On April 27,
2010 around 8:30 a.m. straight line
winds up to 80 mph hit the Garden Homes and
Armuchee areas. Approximately
12 hours later, a high end F2 tornado hit Cave Spring, with a maximum wind speed of 125
mph. The storm ended around 9:06 pm in the area of US 411, 3 miles SW of Floyd/Bartow County. The Path Length of the storm was aproximately 23 miles long,
with a width of 1/4 to 1/2 mile wide. 16,000 residents were
left without power.
The Tax
Assessor's Office has reported that 444 homes were damaged. The estimated value of damages from this storm were $12,802,257.00.
Agency Response:
Volunteer hours
worked, as of May 8 are as follows:
EMA Volunteers:
375 hours
CISM: 30 hours
CERT: 375 hours
Volunteers
(coordinated thru 211 & COAD): 722.50 hours
Volunteer Response
@DRC: 412 hours
Clayton State
Univ. (coordinated thru GEMA): 88 hours
GA Baptist
Disaster Relief Team: 7,140 hours
Salvation Army:
98 hours
