STORM2K

If some of you in the mid west would kindly pass some of the severe weather down this way. I would greatly appreciate it. We have not had but 1 watch all year. We have not been in a warning or anything. This year has been the most boring severe weather year I can remember.

So the question must be asked: Is there any severe wx threat in the near future for North Georgia


Looking at the current maps do you see any slight chance at some severe weather here. Thanks.

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Wnghs2007 wrote:If some of you in the mid west would kindly pass some of the severe weather down this way. I would greatly appreciate it. We have not had but 1 watch all year. We have not been in a warning or anything. This year has been the most boring severe weather year I can remember.

So the question must be asked: Is there any severe wx threat in the near future for North Georgia


Looking at the current maps do you see any slight chance at some severe weather here. Thanks.

I had to edit this post. It looks like some severe weather may happen today and into the holiday weekend. Actually, by Memorial Day there could be an even greater risk. Bad timing!

Well, it seemed like every time I wanted to fly through Atlanta, it stormed pretty good. Maybe I'm going to have to make a connection at Hartsfield at some point so that I can bring some weather down for you.

--snoopj

Hasn't been any big outbreaks recently. In recent years(not counting last year), we have had our big outbreaks in the secondary season in November and December. Outside of Last May's flood and severe stuff, the last big spring outbreak was April 1998 when the F5 hit just west of Birmingham and the same storm hit the Northern Atlanta suburbs as an F2 I think.

Brent wrote:the last big spring outbreak was April 1998 when the F5 hit just west of Birmingham and the same storm hit the Northern Atlanta suburbs as an F2 I think.

That tornado dropped down about 15 miles from my house and barely missed us. It dissapated thank god. But oh what a hail and wind storm we had. Power went out, and I thought the house was going to blow away. Sirens were blowing and all you know what was breaking loose. Im glad god was there to protect us that night.

We (us folks at the local EOC) watched that storm move across Cobb. I remember reading the damage reports from Alabama of a fire station being blown away. This later turned out to be the Concord Fire station which I visited soon after the tornado hit.

NorthGaWeather wrote:We (us folks at the local EOC) watched that storm move across Cobb. I remember reading the damage reports from Alabama of a fire station being blown away. This later turned out to be the Concord Fire station which I visited soon after the tornado hit.

I will never forget that night. I called my brother about five minutes before it hit, and heard the sirens going off in the background. He lived in Cobb county at that time and was right up the street from where the tornado did significant damage. Another round of tornadoes moved through the Fulton county area, and I was a couple miles away from them! I would imagine it could be a while before another outbreak like that comes through!

The storm that dropped the F5 passed within 10 miles of me about 1 1/2 hours later. I had never been so scared in my life. It produced an F2 in St. Clair County(the county just west of where I was living at the time).

I'll never forget watching the local ABC station and showing the radar and seeing that impressive signature.

I also remember the next morning when the news helicopters flew over the devastation. A lot of people in Birmingham don't realize how lucky they were. 3 more miles and the tornado would have destroyed the skyscrapers in Birmingham, 5 to 6 more miles and the airport would have been hit.

GAStorm wrote:

NorthGaWeather wrote:We (us folks at the local EOC) watched that storm move across Cobb. I remember reading the damage reports from Alabama of a fire station being blown away. This later turned out to be the Concord Fire station which I visited soon after the tornado hit.

I will never forget that night. I called my brother about five minutes before it hit, and heard the sirens going off in the background. He lived in Cobb county at that time and was right up the street from where the tornado did significant damage. Another round of tornadoes moved through the Fulton county area, and I was a couple miles away from them! I would imagine it could be a while before another outbreak like that comes through!

I hope it is anyway.