Event narrative (NOAA)
The Fulton County Emergency Management Director reported that several trees were down in the northern portion of the county. A tree had fallen on a home at 125 West Spalding Drive in Sandy Springs causing extensive damage to the home. An individual was killed on Nacoochee Drive near the Peachtree Battle Shopping Center in Buckhead, approximately five miles north of Atlanta, when a tree fell across the cab of his truck. The Atlanta ASOS, 10-15 miles south of the area with the heaviest damage, recorded a wind gust of 45 knots at 953 am EDT. Higher winds may well have been observed in the northern part of the county.
Source: NOAA/NCEI Storm Events Database. Deaths and injuries are those NOAA classifies as direct. Damage is the reporting office's estimate at the time and is not inflation-adjusted. This is a catalogue record, not a forecast.