Southwest Georgia Counties prepare for Hurricane Sally aftermath

(LEESBURG, GA) – After more than six inches of rain was dumped across our area, it may seem that Hurricane Sally won’t have any lingering effects.

In Cook County alone, they were under tornado warnings several times Wednesday, and came out with relatively little damage.

Cook EMA Director, Johnny West tells us, “Pretty much the entire system was spinning over top of us, and you’d see the clouds start to come down and up-drafts, but there was never any rotation for it to connect to, but we were pretty fortunate with all that there.”

Elsewhere in the area, while other counties didn’t see much in the way of wind damage, several counties are keeping their eyes on creeks and rivers in the coming days.

In Baker County, they’re expecting the Flint River to crest early next week.

While in Lee County, creeks are already beginning to swell..

“We didn’t receive any damage per se. What we’re mainly concerned about are the kinchafoonee and the muckalee. They are projected to go into flood stages. The muckalee is projected to reach 15.1 (inches) by Sunday,” says Lee County E 9-1-1 Deputy Director, Nikki Celinski.

As Sally is moving out of Georgia, counties are now moving to minimize flooding after receiving a heavy amount of rain earlier this year.

Celinski explains, “Anything that could help residents protect property and life, we get out the sandbags everytime. It’s just something we normally do during times of crisis when we see flooding in the area like this.”

For those who need to pick up sandbags, Lee County residents can pick them up at the county landfill.