Sunday night brought back many bad memories of the tornado outbreak of April 27, 2011  as what seemed like an endless string of severe weather warnings including two tornado warnings were issued for Chattooga County throughout the night on Sunday and into Monday morning.

The first line of storms moved into the area around 8pm and turned out to be the strongest of the night.  According to Chattooga County Sheriff Mark Schrader, the hardest hit area was the Fields Walk mobile home community in Pennville.  The sheriff said that three homes had their roofs seperated from the structure but no injuries were reported.

After the storm passed, reports began pouring in of downed trees and power lines blocking the roadways which presented a very dangerous situation for motorists.  Several car accidents were reported where cars crashed into the downed trees.  Both Sheriff Mark Schrader and County Public Works Director Joe Reed spoke with WZQZ news last night and were urging motorists to stay off the roadways due to the hazardous conditions.  Reed said they were getting reports of onlookers out driving the roads to see storm damage.

The final round of storms exited the county at around 1am leaving behind a ton of storm damage as well as flooding conditions from the sudden and heavy rainfall.  Reports were surfacing in the early morning hours of moderate flooding especially in the Trion area.  Much of the damage from the storms will not be able to be assessed until daylight today.

Currently there is a Flood Warning in effect for Chattooga County until 9:42am Tuesday morning.  The National Weather Service says that the Chattooga River is forecast to rise above flood stage this morning and continue to rise near 17.3 feet early this afternoon.  The river is expected to fall below flood stage by tomorrow morning.

WZQZ news will bring you updated information on the storm damage in the county as the information becomes available throughout the day today.