The confirmation of an F2 tornado was the cause of the destruction at Atlanta Motor Speedway last night. The tornado was very destructive to all the facilities at the speedway. $40 million dollars of damage was done at the speedway alone. Anyone who is a nascar fan knows that Atlanta is one of the fastest race tracks on the nextel cup circuit. They got alot of cleaning up to do.
0940 PM TORNADO 2 W HAMPTON 33.38N 84.32W
07/06/2005 HENRY GA NWS STORM SURVEY
AN F2 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN ON THE ATLANTA MOTOR SPEEDWAY.
IT DID SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO THE SPEEDWAY FACILITIES.
DAMAGE ESTIMATES EXCEED 40 MILLION DOLLARS FOR THE
SPEEDWAY AND AIRCRAFT AND FACILITIES AT THE ADJACENT TARA
FIELD AIRPORT. THE TORNADO WAS ESTIMATED TO BE 1/2 MILE
WIDE AT ONSET AND THEN NARROWED TO 300 YARDS. TOTAL PATH
LENGTH WAS 9 MILES
F2 tornado destruction at Atlanta Motor Speedway
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There were 6 tornadoes south of Atlanta, and I made a previous post about one that was picked up on radar. Here is a good video link to view damage at Atlanta Motor Speedway done by the F2:
http://www.11alive.com/video/player.asp ... 5843&bw=hi
Link for my post about a tornado on radar a few hours before the Atlanta Motor Speedway was hit:
http://www.storm2k.org/phpbb2/viewtopic.php?t=66463
http://www.11alive.com/video/player.asp ... 5843&bw=hi
Link for my post about a tornado on radar a few hours before the Atlanta Motor Speedway was hit:
http://www.storm2k.org/phpbb2/viewtopic.php?t=66463
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