Atlanta tornado aftermath, another tornado outbreak March 15

[CrazyC83]

I decided to split it off being a significant event, and maybe more today...

MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0417
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0938 AM CDT SAT MAR 15 2008

AREAS AFFECTED...PORTIONS NRN AL...NRN GA.

CONCERNING...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 118...

VALID 151438Z - 151545Z

THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 118
CONTINUES.

ORIGINAL WW -- SCHEDULED TO EXPIRE AT 15Z -- WILL BE EXTENDED
LOCALLY FOR SOME NERN AL COUNTIES AHEAD OF SRN PORTION OF ONGOING
CONVECTIVE BAND...WHERE DAMAGING WIND AND MRGL SVR HAIL THREAT
REMAINS MOST CONCENTRATED IN NEAR TERM. SVR POTENTIAL WILL INCREASE
AS AREA OF LOW LEVEL ASCENT NOW REPRESENTING SRN PORTION MCS MOVES
INTO DESTABILIZING AND FAVORABLY SHEARED AIR MASS OVER NRN GA.
THEREFORE ADDITIONAL/TORNADO WW MAY BE REQUIRED WITHIN NEXT 1-2
HOURS.

SFC MESOANALYSIS SHOWS PRIMARY LOW ELONGATED OVER ERN/SRN AR...BUT
WITH SECONDARY MESOLOW OVER N-CENTRAL AL...COLLOCATED WITH ONGOING
BAND OF CONVECTION. WARM FRONT CURRENTLY HAS DOUBLE STRUCTURE WITH
SRN MEMBER EXTENDING FROM BHM AREA SEWD ACROSS SWRN GA...AND NRN
MEMBER BEING OUTFLOW-REINFORCED BOUNDARY THROUGH LGC-MCN-AGS AREAS.
MESOLOW IS EXPECTED TO CONSOLIDATE/PROPAGATE EWD ACROSS NRN GA INTO
CAROLINAS THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON...BECOMING PRIMARY SFC CYCLONE
CENTER. THIS PROGGED TREND IS SUPPORTED BY LAST TWO HOURS OF
ISALLOBARIC FALL/RISE COUPLET DEVELOPMENT/MOTION ACROSS NRN AL.
THIS PROCESS WILL SUPPORT BACKED LOW LEVEL WINDS AND ENLARGED
HODOGRAPHS ALONG OUTFLOW-REINFORCED SFC FRONT THAT SHOULD
CONSOLIDATE ACROSS NRN GA DURING NEXT 2-3 HOURS.

TORNADO AND DAMAGING WIND POTENTIAL ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE FAIRLY
QUICKLY FROM LATE MORNING INTO EARLY AFTERNOON INVOF SFC
BOUNDARY...WHERE MOST FAVORABLE OVERLAP OF BUOYANCY AND SHEAR WILL
SET UP. VIS IMAGERY INDICATES SUBSTANTIAL CLOUD BREAKS ACROSS MUCH
OF ERN/NERN GA...WHICH WILL AID IN DESTABILIZATION ALONG WITH SFC
MOIST ADVECTION FROM REGION OF HIGHER DEW POINTS NOW OVER SERN
AL/SWRN GA...S OF SRN WARM FRONTAL SEGMENT. STG DEEP-LAYER SHEAR
PROFILES ARE FCST WITH FRONTAL ZONE AS WELL.

..EDWARDS.. 03/15/2008


ATTN...WFO...CAE...GSP...FFC...BMX...HUN...

33718707 34118625 34708564 34478448 34568350 34188294
33508245 33098273 32968372 33118503 33578688

[CrazyC83]

SEL9

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 119
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1100 AM EDT SAT MAR 15 2008

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

PARTS OF EASTERN ALABAMA
MUCH OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL GEORGIA
MUCH OF CENTRAL AND WESTERN SOUTH CAROLINA

EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY MORNING AND EVENING FROM 1100 AM UNTIL
700 PM EDT.

TORNADOES...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 NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 50 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
ANNISTON ALABAMA TO 55 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF COLUMBIA SOUTH
CAROLINA. FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE
ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU9).

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...THIS TORNADO WATCH REPLACES SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 118. WATCH NUMBER 118 WILL NOT BE IN
EFFECT AFTER 1100 AM EDT.

DISCUSSION...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP RAPIDLY EWD
ACROSS THE WATCH AREA WITH THE APPROACH OF 90-100KT MID LEVEL WIND
MAX AND RAPID DESTABILIZATION. SHEAR PROFILES COUPLED WITH MLCAPES
CLIMBING TO ABOVE 1000 J/KG SUPPORT TORNADIC SUPERCELLS. IN
ADDITION VERY STEEP MID LEVEL LAPSE RATES SUPPORT POTENTIAL FOR
LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH LINE SEGMENTS AND
BOWS.

AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE
WIND GUSTS TO 70 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO
500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24045.


...HALES


SEL9

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 119
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1100 AM EDT SAT MAR 15 2008

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

PARTS OF EASTERN ALABAMA
MUCH OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL GEORGIA
MUCH OF CENTRAL AND WESTERN SOUTH CAROLINA

EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY MORNING AND EVENING FROM 1100 AM UNTIL
700 PM EDT.

TORNADOES...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 NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 50 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
ANNISTON ALABAMA TO 55 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF COLUMBIA SOUTH
CAROLINA. FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE
ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU9).

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...THIS TORNADO WATCH REPLACES SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 118. WATCH NUMBER 118 WILL NOT BE IN
EFFECT AFTER 1100 AM EDT.

DISCUSSION...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP RAPIDLY EWD
ACROSS THE WATCH AREA WITH THE APPROACH OF 90-100KT MID LEVEL WIND
MAX AND RAPID DESTABILIZATION. SHEAR PROFILES COUPLED WITH MLCAPES
CLIMBING TO ABOVE 1000 J/KG SUPPORT TORNADIC SUPERCELLS. IN
ADDITION VERY STEEP MID LEVEL LAPSE RATES SUPPORT POTENTIAL FOR
LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH LINE SEGMENTS AND
BOWS.

AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE
WIND GUSTS TO 70 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO
500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24045.


...HALES


Note: Click for Watch Status Reports.

WOUS64 KWNS 151456
WOU9

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE FOR WT 119
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1100 AM EDT SAT MAR 15 2008

TORNADO WATCH 119 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EDT FOR THE
FOLLOWING LOCATIONS

ALC001-011-015-017-019-021-027-029-037-051-055-081-085-087-101-
111-113-115-117-121-123-152300-
/O.NEW.KWNS.TO.A.0119.080315T1500Z-080315T2300Z/

AL
. ALABAMA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE

AUTAUGA BULLOCK CALHOUN
CHAMBERS CHEROKEE CHILTON
CLAY CLEBURNE COOSA
ELMORE ETOWAH LEE
LOWNDES MACON MONTGOMERY
RANDOLPH RUSSELL SHELBY
ST. CLAIR TALLADEGA TALLAPOOSA


GAC009-011-013-015-021-033-035-045-053-057-059-063-067-073-077-
079-085-089-097-105-113-115-117-119-121-125-133-135-137-139-141-
143-145-147-149-151-153-157-159-163-169-171-181-187-189-193-195-
197-199-207-211-215-217-219-221-223-225-227-231-233-237-241-245-
247-249-255-257-263-265-269-285-289-293-297-301-303-311-317-319-
152300-
/O.NEW.KWNS.TO.A.0119.080315T1500Z-080315T2300Z/

GA
. GEORGIA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE

BALDWIN BANKS BARROW
BARTOW BIBB BURKE
BUTTS CARROLL CHATTAHOOCHEE
CHEROKEE CLARKE CLAYTON
COBB COLUMBIA COWETA
CRAWFORD DAWSON DEKALB
DOUGLAS ELBERT FAYETTE
FLOYD FORSYTH FRANKLIN
FULTON GLASCOCK GREENE
GWINNETT HABERSHAM HALL
HANCOCK HARALSON HARRIS
HART HEARD HENRY
HOUSTON JACKSON JASPER
JEFFERSON JONES LAMAR
LINCOLN LUMPKIN MACON
MADISON MARION MCDUFFIE
MERIWETHER MONROE MORGAN
MUSCOGEE NEWTON OCONEE
OGLETHORPE PAULDING PEACH
PICKENS PIKE POLK
PUTNAM RABUN RICHMOND
ROCKDALE SCHLEY SPALDING
STEPHENS TALBOT TALIAFERRO
TAYLOR TROUP TWIGGS
UPSON WALTON WARREN
WASHINGTON WHITE WILKES
WILKINSON


SCC001-003-007-009-011-017-021-023-025-027-037-039-045-047-055-
057-059-061-063-065-071-073-075-077-079-081-083-085-087-091-
152300-
/O.NEW.KWNS.TO.A.0119.080315T1500Z-080315T2300Z/

SC
. SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE

ABBEVILLE AIKEN ANDERSON
BAMBERG BARNWELL CALHOUN
CHEROKEE CHESTER CHESTERFIELD
CLARENDON EDGEFIELD FAIRFIELD
GREENVILLE GREENWOOD KERSHAW
LANCASTER LAURENS LEE
LEXINGTON MCCORMICK NEWBERRY
OCONEE ORANGEBURG PICKENS
RICHLAND SALUDA SPARTANBURG
SUMTER UNION YORK


ATTN...WFO...BMX...GSP...CAE...FFC...





Note: The Aviation Watch (SAW) product is an approximation to the watch area. The actual watch is depicted by the shaded areas.

SAW9
WW 119 TORNADO AL GA SC 151500Z - 152300Z
AXIS..65 STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF LINE..
50SW ANB/ANNISTON AL/ - 55ENE CAE/COLUMBIA SC/
..AVIATION COORDS.. 55NM N/S /42SSE VUZ - 28W FLO/
HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT..2.5 INCHES. WIND GUSTS..70 KNOTS.
MAX TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24045.

REPLACES WW 118..AL

LAT...LON 34008645 35168023 33298023 32138645

THIS IS AN APPROXIMATION TO THE WATCH AREA. FOR A
COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE WOUS64 KWNS
FOR WOU9.


Watch 119 Status Report Message has not been issued yet.

[CrazyC83]

Almost warrants a PDS watch, except the significant tornado risk of 30% is too low for such.

[HURAKAN]

The Atlanta Tornado (which will be probably running for Storm of the Month) is a reminder for people in major cities in central US.

[CrazyC83]

MDT to be expanded:

MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0419
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1030 AM CDT SAT MAR 15 2008

AREAS AFFECTED...SC COASTAL PLAIN...PORTIONS S-CENTRAL AND SERN NC.

CONCERNING...OUTLOOK UPGRADE

VALID 151530Z - 151630Z

INCREASING PROBABILITIES OF TORNADOES FOR LATE AFTERNOON/EARLY
EVENING -- REPRESENTING EWD SHIFT OF THREAT INDICATED EARLIER ACROSS
GA/SC -- WILL DRIVE CATEGORICAL SPC DAY-1 OUTLOOK UPGRADE TO MDT
RISK EWD TO COAST. REF UPCOMING 1630Z FCST FOR MORE DETAILS.

..EDWARDS.. 03/15/2008


ATTN...WFO...MHX...RAH...ILM...CHS...CAE...GSP...

33068133 33428039 34378004 34828049 35078089 34947860
34797792 34587748 34467743 34247778 33847796 33917809
33857853 33467908 33147920 32877963 32777993

[CrazyC83]

The Atlanta Tornado (which will be probably running for Storm of the Month) is a reminder for people in major cities in central US.

Yep, and it could be worse - an EF5 tornado in a major city would be catastrophic...

[CrazyC83]

Report from the news conference: high-end EF2, 6 miles long and 200 yards wide.

[HURAKAN]

The Atlanta Tornado (which will be probably running for Storm of the Month) is a reminder for people in major cities in central US.

Yep, and it could be worse - an EF5 tornado in a major city would be catastrophic...

Any situation could always could be worse!!!

I have been watching CNN and most people are shocked that a tornado impacted downtown Atlanta. People should be aware of the natural dangers of the place they are living. Education = lower number of fatalities.

[HURAKAN]

[JonathanBelles]

I would like to see a video of the tornado in the city.

[HURAKAN]

Tornado hits Atlanta, injures 27

http://www.chinaview.cn 2008-03-15 23:11:55

WASHINGTON, March 15 (Xinhua) -- Workers in Atlanta of the U.S. state of Georgia were cleaning up streets Saturday morning after a tornado swept through the city's downtown the night before and left at least 27 people injured.

Although tens of thousands of people were in the path of the storm -- many in town for a major college basketball tournament --there were no known deaths and just one life-threatening injury Friday night, police said.

At least 27 people -- one of them a firefighter -- were treated at hospitals, mostly for minor cuts, scrapes and bruises.

About 13,000 residents in the downtown area were without power Saturday morning. A statement from the mayor's office said at least 20 of the historic homes in downtown Atlanta were damaged or destroyed by the storm.

Witnesses compared downtown Atlanta to a war zone Friday night, with glass from high-rise windows littering the streets along with roofing debris and fallen trees and branches.

Just nine hours after the Friday night storm, another severe weather system blew through metro Atlanta, and more were off to the west and headed for the city.

The National Weather Service issued a tornado warning Saturday morning for an area just east of Atlanta.

Editor: Yan Liang

[CrazyC83]

The Atlanta Tornado (which will be probably running for Storm of the Month) is a reminder for people in major cities in central US.

Yep, and it could be worse - an EF5 tornado in a major city would be catastrophic...

Any situation could always could be worse!!!

I have been watching CNN and most people are shocked that a tornado impacted downtown Atlanta. People should be aware of the natural dangers of the place they are living. Education = lower number of fatalities.

That's what makes urban tornadoes especially dangerous - the mentality that "it can't happen to them" to many people. A tornado is just as likely to hit a downtown core as a corn field - the only thing is that there are far more corn fields.

[HURAKAN]

Hold on, the ride is not over.

[Chacor]

TORNADO WARNING
GAC015-115-223-233-151645-
/O.NEW.KFFC.TO.W.0022.080315T1558Z-080315T1645Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1158 AM EDT SAT MAR 15 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN BARTOW COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
SOUTHERN FLOYD COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
NORTH CENTRAL PAULDING COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
POLK COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA

* UNTIL 1245 PM EDT

* AT 1156 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 8 MILES WEST OF
ETNA...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO CAVE
SPRING...CEDARTOWN...FISH CREEK...ARAGON...ROCKMART...EUHARLEE AND
STILESBORO.

WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS
THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY
ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU
ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO A
BASEMENT OR INTERIOR ROOM ON THE GROUND FLOOR. STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EDT SATURDAY EVENING
FOR NORTHERN GEORGIA.

IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT
UNTIL AFTER THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6.

LAT...LON 3395 8541 3402 8541 3403 8542 3410 8543
3412 8544 3413 8543 3423 8484 3398 8479
3393 8540
TIME...MOT...LOC 1558Z 261DEG 39KT 3401 8551

$$

[Chacor]

TORNADO WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE FOR WT 119
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1100 AM EDT SAT MAR 15 2008

TORNADO WATCH 119 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EDT FOR THE
FOLLOWING LOCATIONS

GAC009-011-013-015-021-033-035-045-053-057-059-063-067-073-077-
079-085-089-097-105-113-115-117-119-121-125-133-135-137-139-141-
143-145-147-149-151-153-157-159-163-169-171-181-187-189-193-195-
197-199-207-211-215-217-219-221-223-225-227-231-233-237-241-245-
247-249-255-257-263-265-269-285-289-293-297-301-303-311-317-319-
152300-
/O.NEW.KWNS.TO.A.0119.080315T1500Z-080315T2300Z/

GA
. GEORGIA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE

BALDWIN BANKS BARROW
BARTOW BIBB BURKE
BUTTS CARROLL CHATTAHOOCHEE
CHEROKEE CLARKE CLAYTON
COBB COLUMBIA COWETA
CRAWFORD DAWSON DEKALB
DOUGLAS ELBERT FAYETTE
FLOYD FORSYTH FRANKLIN
FULTON GLASCOCK GREENE
GWINNETT HABERSHAM HALL
HANCOCK HARALSON HARRIS
HART HEARD HENRY
HOUSTON JACKSON JASPER
JEFFERSON JONES LAMAR
LINCOLN LUMPKIN MACON
MADISON MARION MCDUFFIE
MERIWETHER MONROE MORGAN
MUSCOGEE NEWTON OCONEE
OGLETHORPE PAULDING PEACH
PICKENS PIKE POLK
PUTNAM RABUN RICHMOND
ROCKDALE SCHLEY SPALDING
STEPHENS TALBOT TALIAFERRO
TAYLOR TROUP TWIGGS
UPSON WALTON WARREN
WASHINGTON WHITE WILKES
WILKINSON
$$

[CrazyC83]

SPC AC 151614

DAY 1 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1114 AM CDT SAT MAR 15 2008

VALID 151630Z - 161200Z

...THERE IS A MDT RISK OF SVR TSTMS NRN HALF OF GA...MUCH OF SC AND
SERN NC...

...THERE IS A SLGT RISK OF SVR TSTMS FROM THE CAROLINAS WWD ACROSS
MUCH OF TN VALLEY...

...SERN STATES...
PREVIOUS DAY1 FORECAST/DISCUSSION LOOKS ON TRACK AS A POTENT SEVERE
WEATHER THREAT RAPIDLY EVOLVES DURING THE AFTERNOON ACROSS SERN
STATES. INTENSIFYING VORT MAX AS CAN BE SEEN WITH DARKENING ON W/V
IMAGERY MOVING RAPIDLY EWD INTO WRN TN VALLEY TIED TO THE 90-100KT
MID LEVEL WIND MAX JUST TO ITS S. BOTH FEATURES WILL ENHANCE BOTH
THE SHEAR AND LARGE SCALE ASCENT THAT SPREADS ACROSS TN VALLEY AND
NRN GULF STATES TO THE CAROLINAS BY THIS EVENING.

THE MODELS ARE IN BASIC AGREEMENT THAT SURFACE LOW DEVELOPS NRN GA
EARLY THIS AFTERNOON AND THEN TRACKS ENEWD INTO CENTRAL NC BY EARLY
TONIGHT. WARM FRONTAL BOUNDARY SETS UP EWD FROM THE LOW WITH THE
COMBINATION OF STEEPENING MID LEVEL LAPSE RATES AND LOW LEVEL
MOISTURE ADVECTION RESULTING IN A MODERATELY UNSTABLE WARM SECTOR
WITH MLCAPES TO 1500 J/KG CENTRAL GA ACROSS SC.

ONGOING SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS NOW MOVING INTO NWRN GA EXPECTED TO
RAPIDLY INCREASE IN NUMBER AND INTENSITY DURING THE AFTERNOON AS
THEY DEVELOP EWD INTO SC. GIVEN THE VERY STRONG DEEP LAYER SHEAR
PROFILES AHEAD OF THE MID LEVEL JET MAX AND A 60KT LOW LEVEL JET
TRANSLATING EWD ACROSS SC/SRN NC BY THIS EVENING...TORNADIC
SUPERCELLS CAN BE EXPECTED WITH POTENTIAL FOR STRONG TORNADOES.

HAVE EXTENDED THE MDT RISK INTO SERN NC AND COASTAL SC AS IT NOW
APPEARS WITH THE SURFACE LOW TRACKING INTO CENTRAL NC THIS EVENING
THE WARM SECTOR SHOULD MOVE INTO THIS AREA INCREASING THE POTENTIAL
FOR TORNADIC SUPERCELLS AHEAD OF THE LOW.

AHEAD OF THE VORT MAX AIRMASS IS MARGINALLY UNSTABLE BUT
CHARACTERIZED BY STEEP MID LEVEL LAPSE RATES. PRIMARY THREAT WILL
BE LARGE HAIL AS STORMS SPREAD WED ACROSS TN VALLEY THIS AFTERNOON.

..HALES/HURLBUT.. 03/15/2008

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[Brent]

2 Nw Aragon [Polk Co, GA] emergency mngr reports TORNADO at 12:24 PM EDT -- possible tornado along highway 101...emergency crews have been dispatched due to reports of heavy damage.

1 N Taylorsville [Bartow Co, GA] trained spotter reports TORNADO at 12:35 PM EDT -- possible tornado damage with several trees down and roof damage along popum road north of taylorsville.

[Brent]

Local media reports 2 dead and major damage in Polk County, also major damage in Bartow County.

[SamSagnella]

CNN's Chad Myers just reported that an anemometer on the roof of the CNN Center in downtown measured a 118mph wind before the instrument failed.

[Chacor]

118 mph... EF2.