Mobile home toppled, trees downed after tornado warning in Monroe County
By FOX 5 Atlanta Digital Team
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Severe weather tore through Georgia on New Year's Day.
MONROE COUNTY, Ga. - A mobile home was turned on its side trapping a woman inside after a severe storm moving through Monroe County prompted a Tornado Warning on New Year’s Day.
The National Weather Service issued a Tornado Warning for Monroe and Jones counties around 2:30 p.m. on Friday. The storm was moving northeast at about 40 mph and had a radar indicated tornado in the storm.
Authorities soon after reported a tornado on the ground moving towards Interstate 75 between Forsyth and Boilingbroke.