North Georgia impact

About 5,400 members of North Georgia EMC lost power as a result of the storm, including 1,900 in Catoosa County and 1,200 in Walker County. The company’s workers had restored power by 2 p.m. Tuesday, spokeswoman Kim Gamel said.

Fewer than 10,000 Georgia Power customers in the northwestern section of the state were without power as of 11 a.m. Tuesday, a company spokesman said. Statewide, about 770,000 members were out of power at that point.

In LaFayette, a woman driving south on State Route 151 around 6 p.m. Monday lost control of her car. According to the Georgia State Patrol, she was driving through a curve and almost swerved too far to the right. She over corrected and spun off the road to her left, crashing into a tree.

Throughout the region, county officials said the storm’s punch was not as powerful as they feared. In Walker County, Sheriff Steve Wilson said his office received reports of about 15 fallen trees as of Tuesday morning. Most of those were on Lookout Mountain.

Dade County saw a similar impact. Most of the toppled trunks and broken limbs fell on the mountain, said Alex Case, the county’s emergency services director. He added that most power outages, too, were on the mountain.

“But overall,” he said, “it wasn’t too bad. The good Lord had us in his hands.”

Catoosa County Manager Jim Walker said about nine trees fell, as well as two power lines and two traffic lights.