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Tornado Hits Georgia Dome !!!!
Mar 15, 2008 | 9:20 AM
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Watch streaming coverage from our sister station Fox 5 in Atlanta.  I've been watching the video from their version of SkyFox...and there is no question this was a tornado.  My guess is steady EF1....peaking at high end EF2 to possibly brief EF3 level.  Very scary stuff since the Georgia Dome was full of spectators watching the SEC Basketball Tournament last night when the tornado hit.  Rafters were swaying and parts of the roof started to fall to the floor.  CNN's headquarters buidling was also directly hit with severe damage reported as well.

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perkypolock read my blog view my photos
Mar 15, 2008 | 11:14 AM

I know I seen that. They ended up with lots of damage from what I have read. Haven't seen any pics yet.. you have any Chris.

I remember when my brother took this shot off the Big M Casino Fort Myers Flo.
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Peagcu read my blog
Mar 15, 2008 | 12:47 PM

Wow, I hate to imagine what would happen is an EF4 or EF5 chewed it's way through a basketball arena.
ChrisHiggins read my blog view my photos
Mar 15, 2008 | 1:54 PM

..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.
Peagcu read my blog
Mar 15, 2008 | 2:25 PM

With that ESE track that funnel had to track pretty much right through the Georgia Dome.
dschreib
Mar 15, 2008 | 2:28 PM

Thankfully only one dead--hoping it stays that way through the weekend down there. What's crazy is that we've had more posts about it on the MYSTL blog than they've had on their blog, at least from what I can tell. No weather nuts down there I guess. If you get a chance, check out Steve Milone's blog on their Storm of the Century--amazing snowfall totals.
ChrisHiggins read my blog view my photos
Mar 15, 2008 | 11:53 PM

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PNSFFC
GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086
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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
845 PM EDT SAT MAR 15 2008

...PRELIMINARY REPORT FOR MARCH 14TH CITY OF ATLANTA TORNADO...

A DAMAGE SURVEY TEAM FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST
OFFICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS CONFIRMED THAT AN EF2 TORNADO TRACKED
THROUGH THE HEART OF THE CITY OF ATLANTA BETWEEN 938 AND 950 PM EST
ON FRIDAY, MARCH 14TH.

THE TORNADO FIRST TOUCHED DOWN NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF SIMPSON AND
BURBANK STREETS IN THE VINE CITY NEIGHBORHOOD AT APPROXIMATELY 938
PM. THE TORNADO THEN TRACKED DUE EAST OVER THE CENTER OF THE
GEORGIA WORLD CONGRESS CENTER /ABOUT 100 YARDS NORTH OF THE GEORGIA
DOME WHERE AN SEC BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT WAS TAKING PLACE/...ACROSS
THE CNN/OMNI HOTEL COMPLEX AND PHILLIPS ARENA /WHERE AN NBA
BASKETBALL GAME WAS UNDERWAY/...OVER THE EQUITABLE BANK
TOWER...ACROSS I-85/75 AT THE EDGEWOOD EXIT...AND THEN INTO THE
COTTON MILL LOFTS ACROSS FROM OAKLAND CEMETERY. FROM THIS
POINT...THE TORNADO WEAKENED BUT CAUSED SPOTTY TREE AND ROOF DAMAGE
INTO EXTREME WESTERN DEKALB COUNTY NEAR THE JUNCTION OF BRAEBURN AND
JOSEPHINE STREETS...WHERE IT LIFTED. THE TORNADO HAD A TOTAL PATH
LENGTH OF SIX MILES AND A MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH OF 200 YARDS AT ITS
MAXIMUM STRENGTH. MAXIMUM WIND SPEEDS WERE ESTIMATED NEAR 130
MPH...WHICH IS A HIGH END EF2 ON THE ENHANCED FUJITA SCALE. AS IT
MOVED ACROSS THE GWCC/CNN/OMNI COMPLEX...THE TORNADO WIDTH WAS ABOUT
100 YARDS WIDE AND PR
ChrisHiggins read my blog view my photos
Mar 15, 2008 | 11:53 PM

AS IT MOVED ACROSS THE GWCC/CNN/OMNI COMPLEX...THE TORNADO WIDTH WAS ABOUT
100 YARDS WIDE AND PRODUCED HIGH EF1 WINDS OF ABOUT 100 MPH.

AT LEAST 50 HOMES WERE DAMAGED BY THE TORNADO...AS WERE SEVERAL
MULTI-STORY TOWERS AND COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS NEAR AND EAST OF THE
CENTENNIAL OLYMPIC PARK. WINDOWS WERE BLOWN OUT OF MANY OF THE
TOWERS...AT ALL HEIGHTS. DAMAGE IN RESIDENTIAL AND INDUSTRIAL AREAS
RANGED FROM ROOFING MATERIALS BLOWN FROM HOMES AND BUSINESSES TO
TREES FALLING ON STRUCTURES AND VEHICLES. THE COTTON MILL LOFTS
EXPERIENCED THE MOST SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE WITH THE ROOF BLOWN OFF AND
EXTERIOR WALLS OF THE TOP /FOURTH/ FLOOR BLOWN INWARD. TWO SECTIONS
OF THE FOURTH FLOOR COLLAPSED ALL THE WAY INTO BASEMENT OF THE
BUILDING...TRAPPING SEVERAL PEOPLE IN THE COMPLEX.

NO WEATHER-RELATED FATALITIES WERE REPORTED WITH THE TORNADO...BUT
NUMEROUS NON-LIFE-THREATING INJURIES OCCURRED.

THE NWS IS GRATEFUL TO THE ATLANTA POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR PROVIDING
AERIAL SURVEY SUPPORT AND TO THE ATLANTA/FULTON COUNTY EMA FOR THEIR
ASSISTANCE.

$$

LPR/SBK
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