Local Storm Reports For Storms Occurring March 14, 2008

Storm Impacting the Northwest U.S.; Fire Weather Conditions in Southern California; Severe Weather in the South

A Pacific storm is bringing areas of low elevation rain, moderate to heavy mountain snow, and high winds to the Northwest. Strong Santa Ana winds and very dry conditions are producing elevated to critical fire weather conditions in southern California. Isolated strong to severe thunderstorms are possible through early Wednesday morning across parts of northeast Texas into western Tennessee. Read More >

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
452 AM EDT SUN MAR 23 2008

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0938 PM TORNADO 1 NW ATLANTA 33.77N 84.43W
03/14/2008 F2 FULTON GA NWS STORM SURVEY

*** 1 FATAL, 30 INJ *** NWS DAMAGE SURVEY CONCLUDED AN
EF2 TORNADO OCCURRED. THE PATH LENGTH WAS 6 MILES LONG
AND MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH WAS 200 YARDS WIDE. THE TORNADO
TOUCHED DOWN NEAR SIMPSON AND BURBANK ROAD AT 938 PM. IT
MOVED ACROSS DOWNTOWN ATLANTA AND LIFTED AT THE CORNER OF
BRAEBURN AND JOSEPHINE ROAD IN WESTERN DEKALB COUNTY. THE
FATALITY OCCURRED ON DECATUR STREET ACROSS FROM THE MLK
MARTA STATION.