THOMASVILLE — A storm that arrived suddenly, blew through and left quickly early Monday night left its mark.

Trees were toppled, and power was knocked out throughout the community.

Before the storm arrived, the National Weather Service predicted wind of 40 to 60 miles per hour, said Chris Jones, Thomas County emergency management director. He said high wind in a storm last week destroyed a plantation barn and dog kennel.

A fallen tree on the Garrison-Pilcher Elementary School campus on Hall Road narrowly missed a historic old school house.

The one-room Midway School, a gabled-front, vernacular wood-structured building on the Garrison-Pilcher campus once stood and operated as a one-room elementary school in the Midway African-American community on Hill Road from 1907 to the 1950s.

“We did have a few trees down on the campuses of Garrison-Pilcher and Cross Creek yesterday due to the thunderstorm,” said Thomas County Schools Superintendent Dr. Lisa Williams. “Fortunately, we did not experience any structural damage to any of the buildings located on either of these campuses, including the Forrest Monroe Sr. Heritage Education Site, formerly known as the ‘Old Midway Country Grade School.’ “

Thomasville Utilities responded to 16 electrical outages Monday night.

TU Superintendent Chris White said outages began appearing sporadically about 6:35 p.m.

“The average amount of time across all outages that customers were out was approximately two hours and 45 minutes,” White said.

Most customers impacted by the outages were in areas off U.S. 19 South and Metcalfe Road, including all of the town of Metcalfe, White said, adding that Stewart Road and U.S. 319 North also had outages.

Senior reporter Patti Dozier can be reached at (229) 226-2400, ext. 1820