Alot of information streaming in this morning on the situation in Atlanta. Here is the latest...

More severe storms, with damaging winds and large hail, will be approaching the western suburbs of Atlanta Metro before daybreak. They are presently
east of Birmingham, AL and moving nearly due East. A smaller cell has formed ahead of this line and to the northwest of Atlanta in the past half hour.
This cell could strengthen into an isolated supercell given the favorable environment of the atmosphere for additional storm intensification. A StormLab
image of this as of 3:20 AM CT is below.




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The Weather Channel's Senior Meteorologist Stu Ostro talks about being in the middle of last night's storm:

http://www.weather.com/blog/weather/8_15072.html?from=blog_rss&cm_ven=BLOG&cm_cat=rss&cm_pla=blog&cm_ite=8_15072&par=BLOG_rss&site=blog

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Quick update from CNN...this does not sound good:

At least 20 homes in Atlanta's historic Cabbagetown neighborhood were flattened by a tornado that ripped through the Georgia capital city Friday night,
a spokeswoman for the mayor said. Firefighters fear there could be people dead inside the ruins of a collapsed loft complex in the same neighborhood.

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Here is a link of a portion of Raycom's coverage from last night of the SEC Tournament game as the tornado went over the Georgia Dome:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7TT013NsSYc

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Also, this just in from the Storm Prediction Center:

AN ADDITIONAL WEATHER WATCH WILL PROBABLY BECOME NECESSARY ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF ALABAMA AND NORTHERN GEORGIA WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR OR SO.

The entire Atlanta Metro area is now under a Moderate Risk for additional severe weather on Saturday:

..THERE IS A MDT RISK OF SVR TSTMS FROM PARTS OF NRN AND CNTRL GA INTO A PART OF SC..

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The folks at Channel 11, the NBC affiliate in Atlanta, are posting the latest updates to their blog at
http://twitter.com/11alive_wx

SEC considering playing the SEC Tournament games at Georgia Tech...
South Tower of CNN Center, where CNN/Omni meet, is heavily damaged

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