The following events were reported: Hail, Thunderstorm Wind, Tornado. These occurred near station USW00013874, approximately 24.3642 km away, between 2008-05-11 01:05:00 and 2008-05-11 04:45:00. The events included records with hailstones measuring 28.875 inches.Thankfully, no injuries or fatalities were reported. The events caused property damage valued at 24161000.0 and crop damage of 0.0. Episode Narrative: A stationary front was draped across north Georgia early on May 10th with an active northwest flow aloft. Meanwhile...a vigorous short wave aloft was approaching the area from the southern plains. The stationary front provided the focus for two rounds of showers and thunderstorms, one early in the morning on the 10th and another in the afternoon. The activity tracked east-southeast with the upper flow aloft, mainly across north Georgia during the early morning and across central Georgia during the afternoon. An isolated strong supercell also tracked across the southern part of central Georgia during the evening. After a lull of convective activity for about four hours, intense multicell thunderstorms tracked into the area from Alabama after midnight and before dawn on the 11th. As these thunderstorms tracked across west central and central Georgia, 15 tornadoes were identified by subsequent surveys making this the most significant tornado outbreak to affect the area since the Katrina-associated tornadoes on August 29, 2005. Millions of dollars of property damage were reported as many homes were destroyed from these tornadoes from the western and southern suburbs of Atlanta southeastward across Macon, Dublin, and other counties in east central and southeast Georgia. Many of these counties were eligible for disaster assistance from the federal government.||In addition to the tornadoes and thunderstorm winds that caused extensive damage in dozens of counties across north and central Georgia during the early morning hours of May 11th, strong gradient winds developed on the back side of the strong cold front that moved through the area as low pressure intensified across the mid-Atlantic region. The strong winds combined with wet ground resulted in dozens of trees being blown down in some north Georgia counties. There were also two deaths as a result of downed trees in Barrow and Gwinnett county, all non-thunderstorm-related winds. A stationary front was draped across north Georgia early on May 10th with an active northwest flow aloft. Event Narrative: A damage survey conducted by the National Weather Service Forecast Office in Peachtree City, Georgia confirmed that straight-line thunderstorm wind damage continued to track from Douglas into south Fulton county. The most significant damage was observed approximately four miles north of Fairburn, where several downed trees caused damage to several structures along South Fulton Parkway. The Fulton County Emergency Management Director reported that a home was heavily damaged in the 4800 block of Trigger Lane in the north part of Fairburn. The survey confirmed that all of this damage was caused by straight-line winds and not a tornado. A survey conducted by the National Weather Service Forecast Office in Peachtree City, Georgia confirmed that yet a second brief spinup tornado, spawned by the same parent thunderstorm, touched down in Carroll county. This tornado affected eastern Carroll county, touching down near the Diamond Court Subdivision off Cross Plains-Hulett Road, about three miles south of Hulett. Again, this tornado was embedded within a much larger and extensive area of straight-line wind damage that tracked across much of central Carroll county from near Bowden to the Douglas county line, southeast of Hulett. One home was completely destroyed by this second tornado and another received significant damage. A number of other homes sustained minor to moderate roof damage. Again, the path length and path width of this tornado were also only 100 yards.||The combined damage from the two tornadoes and straight-line wind damage within Carroll county caused damages in excess of $10 million. Damages consisted of the destruction of three mobile homes, 18 mobile homes with major damage, and 16 mobile homes with minor damage. Thirty-five single family dwellings were destroyed, 211 single-family dwellings sustained major damage, and another 346 suffered minor damage. In addition, a total of four businesses were destroyed, 133 more which had major damage, and 31 suffering minor damage. A public works building was also destoyed. Finally, at least $800,000 in damages was reported to electric utility poles in Carroll county. The College Park Police Department observed golf ball-sized hail. The Fulton County 911 Center relayed a report of quarter-sized hail from the Fairburn area. Hail fell for 10 to 15 minutes in the Fairburn area. Georgia Highway 92 was reported to have been covered with hail. The storm weakened as it moved northeast, but penny-sized hail was still observed by the public as it moved through the East Point area near Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport. A storm survey conducted by the National Weather Service Forecast Office in Peachtree City, Georgia confirmed that the EF2 tornado, that first touched down in northeast Clayton county, northeast of Morrow, continued into Henry county, but weakened to an EF0. The tornado entered Henry county approximately four miles north of Stockbridge and continued on an east to east-southeastward track across northern Henry county and then into southern Rockdale county. The tornado entered Rockdale county approximately three miles north of Whitehouse or about four miles south-southeast of Panola Mountain State Park. Damage was confined to an intermittent path of tree and power line damage. No structural damage was reported within Henry county from this tornado. A storm survey conducted by the National Weather Service Forecast Office in Peachtree City, Georgia concluded that golf ball-sized hail had fallen across northeast Clayton county, especially in the Morrow and Ellenwood areas. A survey conducted by the National Weather Service in Peachtree City, Georgia confirmed that the EF2 tornado, which originally touched down in northeast Clayton county and then tracked across northern Henry county, continued into southern Rockdale county and then into western Newton county before finally lifting. The tornado entered Rockdale county just north of Union Springs and tracked east-southeast toward the city of Magnet on the Newton county line. The tornado weakened to an EF0 as it entered Henry county and continued as an EF0 across Rockdale and Newton. Damage was confined to an intermittent tree and power line damage along the tornado track, much of which occurred along or near Georgia Highway 212 and Oglesby Bridge Road where from 10 to 20 trees were down. No structural damage was reported from this tornado within Rockdale county. A damage survey conducted by the National Weather Service Forecast Office in Peachtree City, Georgia confirmed that the tornado, which began as an EF2 in northeast Clayton county and continued across northern Henry and southern Rockdale counties, continued into extreme western Newton county. The tornado weakened to an EF0 as it entered Henry county and continued as an EF0 across Henry, Rockdale and Newton counties. The tornado lifted near or just east of Georgia Highway 20 from 2.5 to 3.0 miles north of Oak Hill. Damage was confined to several trees and power lines in this area. No structural damage was reported. The tornado path was less than one mile within Newton county with a maximum path width of 100 yards. A survey conducted by the National Weather Service in Peachtree City, Georgia confirmed that thunderstorms tracked across central Carroll county from near the Alabama border, west of Bowden, to the Douglas county line, southeast of Hulett, leaving a 25-mile long and 3-mile wide path of extensive straight-line wind damage. Widespread tree and roof damage was noted along the path of straight-line winds, much of which occurred along and up to three miles south of Georgia Highway 166 from west of Carrollton, near Bowden, to western Douglas county, near Fairplay. Dozens upon dozens of trees and many power lines were downed along the path. A number of homes along this path also sustained minor roof damage. Within this extensive path of straight-line wind damage, two brief EF2 spinup tornadoes were documented, one in the Jonesville community and the other about seven miles east of Carrollton. A damage survey conducted by the National Weather Service Forecast Office in Peachtree City confirmed that the path of widespread straight-line wind damage that began in Carroll county continued into Douglas county. The wind damage path continued generally along and south of Georgia Highway 166 in the southern part of the county, from west of Fairplay to the Fulton county line south of Chapel Hill. The most extensive damage was observed in the Fairplay area. Numerous trees and power lines were blown down in Fairplay. A total of 121 homes sustained damage in the Fairplay, Chapel Hill, and southern Douglasville areas, including homes on Hannah Road, Tyree Road, South Post Road, Saint Andrews Country Club, East Carroll Road, Shell Road, and Capps Ferry Road. The damage survey concluded all of the wind damage was from strong straight line winds of at least 70 mph and that there was no tornado touch down in Douglas county from this event. A survey conducted by the National Weather Service Forecast Office in Peachtree City, Georgia confirmed that an EF2 tornado with maximum winds of 130 mph touched down in far northeast Clayton county, approximately four miles northeast of Morrow, and tracked on the ground for nearly 19 miles from northeast Clayton into northern Henry, southern Rockdale, and into western Newton county before finally lifting. Within Clayton county the tornado path was about 2.75 miles long with a maximum path width of 100 yards. Shortly after touchdown, the tornado caused extensive and significant damage within a 2.5 square mile area of the Ellenwood community. There were 185 private dwellings damaged, 53 of which were destroyed or left uninhabitable. At least 500 residents were displaced from their homes. Numerous trees and power lines were also down in the area. By far, the worst damage caused by this tornado occurred within Clayton county as the tornado weakened as it tracked further east into Henry, Rockdale, and Newton county. Despite the extensive damage, no injuries were reported. The Rockdale County 911 Center relayed reports of penny-sized hail from southern Rockdale county, generally from near Union Springs along the Henry county line to about six miles southwest of Conyers. Radar supported that the hail continued into the southern part of Conyers.