a large tree down across Noel C Conaway Road due to thunderstorm outflow.

An Effingham County emergency manager reported a large tree down on power lines along Stillwell Road and trees down on Log Landing Road between Stillwell Road and Shadowbrook Drive.

A National Weather Service (NWS) storm survey team determined that an EF-1 tornado occurred near Springfield in Effingham County. The tornado began just north of Stillwell Road and east of Mock Road at Mose Mock Farms where the tops of several trees were sheared off, large branches were blown down, and a carport collapsed. The tornado then moved northwest, snapping and uprooting several trees along Mock Road and in a field near a powerline easement. The tornado then strengthened as it turned north and moved along Wood Duck Way. Multiple homes on Wood Duck Way and Riley Court suffered minor roof and siding damage, two boats on trailers were lifted and overturned, a carport collapsed, and numerous trees were uprooted or snapped. The tornado then continued northward, crossing Highway 119 where it snapped and uprooted a few trees and knocked down powerlines before dissipating in a field just north of the highway. A vehicle ran into a downed tree on Highway 119 and the driver sustained minor injuries. The maximum strength of the tornado was estimated to be EF-1, with peak winds of 105 mph, particularly in the area of Wood Duck Way and Riley Court.

A Effingham County emergency manager reported multiple trees and power lines down between the towns of Guyton and Pineora, Georgia.

Effingham County dispatch reported a tree and power lines down at Highway 17 and Roebling Road.

Local law enforcement reported power lines down near Shawnee.

Power lines were reported down near the intersection of Blue Jay Road and McCall Road.

An emergency manager reported trees and power lines down at the intersection of Standard Lane and Tusculum Road and at the 200 block of Church Road.

Effingham County dispatch reported multiple trees and power lines down across Highway 17 between Gracen Road and Keith Road. Another tree was down across Gracen Road at Old Louisville Court.

Effingham County dispatch reported a tree down on power lines along Clyo-Kildare Road.

Effingham County Emergency Management reported a power pole and power lines down, including at least one nearby tree, in the vicinity of the 400 block of Whitaker Road.

Effingham County Emergency Management reported a tree down on power lines on Millpond Road.

Effingham County Emergency Management reported a tree down across power lines on Ebenezer Road.

Effingham County dispatch reported that Benjamin Gnann Road was temporarily shut down due to a tree down on power lines in the 1800 block of the road.

A county official reported trees and power lines down near the intersection of Roebling Road and Route 17.

A fire department reported large distribution power lines blown down and multiple large tree trees down on Highway 30 and Noel Conaway Road near Buckingham Drive.

A fire department reported multiple trees and power lines down at Holly Circle.

The Effingham County 911 Call Center reported power lines down at Highway 17 South and Blue Jay Road.

A tree fell on a power line and caught fire on Noel C Conaway Road. This caused a local power outage and the road was briefly closed.

Law enforcement reports multiple trees and power lines down at Sandhill Road and Murray Hill Road.

The Effingham County Warning Point reported one tree down on a power line along Heidt Landing Road.

The Effingham County 911 Call Center reported a tree down on a power line at the intersection of Highway 21 and Clyo-Kildare Road.

Broadcast media reported downed trees and power lines on George Hurst Road.

An emergency manager reported 2 trees and power lines down near the intersection of Highway 30 and Kelly Drive.

The media reported power lines down near the intersection of Highway 30 and Pecan Lane.

Broadcast Media reported trees and power lines down near the Griffin Lakes area.

The public reported several pine trees blown down on power lines along Route 17 near Roebling and Jabez Jones Roads.

The Effingham County 911 call center relayed a report of a power line down along Long Bridge Road.

One tree and power lines reported down on Highway 17 near Lambert Road.

Thunderstorm winds blew down a power line at the intersection of Highway 21 and McCall Road.

Trees and power lines downed. GA Highway 17 closed at Clark Rroad.

Law enforcement reported trees and power lines down near the intersection of Clyo Shawnee Road and Springfield Road.

Law enforcement reported a power line down on Ralph Rahn Road.

A emergency manager reported trees and power lines down at the 2000 Block of Georgia Highway 119 North.

A emergency manager reported trees down on power lines and roadway at the 800 block of Logs Landing Road. One tree fell on a house causing minor roof damage.

The Effingham County Warning Point reported a tree down on power lines along Blansford Road, 1 miles southwest of Rincon, Georgia.

Law enforcement reported power lines down.

Law enforcement reported 2 trees down on power lines near the intersection of Old Dixie Highway and West Edwards Road, 1 mile north-northwest of Shawnee, Georgia.

Broadcast Media relayed a report of lightning knocking a tree down on a power line along Hodgeville Road near the Effingham Chatham county line and causing a small fire, 2 miles west-northwest of Meinhard, Georgia.

Law enforcement reported trees and powerlines down in Rincon, Georgia.

Law enforcement reported powerlines snapped in two along Stagecoach Avenue in Marlow, Georgia.

A trained weather spotter reported a couple of trees down across power lines along Kolic Helmey Road, 8 miles east-northeast of Eden, Georgia.

Law Enforcement reported power lines down along Crystal Drive, one mile east-northeast of Coldbrook, Georgia.

Law Enforcement reported power lines down along Frederick Street, just east of Rincon, Georgia.

Law Enforcement reported trees and power lines down along Hodgeville Road, 5 miles south-southwest of Rincon, Georgia.

Law Enforcement reported trees and power lines down along Coldbrook Court near Goshen Road, 6 miles south-southwest of Rincon, Georgia.

Law enforcement reported a tree blown down onto a power line on Route 307 between Wylly Road and Long Branch Drive 2 miles southeast of Stillwell, Georgia.

The law enforcement reported powerlines down in Rincon, Georgia.

Emergency management reported several trees and power lines blown down causing road closures 3 miles north northwest of Bloomingdale, Georgia. Minor damage to structures in the area was also reported.

The public reported that several trees and power lines were blown down in near Berryville, Georgia causing Union Springs Road to be blocked near Stillwell Clyo Road.

A power line was reported down on Sisters Ferry Road, 4 miles southwest of Clyo, Georgia.

Trees and power lines were reported down and blocking Blue Jay Road and Low Ground Road in Rincon, Georgia.

Several trees and powerlines were reported down 7 miles southeast of Stillwell, Georgia.

A couple power lines were reported down along Highway 30.

A trained weather spotter reported a downed power line west of Rincon, Georgia.

An EF2 Tornado was confirmed by a Storm Survey conducted by the Charleston, South Carolina National Weather Service Forecast Office. The Tornado touched down in Effingham county 3.5 miles northeast of Rincon, Georgia and just northwest of the Georgia Power McIntosh Plant around 944 PM EDT and traveled southeast approximately a half a mile before lifting at 945 PM EDT. This Tornado destroyed a water cooling tower, damaged another water cooling tower and several buildings, toppled two high voltage transmission towers, knocked down or uprooted several dozen trees, tossed tractor trailer cargo containers with equipment inside up to 100 yards. In addition, at the time of the survey one of the tractor trailer containers could not be found. A steel hoist roof assembly weighing a couple thousand pounds used to load and unload heavy items was tossed 100 feet. This tornado was up to 100 yards wide and had maximum sustained winds estimated between 120 and 130 mph.

A tree and power lines were reported down in Guyton, Georgia.

A tree and power lines were reported down on Highway 17 in Marlow, Georgia.

Several trees and power lines were reported down along Shawnee Road.

Thunderstorm winds knocked down trees and power lines across the county.

Thunderstorm winds knocked down trees and power lines.

Several trees and power lines were down.

Numerous trees and power lines down.

Trees and power lines down.

Trees and power lines down.