Atlanta tornado aftermath, another tornado outbreak March 15

[Brent]

Channel 2 just showed a live shot of a MASSIVE tornado-like feature. The local mets are shocked.

Edit: I think it might be a wall cloud, but it was VERY ominous looking when it first showed up. The met freaked I think and called it a tornado.

[btangy]

Maybe a mistake? Didn't see any tornado emergency issued. There's nothing confirmed on the ground and the NWS won't issue a tornado emergency unless it is absolutely dire.

[wbug1]

Severe TS cell with likely tornado now moving through downtown Atlanta, or by the looks of the radar, the south side.

[RL3AO]

Maybe a mistake? Didn't see any tornado emergency issued. There's nothing confirmed on the ground and the NWS won't issue a tornado emergency unless it is absolutely dire.

I couldn't find one.

[wbug1]

WSBTV is running cached. No storm warnings displayed on the website at all the past 30 minutes.

[Cyclenall]

There is like 8 tornado warnings right now at once and one for Greenwood SC too!!

What is going one in Atlanta!!!?!?!? Mass panic most likely.

[Brent]

There is like 8 tornado warnings right now at once and one for Greenwood SC too!!

What is going one in Atlanta!!!?!?!? Mass panic most likely.

Well the worst is past downtown now... I don't think there was a tornado there, maybe in the western suburbs. But yes there is a mass panic after last night.

[btangy]

Look at those storms forming S of I-20. All supercellular in structure. This is the beginning of what will be a long evening and night. Next tornado watch may be a PDS.

[Cyclenall]

There is like 8 tornado warnings right now at once and one for Greenwood SC too!!

What is going one in Atlanta!!!?!?!? Mass panic most likely.

Well the worst is past downtown now... I don't think there was a tornado there, maybe in the western suburbs. But yes there is a mass panic after last night.

My CNN coverage just broke in with the radar but they had no live CAM shots at all.

[HURAKAN]

[wbug1]

70 dbz or even higher, right at the top on base reflectivity of the storm that passed through Atlanta. More cells still moving through.

[Brent]

Well a tornado was seen from the airport... probably when that ominous shot came up.

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[RL3AO]

Looks like we might have a 3rd straight month with a tornado outbreak being Storm of the Month.

[Brent]

Confirmed fatality in Floyd County(NW Georgia).

[Cyclenall]

Looks like we might have a 3rd straight month with a tornado outbreak being Storm of the Month.

That's right.

So baseball sized hail hit downtown Atlanta, the damage is going to be very high then. Another cell heading for ATL right now, just chaos.

[JonathanBelles]

Streets in ATl are being evacuated.

[wbug1]

The CNN site is not being updated, at least I can't get any news from Atlanta in Europe.

[RL3AO]

CNN just showed storm velocities on TV.

[shorty121]

Some links that might help....

WSBTV weather cam (updated every five mins): http://www.wsbtv.com/wxcam/1873437/detail.html

11Alive.com has live video:
http://www.11alive.com/

[Brent]

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 120
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
435 PM EDT SAT MAR 15 2008

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

LARGE PART OF CENTRAL GEORGIA
PARTS OF SOUTHERN NORTH CAROLINA
MUCH OF SOUTH CAROLINA
COASTAL WATERS

EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND SUNDAY MORNING FROM 435 PM
UNTIL 100 AM EDT.

...THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION...

DESTRUCTIVE TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL TO 2.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER...
THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 80 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE
POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 65 STATUTE
MILES EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM 10 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF LA
GRANGE GEORGIA TO 35 MILES NORTH OF WILMINGTON NORTH CAROLINA.
FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH
OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU0).

REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR
TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH
AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR
THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS
AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 119...

DISCUSSION...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OUTBREAK UNDERWAY AS POWERFUL 100KT
MID LEVEL JET AND ASSOCIATED VORT MOVE ACROSS SERN U.S. THIS
EVENING. TORNADIC SUPERCELLS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP EWD ACROSS
WATCH AREA THRU THE EVENING WITH POTENTIAL FOR LONG LIVED DAMAGING
TORNADOES ALONG AND S OF WARM FRONT WHICH EXTENDS ENEWD INTO SERN
NC.