Severe thunderstorms rumbled across DeKalb County this morning (Thursday) downing trees and causing property damage.
A barn was destroyed at the residence of the late V.L.and Callie Wilson at 1757 Robinson Road. The home also received some damage
Kandy Fish, who was next door with her mother, said she saw the storm as it passed and believes it may have been a tornado. “I was outside cleaning my mom’s car and had no idea there was even a storm coming. I just looked up here because the houses are close together and saw a whirling and heard a God awful whistling, like a train maybe, that’s the closest thing I can come to it. When it looked up here, the barn was actually coming over the house. It only lasted a few seconds but it was awful. I went back in the house. My mom had just had surgery so I tried to get her in a safe spot. I came back out here but there was nothing else I could do.”
No one was injured.
Part of the roof at Doc’s Detail or Custom on East Bryant Street was ripped away. Danny Washer, owner and operator of the business, said he was inside working on an automobile when the storm hit.
Central dispatch received the first report of storm damage at 10:26 a.m. The major property damage was at Doc’s Detail and at the Wilson residence on Robinson Road. Trees were also reported blown down on Pea Ridge Road, New Home Road, Old Mill Hill Road, Johnson’s Chapel Road, and Dale Ridge Road. Members of the DeKalb County Road Department and TDOT were called to help clear the roads.
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