Atlanta tornado outbreak
The Atlanta Tornado Outbreak is a series of tornado devastations in the southern US states of Alabama , Georgia and South and North Carolina on March 14th and 15th, 2008. The most devastating of the 45 tornadoes occurred in the region around and in Atlanta , Georgia .
The Atlanta tornado
The most devastating tornado hit downtown Atlanta, damaging many buildings including the CNN Center , Georgia Dome , Georgia World Congress Center , Philips Arena during an ongoing Atlanta Hawks basketball game, and the cemetery . A 45-year-old man died in the tornado near downtown on March 14. Two other people died on March 15 in the suburbs of Atlanta.
course
At 9 p.m. EDT , the Storm Prediction Center issued a severe weather warning for the entire southern United States from Oklahoma to Georgia with a 2% chance of a tornado in the metropolitan area of Atlanta. A tornado warning was issued at 9:26 p.m. EDT when a thunderstorm was ten kilometers from the city. The cyclone reached Vine City with a magnitude of EF1 on the EF scale and moved south-southeast towards Cabbagetown and east Atlanta. It left a path of damage 9.7 kilometers long and around 180 meters wide. In the city center it reached its maximum strength of EF2 on the tornado scale.
More tornadoes
On March 14th and 15th, 45 tornadoes formed in the southern United States over a period of 21 hours and 50 minutes. Only the Atlanta tornado formed on March 14, the other 44 devastated large areas of the southern states on March 15. Three tornadoes scored EF3 on the EF scale, the first in the Aragon , Georgia area. It affected the areas of Polk County , Floyd County and Bartow County at approximately 16:25 UTC , caused damage over a length of approximately 16 miles, killing two people and injuring two others. The second EF3 tornado had a path length of 45 kilometers and devastated Newberry Counties and Richland Counties in South Carolina. It formed around 8:25 p.m. UTC and injured two people. The third and final EF3 tornado destroyed several buildings in the areas of Bamberg County and Orangeburg County , South Carolina at around 11:25 p.m. UTC .
Individual evidence
- ^ Spiegel Online : Tornado in Atlanta - Furniture sucked from hotels - numerous injured , from March 15, 2008.
- ↑ Man found dead in tornado rubble identified ( memento of the original from March 26, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , from March 24, 2008 (English)
- ↑ Mar 15, 2008 0100 UTC Day 1 Convective Outlook , from March 16, 2008 (English)
- ↑ SEC tournament delayed as Georgia Dome sustains damage , from March 15, 2008 (English)
- ↑ Cleanup Efforts Continue in Atlanta, Elsewhere ( Memento of the original from October 23, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English)
- ↑ CNN : Tornado takes' Mrs. Bonnie, 'animal lover , March 17, 2008 (English)
