Severe Weather Hits County
Heavy winds and rain hit the area multiple times Wednesday night causing several downed trees and a fire.
A series of severe thunderstorms blew through Snellville Wednesday, bringing high winds, heavy rain and frequent lightning, and keeping emergency personnel on their toes. The storms, some of which packed winds up to 45 mph and dime-sized hail, according to the National Weather Service, moved through Gwinnett County just before 7 p.m. At least two more lines of rainstorms moved through by midnight. The worst part seemed to be the first wave, which kept county firefighters on the go, according to Capt. Tommy Rutledge, spokesman for Gwinnett Fire and Emergency Services. Rutledge said between 6:45 p.m. and 8:15 p.m. that fire crews responded to 124 incidents including vehicle injury accidents, live wires down, fires (possibly from lightning …
Joy L. Woodson
7:21 pm on Wednesday, June 15, 2011
No problem! It's getting very dark over here. I'm expecting I will lose power, as usual. UGHHH! more ›