Fort Valley (near), Peach County, GA: Storm moving east-northeastward, occurred 2 miles south of Fort Valley. 7 families on 2 farms affected, with 3 homes destroyed and 1 damaged and numerous instances of roof damage; Tractor damaged. Garden and row of pecan trees destroyed.
Warner Robins, GA: Wide bottom tornado funnel observed 5 minutes before storm struck. Storm, moving east-northeastward, first struck city farm on Pleasant Hill Rd., then through housing project at Warner Robbins via Pagens Mill Rd., and Second & Third Avenues. Terrific winds, exceeding 100 mph. destroyed 275 apartment units, 65 homes, and 25 trailers, heavily damaging 84 apartment units, 135 homes, with extensive destruction and damage to many other structures and property. Pieces of property hurled high in air and scattered 1/2 mile or more from main path of storm; deaths and injuries due mainly to flying brick and other debris. Heavy hail as large as golf balls accompanied storm, losses from which indistinguishable fro total losses; 600 families affected.
Dry Branch (near), Twiggs County, GA: Church demolished, porch roof blown off automobile damaged, and several other houses and other property damaged on Reggins Mill Rd.
Jeffersonville (near), Twiggs County, GA: Near Kooler Mines on Reggins Rd. Skirted downtown section of Jeffersonville, moving northeastward in rural section. Much timber damaged, 4 rural homes destroyed and 11 damaged; 15 families affected. This may be same storm that struck Dry Branch. Note: Late evening tornadoes of April 30 followed a general path starting at about Buena Vista and moving near Fort Valley and through Warner Robbins, dying out in the rural section of Twiggs County.
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