Fayette County

managed to escape major damage during the heavy thunderstorm that struck

the area Wednesday night.

Most of the

damage was limited to several homes that flooded or were struck by falling

trees, according to emergency officials. No major injuries were reported,

officials said.

In Peachtree

City, several apartments in the Tinsley Mill subdivision were damaged

Fire Chief Stony Lohr. Two trees were also downed on Ga. Highway 54 one

just east of the CSX railroad bridge and the other near MacDuff Parkway

blocking part of the roadway.

Only one home

was partially damaged by limbs from a tree that fell, Lohr added. The

heavy rains also made roads impassable in some places, he said.

The city's

radio tower was hit by lightning twice, Lohr noted.

"There

was no significant property damage," Lohr said.

Fayette County's

emergency operations center was partially activated as representatives

of the Sheriff's Department, the Department of Fire and Emergency Services,

the Emergency Management Department and the Marshal's Office were on hand

to handle calls that came in.

The county

responded to a home struck by lightning on Castlewood Road in Tyrone that

received minor damage, homes on Mercedes Trail and Hickory Avenue that

had trees fall on them and one home on Hawthorne Place that had a flooded

basement.

Flooding problems

were also reported on Hickory Avenue, Christy Lane, and the intersections

of Jeff Davis Drive and center Drive and south Jeff Davis Drive and Lake

Drive.

"We got

lucky," said Capt. Pete Nelms, the county's emergency management

coordinator.

In Fayetteville,

damage from the storm was limited, with one home possibly struck by lightning

and another which had a tree fall onto it, said Fire Chief Alan Jones.

Damage was

extremely limited in both cases, Jones said.

"We had

a lot of heavy rain and a lot of lightning but we didn't have a lot of

wind and I think that saved us," Jones said. "If it had been

really windy I think we would have had some bad problems."