National Weather Service United States Department of Commerce
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.