03/15/08 NOW: AR/TN/MS/AL/GA/SC/NC

[Dan Cook]

Tornado emergency now for Atlanta metro area. Fox news reporter stating "massive hail" falling in Atlanta.

 

[Gabe Garfield]

Tornado emergency now for Atlanta metro area.

I'm having trouble finding the text. Would you copy it to the board, please?

 

[Dan Cook]

Sure:

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM EDT FOR CENTRAL
FULTON...SOUTH CENTRAL COBB AND NORTHERN DOUGLAS COUNTIES...

AT 353 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED
NEAR SIX FLAGS...MOVING EAST AT 65 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
ATLANTA...HAPEVILLE...TURNER FIELD...PIEDMONT PARK AND GRANT PARK.

TORNADO EMERGENCY FOR THE ATLANTA METROPOLITAN AREA!!! THIS IS A
TORNADO EMERGENCY!! DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES A LARGE AND DESTRUCTIVE
TORNADO MOVING THROUGH THIS HIGHLY POPULATED AREA. PEOPLE IN THE
WARNED AREA SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE TO ANOTHER PLACE OF SAFETY...
SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IN YOUR PRESENT LOCATION!!!

http://kamala.cod.edu/offs/KFFC/0803151953.wwus52.html

 

[Miriam Lawrence]

Local coverage has been referencing baseball-sized hail.

 

[Adam Lucio]

2 fatalities already reported. 1 in Polk county and the other in Floyd i believe it was

 

[Gabe Garfield]

Supercells appear to be re-developing to the west of Atlanta; almost every semi-isolated storm seems to have a pendant shape/velocity couplet. This is really incredible to see training supercells---fortunately, most of them aren't producing tornadoes (at least, yet).

 

[Howard Robinson]

WXIA is live streaming.
http://www.wxia.com/

Getting more infomation, Atlanta is where I am from. I am trying to get a list of every station live feeding.

 

[Dave_Hilbert]

Good live tv news weather stream from Atlanta on now at:

http://www.11alive.com/

 

[beaudodson]

Baseball size hail reported in downtown Atlanta. The news media has shown a large wall cloud near the city.
http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/uploads/monthly_03_2008/post-573-1205611388.jpg

More photos from local video
http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=160226&st=340&gopid=2631793&#entry2631793

http://www.wsbtv.com/index.html

 

[Howard Robinson]

Looking at radar, it looks like its starting to Train. There are six cells lining up from downtown Atlanta back behide Alabama.

 

[Darrin Rasberry]

This parade of supercells is insane. Another hooking over Downtown Atlanta as of 1840Z.

 

[Howard Robinson]

This has gotta be a typo:
AT 420 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS REPORTED CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 60 MPH.
THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR LAWRENCEVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 100 MPH.


100MPH movement storm

 

[Bill Hark]

The threat is shifting into SC. Reported tornado near Chapin, SC. Here is live sttreaming video out of Colombia.

http://www.wltx.com/


Bill Hark

 

[rdale]

This has gotta be a typo:
100MPH movement storm

Correct, it is a typo.

 

[Kevin Statler2]

2 fatalities already reported. 1 in Polk county and the other in Floyd i believe it was

I actually heard 2 dead in polk county and 2 possible in another county besides floyd..well unfortunately with these outbreaks,the toll changes a lot..or isnt known til later.