Tropical Storm Elsa Moves Into Georgia, Tornado Injures 10 At Naval Base

KEY POINTS

Tropical Storm Elsa is forecast to push toward North Carolina on Thursday
A suspected tornado injured multiple people at a Navy submarine base
Elsa’s strong winds downed a tree in Jacksonville, Florida, killing one person

About 10 people were injured Wednesday after a suspected tornado hit a submarine base as Tropical Storm Elsa moved across southeastern Georgia.

The National Hurricane Center’s (NHC) latest update projected that Elsa will continue to move across southeast Georgia on Wednesday night before barrelling toward North Carolina on Thursday.

Here are the 11PM EDT July 7 Tropical Storm #Elsa Key Messages. New Tropical Storm Warnings have been issued for North Carolina and the Mid-Atlantic. https://t.co/905zOAYiId pic.twitter.com/APyDftSmow
— National Hurricane Center (@NHC_Atlantic) July 8, 2021

Elsa has since weakened after regaining hurricane strength earlier Wednesday but is expected to continue to bring heavy rainfall in southeastern Georgia before it moves northeast.

On Wednesday evening, new warnings were set in place for the following North Carolina and Mid-Atlantic states:

Tropical Storm Warning

Delaware Bay south of Slaughter Beach
Pamlico and Albemarle Sounds
Tidal Potomac on the southern part of Cobb Island
New Jersey
South Carolina to Great Egg Inlet
Little River Inlet

Tropical Storm Watch

Long Island from East Rockaway Inlet
Port Jefferson Harbor eastward of north shore
North of Great Egg Inlet
New Haven, Nantucket, Martha’s Vineyard, Block Island, Cape Cod in Massachusetts
Connecticut to Sagamore Beach
New Jersey to Sandy Hook

As of 11 pm EDT, Elsa was at about 125km northwest of Brunswick, Georgia, with maximum sustained winds of 45 mph.

A suspected tornado that touched down at the Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay injured at least 10 people, officials said.

THE LATEST: In Camden County, Georgia, a possible tornado struck a park for recreational vehicles at Kings Bay Naval Submarine Base and about 10 people were injured and taken to hospitals.https://t.co/7DjsaQwXn9
— WGXA (@WGXAnews) July 8, 2021

CBS affiliate WRDW-TV reported that among the properties damaged by the tornado were an RV park and a family camp site.

Naval Base contractor Sergio Rodriguez told the outlet that trailers “flipped over” and people who walked around after the tornado hit looked “confused, disheveled, and just battered from flipping over in their trailers.”

In Jacksonville, Florida, a tree fell killing one person, as Elsa produced gusty winds and heavy rain along the Atlantic coast, the Associated Press reported.