Additionally, a few brief tornadoes in the outer bands of Michael caused sporadic damage in portions of the the area while heavy rainfall led to localized flooding. Within the NWS Atlanta/Peachtree City county warning area, winds gusted over 70 mph in portions of central Georgia on the evening of October 10th, leading to widespread tree damage and power outages as well as severe crop damage, especially to cotton and pecan crops.

In southwest Georgia, wind gusts as high as 115 mph were recorded in Donalsonville. Hurricane Michael was the strongest hurricane on record to make landfall along the Florida panhandle as well as the first major hurricane (Category 3+) to directly impact Georgia since the 1890s. since 1850 and the first since Hurricane Andrew in 1992. Michael then moved rapidly inland, causing widespread wind damage along its path. Michael was only the 4th Category 5 hurricane to make landfall in the U.S. Hurricane Michael made landfall along the Florida panhandle near Panama City on the afternoon of Octoas an extremely dangerous Category 5 hurricane.

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