Thunderstorm Wind in Hall County, Georgia

A National Weather Service survey team found a 4.6 mile long, 0.5 mile wide, path of thunderstorm wind damage stretching from around the Old Federal Road Park on the shores of Lake Lanier northeast to the area around Mundy Mill Road and Millside Parkway northeast of Oakwood. Hundreds of trees were blown down causing damage to over 53 homes. Five homes were destroyed and nine had major damage. No injuries were reported.

A line of strong to severe thunderstorms swept across North Georgia during the evening of April 6th into the early morning hours of the 7th ahead of a strong cold front. Although instability was somewhat limited, strong low-level and deep layer shear helped to produce numerous reports of large hail and very strong, damaging winds across North Georgia. Despite an overall weakening of the storms as they moved into Central Georgia, a few reports of damaging winds and two brief, weak tornadoes occurred in West Central Georgia.