Sunday, March 16, 2008

Storm warnings

Yesterday, a tornado hit downtown Atlanta.

NWUS52 KFFC 151738
LSRFFC

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
137 PM EDT SAT MAR 15 2008

..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..

0938 PM TORNADO 1 NW ATLANTA 33.77N 84.43W
03/14/2008 F2 FULTON GA EMERGENCY MNGR

NWS DAMAGE SURVEY CONCLUDED AN EF2 TORNADO 6 MILES LONG
AND 200 YARDS WIDE TUCHED DOWN AT SIMPSON AND BURBANK
ROAD AT 938 PM. IT MOVED ACROSS DOWNTOWN ATLANTA AND CAME
UP AT THE CORNER OF BRAEBURN AND JOSEPHINE ROAD IN
WESTERN DEKALB COUNTY.

This was followed up with more heavy storms and hail. I don't
think anyone I know was hurt or injured. It seems very surreal.
Like, just because it's a city, it's magically protected, you know? Anyway.

You can see some ajc pictures here, here, and a video here.
You can see some local picutres here and here.

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