Paulding storm history

Lightning struck a person while playing golf on September 12, 2023. Unfortunately, the person passed away several days later. Very little media attention existed at the time of occurrence. A reporter from St. Louis was doing a follow-up story on this with the family and notified …

The Atlanta-Journal/Constitution reported that a 37-year old male was struck and killed by lightning while outside working at the Metromont Materials Concrete Plant.

The Paulding County Emergency Manager reported golf ball size hail near the intersection of Highway 101 and Highway 120.

The public observed golf ball-sized hail in the eastern part of Paulding county near Hiram and a cooperative observer reported quarter-sized hail near New Hope. This was the second severe thunderstorm to move across Paulding county this evening. WSR-88D radar data strongly sugges…

The Paulding County 911 Center reported golf ball-sized hail near Hiram as yet another round of thunderstorms tracked across the county from west to east.

The public observed golf ball-sized hail in the McClendon Creek subdivision. The only area of the county where WSR-88D radar data suggested that hail of this size would have occurred was near Browning in the far southeast part of the county.

As was the case with the neighboring northwest Atlanta metropolitan counties of Carroll, Douglas, and Cobb, initial flash flooding evolved into a record and catastrophic flood event across the southeast part of Paulding county as well. Extensive damage to roads and bridges were o…

Paulding county emergency management personnel and USGS stream gages confirmed that record to catastrophic flooding continued across much of the county, especially the southeast portion. Hundreds of homes, apartments, businesses, and roads sustained damages from flooding. A numbe…

Car trapped between two downed trees and downed powerlines near the intersection of Braswell Mountain Rd and Thomas Rd. No injuries.

Tree reported down in the road on Golden Rd near Allgood Church Rd.

Two trees and telephone pole reported down at the intersection of Ridge Rd and Villa Rica Hwy.

Tree on a home near the intersection of Cobblestone Ct and Limestone Ln. No injuries.

Tree down on two vehicles near the intersection of Indian Creek Dr and Indian Creek Ct. The corner of a home was damaged, and powerlines were also down in the roadway. No injuries.

Four live powerlines reported down in road on Paul Harris Rd near the intersection with Cumberland Ave.

Tree reported down near the intersection of Ridge Rd and Seals Rd.

Hen egg sized hail reported near dabbs bridge road and dripping rock trail.

Large tree down along highway 61 near ladora drive.

Tree down on the road near the intersection of chadds and picketts ridge.

Tree down on the road at tidwell rd and hiram douglasville highway.

Tree down on powerlines along blackhawk trail.

Tree blocking the road near the intersection of winn road and bobby austin road.

Tree blocking the roadway near the intersection of ray lee road and ridge road.

Tree down on the road at ray cole road and georgian parkway.

Tree down on the road near the intersection of wilson road and mcgarity road.

Several trees down including one on a house and car and several powerlines down just west of yorkville.

Numerous trees down including one on a home in the area encompassed by bakers bridge rd, ridge rd, sweetwater church rd, and hwy 92.

Emergency Manager reported that a falling tree grazed a house on the 200th block of Brock Dr near Debbie Ln.

Trees and power lines were downed on S D Hicks Road.

A tree fell into the roadway on highway 101 northbound at Buchanan Hwy.

A tree fell onto a house in the 200 block of Oak Leaf Road.

A tree fell onto power lines on Mill Gate Drive.

A tree fell across Gray Drive at the intersection of Nebo Road.

A tree was downed onto power lines on Ray Cole Rd near the Ray Cole Rd extension.

Several trees were reported down in the area of Harmony Rd at Millertown Rd, some of which temporarily blocked roadways.

A power line fell into the roadway on Mckeown Rd at Millertown Rd.

Two trees down along Dallas Acworth Hwy north of Dallas. One at Oak Leaf Rd and one at Bone Circle.

Tree fell through home along Riverwood Pass near E Paulding Dr.

Tree down near intersection of Crossroads Church Rd and Winterville Dr.

Powerlines down along Graham Rd near Colton Creek Rd.

Powerlines down at intersection of Dallas Acworth hwy and Hiram Acworth Hwy.

Large tree reported down along the Mountain Bike Trail at Mt Tabor Park.

Tree down on powerline and blocking roadway at Crossroads Church Rd and Nolan Rd southwest of Dallas GA.

Tree down on powerline and caught fire at Willow Springs Rd and MT Olivet Rd.

Tree down on powerline causing traffic light outage at Hiram Sudie Rd and Winter Park Ln in Powder Springs.

Mt Tabor Church Rd near Mt Tabor Ct closed due to tree down on powerline.

Large tree down blocking Villa Rica Hwy near Paul Aiken Rd.