Direct deaths
1
Direct injuries
0
Property damage
$10K
Magnitude
35 EG
Area
Spalding
Event narrative (NOAA)
Strong northwest winds of 35 to 40 mph associated with a late season winter cold front blew a large red oak tree onto a 71-year old man's car while traveling westbound on College Street. It took nearly an hour to pull the man's body from the wreckage. The man was pronounced dead at the scene and was determined to have died from a broken neck. Wind gusts of 39 mph were measured at Atlanta's Hartsfield International Airport, some 40 miles to the northwest of the incident location.
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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.