"Just devastatingâ: Tornado in Coffee County damages 100+ homes
Many residents in Coffee County woke up to trees on homes and limbs scattered about on Sunday as the result of a tornado that touched down Saturday night.
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Updated: 9:55 PM EDT Apr 25, 2021
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"Just devastatingâ: Tornado in Coffee County damages 100+ homes
Many residents in Coffee County woke up to trees on homes and limbs scattered about on Sunday as the result of a tornado that touched down Saturday night.
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Updated: 9:55 PM EDT Apr 25, 2021
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MEMBERS .. DURING THE 10 A-M. VIRTUAL CHURCH SERVICE. RIGHT NOW -- MANY RESIDENTS IN THE BEAR CREEK MOBILE HOME PARK ARE DEALING WITH *TONS OF STORM DAMAGE AFTER OFFICIALS SAY A TORNADO PASSED THROUGH THE DOUGLAS AREA IN COFFEE COUNTY LAST NIGHT. ONE RESIDENT SAID WHILE LOOKING OUT HIS FRONT DOOR .. HE COULD SEE AND HEAR THE - *STRONG WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN. JUST MOMENTS LATER .. A TREE CAME CRASHING THROUGH HIS KITCHEN. A NEIGHBOR IN ANOTHER LOT EXPERIENCED THE SAME THING WHILE SLEEPING. HE WOKE UP TO WATER SPLASHING ON HIS FACE FROM A HOLE IN HIS BEDROOM. WHEN HE LOOKED UP .. THE TORNADO WAS RIGHT ABOVE HIM. "I KNEW I WAS IN A TORNADO. SO I ROLLED OUT SIDEWAYS OF THE BED. CRAWLED TO MY NEAREST BATHROOM. HIT MY KNEES AND PRAYED." THANKFULLY NO INJURIES HAVE BEEN REPORT