Power Outage in Toccoa, GA

County comms reported trees and power lines blown down on West Currahee Street.

Spotter reported multiple power poles blown down on Shorewood Cir. County comms reported a tree down on a house on Ridgemore Dr in the same area.

Spotter reported multiple trees and power lines blown down along Falls Rd in the vicinity of Toccoa and along Elberton St in south Toccoa.

County comms reported multiple trees and power lines blown down across central and eastern portions of the county.

Power lines were blown down on West Currahee St about 1.5 miles southwest of Toccoa.

A tree and a couple of power lines were blown down in the Toccoa area.

Multiple trees were blown down across the county, some onto power lines. One tree fell on a car on Brookhaven Circle in Eastanolee.

Multiple trees were blown down across the county, some onto power lines. One tree fell on a car on Brookhaven Circle in Eastanolee.

Multiple trees and power lines were blown down along highway 17 in the Toccoa area.

A large limb and power lines were blown down on the south side of the city. Trees were also blow down on Brookdale Rd, and on highway 123.

A large limb and power lines were blown down on the south side of the city. Trees were also blow down on Brookdale Rd, and on highway 123.

Numerous trees and power lines were blown down throughout the county.

Numerous trees and power lines were blown down throughout the county.

Several power lines and a large tree blown down around the city.

Damage to trees and power lines scattered across the county.

A tree was blown down on Brookhaven Cir and another blown down on a power line on Prather Bridge Rd.

Trees and power lines down along highway 123 in Ayersville.

Trees down on Ridgemore Rd, Brookhaven Circle, and Old Valley Rd near Lake Hartwell. Quite a few power lines were blown down in the area as well.

Trees and power lines were blown down.

Several trees were blown down onto power lines, causing some outages.

Numerous trees and power lines were blown down.

A power pole was blown down along highway 184.

Some trees and a power line were blown down at Yonah Lake.

A couple of trees and a powerline were blown down.

Numerous power outages were attributed to lightning.

Numerous trees and power lines were reported down near Lake Hartwell. At least one tree fell onto a house.

Trees and power lines down across the city.

As Tropical Storm Irma moved north/northwest across the Florida Panhandle and southwest Georgia, strong winds developed over northeast Georgia. Although gusts only occasionally exceeded 50 mph in these areas, the prolonged nature of the event, combined with saturated soils resulting from heavy rainfall resulted in many trees falling on roads, power lines, vehicles, and structures. Many were without power for a day or more.

Very strong west/northwest winds developed across the portions of the foothills and Piedmont during the afternoon in the wake of a cold front. Numerous trees were blown down across the area, some of which fell on and took down power lines, resulting in scattered power outages.

Multiple organized lines of thunderstorms developed ahead of a stationary front across northeast Georgia throughout the afternoon and evening of the 14th. One area of storms produced wind damage across the Piedmont early in the afternoon. A more significant line of storms produced widespread wind damage in the form of downed trees and power lines during the evening.

After a period of heavy rain that left the ground saturated, strong winds developed over northeast Georgia behind a strong cold front. The combination of very windy conditions and wet ground resulted in numerous fallen trees, which brought down power lines and damaged homes and cars.

Rain changed to snow across much of the Piedmont of extreme northeast Georgia during the late afternoon. The snow became heavy at times, particularly along the I-85 corridor. By mid-evening, 1-4 inches of accumulation was reported across much of the area. By the time the snow tapered off early on the 2nd, accumulations of 3-6 inches were common across the area. The heavy wet snow, combined with gusty winds caused a few trees and power lines to fall, resulting in scattered power outages. In addition, there were numerous traffic accidents.

High winds developed around noon across the piedmont and foothills of extreme northeast Georgia, and continued through the afternoon hours. Numerous trees and power lines were blown down, some onto vehicles.

Persistent light sleet, which eventually mixed with and changed to freezing rain, resulted in total sleet and ice accumulations of 1/4 to 1/2 inch by mid-afternoon across extreme northeast Georgia. This resulted in extremely dangerous driving conditions, and numerous accidents. A band of moderate freezing rain resulted in damaging ice accumulations in Elbert County with thousands of power outages reported.

High winds associated with the remnants of Hurricane Jeanne resulted in numerous trees being blown down across extreme northeast Georgia. A few power lines were also blown down.

Strong winds developed across portions of northeast Georgia just ahead of and along a cold front. Numerous trees and power lines were blown down.

Freezing rain redeveloped during the late evening of the 26th across extreme northeast Georgia, resulting in an additional 1/4 inch or so of ice across the area. This resulted in further power outages. The glaze of ice caused numerous traffic accidents on the morning of the 27th.

Freezing rain developed across extreme northeast Georgia during the early evening and persisted for much of the overnight hours. The freezing rain mixed with sleet at times. By the morning of the 26th, up to 1/2 inch of ice and sleet had accumulated. Widespread power outages resulted, especially in Rabun County, where thousands were without power for several hours. Numerous injuries also occurred as a result of falls.

Damaging winds were produced by a gravity wave as it propagated across northeast Georgia during the mid morning. In Royston, a mobile home was reportedly blown over. Numerous trees and power lines were downed. Some trees fell on structures.

Freezing rain began over extreme northeast Georgia around noon on the 4th, and resultant tree and power line damage began during the mid afternoon. By dawn on the 5th, 1/4 to 1/2 inch of ice had accumulated. Power outages lasted for several days in some areas.

Low pressure developed off the coast of the Carolinas and steadily strengthened as it crept up the coastline. As the storm strengthened, abundant moisture was wrapped around the storm and thrown back against the higher terrain of northern Georgia, resulting in locally heavy snow. A tightening pressure gradient over the region resulted in high winds.There were numerous trees and power lines downed during the height of the storm, when estimated winds of around 60 mph were blowing. A dock was torn from a pier on Lake Hartwell.Snowfall was confined to extreme Rabun and Habersham counties. Sky Valley led all northeast Georgia reporting locations with an accumulation of 10 inches. Most other accumulations were in the 2 to 5 inch range.

A severe thunderstorm blew down power poles along Hwy 17.

Weakening low pressure in the Ohio River Valley, developing low pressure along the Gulf Coast and cold, arctic air in place across the Carolinas resulted in an icy mess across northeast Georgia. Light freezing rain and sleet spread north across the area by noon on the 29th. The precipitation became mainly freezing rain by late afternoon and ice accumulated to damaging levels by 9 pm. Ice accrual between 1/4 and 1/2 inch brought trees and power lines down and resutled in scattered to numerous power outages. Particularly hard hit was Elbert county where the storm was described to be "the worst in 20 years."

A cold dome of arctic high pressure centered over the Mid-Atlantic States provided very cold and dry air to extreme northeast Georgia. Meanwhile, weak low pressure moved east along a frontal boundary stalled across the Gulf Coast States to the Georgia coast. Abundant moisture flowed north into the sub-freezing air over northeast Georgia, resulting in light snow as early as the the afternoon on the 22nd. Sleet mixed with the snow toward the evening hours, then changed to freezing rain by mid-evening. Two to 3 inches of snow and sleet fell across much of northeast Georgia - with a little less across Elbert county, before the changeover to freezing rain. Freezing rain lasted all night and through much of the morning on the 23rd. Ice accumulations reached damaging levels around 3 am, causing a large number of trees and power lines to fall throughout the morning. This in turn, resulted in widespread power outages.