The National Weather Service identified the destructive storm that raked over northern Bulloch County Saturday night as a "definite" tornado, said Bulloch County Public Safety Director Ted Wynn. The twister toppled trees, dropped marble-sized hail, ripped apart several homes and spawned lightning that is suspected to be the cause of a fire that destroyed an old family home, he said. "Most of the damage was along Ponderosa Road" near Portal, with several structures having been destroyed, he said.
Storm rattles Bulloch
Public Safety director: Saturday event 'definite' tornado