WARNER ROBINS, Ga. — A possible tornado touched down in Houston County on Wednesday morning. Now, efforts are underway to assess the damage and get things back to normal.
Power company Flint Energies trucks were out for the majority of the day getting power back up. Most of the area got their power back by 7:00 a.m., but some homeowners still saw scattered outages throughout the day.
"I saw one little twig with three little leave on it, and that's all the damage that there was," Lib Price said.
Price lives off of Osigian Boulevard, where the storm swept right through.
"I was watching the television. On my phone, I was checking — I was prepared," she shared.
By the time the tornado warning was in her area, she took action.
"I did get in the closet and stayed until it was gone," Price said.
The were very few spottings of large damage from the storm.
The shopping center sign on Watson Boulevard was one of the larger spots for damage in Houston County. Debris from the sign were scattered across the ground and the top had completely fallen off.
Throughout the day, state transportation trucks were out fixing lights, and one worker was spotted picking up a fallen light.
Even as the storm moved out, Emily Long saw the impacts when she got to work at Gunn Nutrition.
"Our windows were covered in rain and we have an awning, so that says a lot. Our power was out, but it came back on right before I opened the store and our Wi-Fi is still out," she said.
Long got an early wake-up call during the storm, and she got up at 4:00 a.m.
"The thunder was insane. What woke me up was the lightning. It was like the lights were on in my room," Long said.
She says customers from all over came in to share why they were up late too.
"Byron, Perry, [Highway] 96, Bonaire, a lot of them were phone alerts, some of them were actual tornado sirens. It's interesting to hear that because I didn't hear any of that where I was at, but they sure did," she shared.
The National Weather Service is conducting a survey in the county.