Tropical Storm Elsa swept across Liberty County the afternoon of July 7 and into the evening and early morning hours of July 8 and fortunately the downgraded Tropical Storm spared most in the County from severe damage.
However, a few folks were not as lucky.
In Ludociwi four adults have been displaced according to the Long County Fire Department after a tree fell on a mobile home in Pecan Park on Azalea Street Wednesday evening.
Liberty County was lucky compared to some of the other counties, according to the folks at the Liberty Count Office of Emergency Management.
They reported roughly 2,500 customers were without power for approximately one hour the night of the storm’s passing. They said Coastal Electric Cooperative and Georgia Power were able to react and fix the issues expeditiously.
“No flooded streets were reported but we did get (unofficially) 3.14 inches of rain,” EMA Coordinator Thomas Duke said. “We had gusts of 25 mph and sustained winds of 20 mph for about 30 minutes.”
EMA did report that on Colonels' Islands, a tree fell across a single street roadway. In Midway, on the southside of I-95, an RV/Camper had a branch/limb fall and puncture their roof over the resident's bathroom and bedroom. The County had three trees fall on some power lines disrupting power, EMA reported.
“At the Emergency operations Center (EOC) we only had a couple of trouble tickets and we escaped any tornado or flooding throughout the county,” Duke said. He added that no injuries were reported due to the storm.
Things were much worse in Camden County where a tornado spawned from Elsa injured 10 and caused lots of damage at the Naval Base, according to the Weather Channel and the Naval Base who issued a statement on their Facebook Page
“At approximately 5:50 p.m. on July 7, 2021 a suspected tornado touched down on base,” the statement read. “There has been no damage to any sensitive military asset or submarine. There are reports of multiple injuries and damage to multiple recreational vehicles in the base RV park, and also reports of damage to buildings and structures on the installation. Many of the injured were transported to local medical facilities for treatment.”
The statement continued.
"While the situation here is still very dynamic, I want to thank all of our first responders and Camden County first responders for their quick actions," said Capt. Chester Parks, Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay commanding officer. "Their quick response most certainly helped."
None of the injuries were life threatening.