SATURDAY STORM UPDATE

THOMASTON/UPSON SURVIVED A HEAVY RAINSTORM OVERNIGHT FRIDAY AND CITY MANAGER RUSSELL THOMPSON REPORTED SATURDAY MORNING A TREE DOWN IN THE KINGSTON ROAD AREA ALMOST FELL ON A HOUSE. THE DOWNTOWN THOMASTON AREA WAS WITHOUT POWER FOR ABOUT AN HOUR SATURDAY MORNING BUT UPSON EMA DIRECTOR RICHARD HICKMON TOLD US THERE WERE SOME TREES DOWN SCATTERED ABOUT THE COUNTY BUT NO REPORTS OF MAJOR DAMAGE. ALL TRAFFIC LIGHTS IN DOWNTOWN THOMASTON WERE OUT SATURDAY MORNING AS A RESULT OF THE DOWNTOWN AREA OUTAGE.

RAINFALL REPORTED BY NATIONAL WEATHER STATION FROM MID-DAY FRIDAY TILL SATURDAY MORNING 1.83 INCHES. NWS POSTED UPSON PIKE, MERIWETHER, AND TROUP COUNTIES WERE UNDER A TROPICAL STORM WARNING UNTIL 5PM MONDAY-BUT THAT WAS CANCELLED LATE FRIDAY.