Storm Damage Roundup

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Posted: 10:04 PM Mar 15, 2008
Last Updated: 1:54 PM Mar 17, 2008
Reporter: STAFF
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March 15, 2008

Violent storms ripped through the CSRA Saturday night, knocking down trees, ripping off roofs, and leaving many without power. Every single county in the area was affected.

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Following is a list of damage reported to our newsroom.

Georgia: Burke County, Columbia County, Elbert County, Jefferson County, McDuffie County, Warren County

South Carolina: Aiken County, Allendale County, Edgefield County, McCormick County

Georgia Damage

Burke County

Keysville: Glass screen doors blown off house; damage from Highway 80 down Highway 305 to Farmer's Bridge; damage to Adam's Ranch.

Highway 56: Heavy damage including destroyed barns along the highway in the Usher Road area, at Saxton Road.
Peach Orchard Road: Trees and signs in roadway.

Columbia County

Worst of storm hit rural, northern part of county.

Power lines down:
1) Washington Road and McLaddie Drive
2) Stevens Creek and Stevens Way
3) Cobbham Road
4) Riverwood Parkway

Trees down:
1) Mistletoe Road
2) Cobbham Road
3) Tubham Road at Old Washington
4) Ray Owens Road
5) Crawford Place Road

Elbert County

Highway 79 blocked. Roofs off homes, trees down on homes.

Jefferson County

Tornado touched down, taking out all communication and power lines. A state of emergency has been declared. If you are injured in Jefferson County, call 706-547-3000 People are asked to conserve water and stay off the roads. A curfew is in effect as of 9:30.

Entire north end of Jefferson without power.

Wrens: Tornado hit at 6pm; went through center of town. Homes damaged; numerous trees down. Columbia County Mobile Operations Center deployed to Wrens to assist.

McDuffie County

Minor damage

Warren County

Minor damage and trees down.

South Carolina Damage

There were four possible tornado touchdowns in South Carolina, on Pine Log Road, Briar Patch Road, Columbia Highway near the Aiken city line, and Old Cherokee Drive. Lots of damage has been reported in those locations.

Aiken County

A state of emergency has been declared. Click here for updated curfew information.

Aiken: House destroyed on Pine Log Road; large trees down, power out, wind damage on Old Barnwell Road and Andrews Circle.
Bath: Trees fallen onto three homes; roof blown off Bath post office; roof ripped off Jefferson Elementary; roof and other damage in Flint Drive area.
Belvedere/Clearwater: Trees and power lines down.
Langley: Trees down, power lines down, and roof damage on Hill and Dale Drive; severe tree damage, power lines down, roof damage, and flooding on Piney Heights Road; trees and power lines down, road blocked on Cato Drive; trees down, road blocked, and flooding on Project Road.
North Augusta: Pine trees damaged two cars on Bradley Drive; trees landed on homes on Green Forest Drive; trees down on two cars and fence damaged on Bradley Drive; trees down on Cherokee Drive; trees down on Greeneway; 12 foot fence at ball field bent over.

Highway 421: Massive traffic backups; traffic lights out.
Highway 1: Stretch of road without power.

Allendale County

Allendale: Power lines and trees down.

Edgefield County

Johnston: Damage to a home on Long Cane Road.

McCormick County

Saluda County is sending deputies to McCormick County to help with extensive damage there.

Willington: Power outages; trees down.

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Posted by: Mark Location: Keysville on Mar 17, 2008 at 05:33 AM
A huge amount of damage is centered along and adjacent to Hwy 88 between Keysville & Mathews & Wrens and the back country dirt roads east of Mathews and Keysville. Thousands of trees downed, powerlines, roofs ripped off, forest fires. Charles Wrights house was flipped, he is in a coma. Old school in Keysville had concrete roof ripped off and thrown clear across the road, walls knocked down. Ingles grocery store parkinglot in Wrens made command center for disaster relief, full of GA Power trucks from all across the state.

Posted by: jenn on Mar 17, 2008 at 02:19 AM
My heart goes out to all of the families hit by these tornado's. My aunt's home was spared but her neighbors have been devastated. It is amazing how these people and community are pulling together to help one another. My prayers go out to them all.

Posted by: alice Location: warrenville on Mar 16, 2008 at 03:38 PM
langley post office intact

Posted by: alice Location: warrenville on Mar 16, 2008 at 03:37 PM
the bath post office is missing a roof, bath water tank missing top. jefferson elementry and flint drive disaster area, north augusta parks and rec, greenway trees down, ball field c 12 ft fence bent over.

Posted by: Mike Location: Beech Island on Mar 16, 2008 at 12:50 AM
I heard the post office with the missing roof was Clearwater...?

Posted by: ChrisS Location: North Augusta on Mar 16, 2008 at 12:32 AM
Apparent 100 yard or so wide path of severe damage through Hill and Dale/Briar Patch area. Appears to have come from same storm cell which passed through Bath/Flint Drive area. Large trees uprooted. Power Lines down across road approaching Hill and Dale from Briar Patch.

Posted by: ChrisS Location: North Augusta on Mar 16, 2008 at 12:28 AM
Sorry...posted information earlier and didn't realize the line breaks were not going to show up. That made things a bit difficult to read. Specifically, we were not able to confirm the extent of damage to Jefferson Elementary. There is some damage, but mention of roof being ripped off was actually related to the Bath Post Office.

Posted by: Mike V. Location: Fort Gordon on Mar 16, 2008 at 12:16 AM
For us here at Fort Gordon we never got a lot of this storm but I am really amazed at the way we were kept informed on where all the problems were. Thank you and keep up the good work.

Posted by: AM Location: Gloverville on Mar 16, 2008 at 12:15 AM
Heard it took the roof off of Valley Video, and messed up that little ice cream shop. Bath fire dept says it blew the doors off. We just got our power back on here at 1115pm.

Posted by: Anonymous on Mar 15, 2008 at 11:14 PM
I rode by the Langley PO and didn't see the roof off

Posted by: ChrisS Location: North Augusta on Mar 15, 2008 at 10:46 PM
We're hearing the following from Family/Friends living in the affected areas, as of 10pm: Bath Post Office on Hwy 421 - Roof Ripped Off Jefferson Elementary School, Bath - Roof and other Damage Flint Drive Area, Bath - Trees Down, Power Lines, Roof Damage Hill and Dale Drive, Langley - Severe Tree Damage, Power lines Down, Roof Damage, Flooding Piney Heights Rd, Langley - Trees and Power Lines Down, Rd Blocked Cato Dr, Langley - Trees Down, Rd Blocked, Flooding Project Rd, Langley - Trees Down Cherokee Dr, Clearwater/North Augusta - Trees and Power Lines Down, Home Destroyed by Tree

Posted by: ChrisS Location: North Augusta on Mar 15, 2008 at 10:45 PM
We've had family confirm Bath Post Office lost roof. No word on Langely Post Office however. News agencies typically get confused with all the small towns through the valley though of course.

Posted by: Anonymous Location: Applewood Golf Course on Mar 15, 2008 at 10:20 PM
Tornado hit and took trees down all over the course,damaged the cart shed, took the siding off of the clubhouse and half of the front porch.

Posted by: Robbie Location: Langley on Mar 15, 2008 at 10:19 PM
I've heard it was the Bath Post Office with the roof missing, not the Langley PO. Can anyone confirm?