Tornado on the ground - Western Atlanta Suburbs - take cover now!

WSB-TV/DT Atlanta

[mhking]

Southern Polk County, southwest of Rockmart - Tornado Warning for Polk & Haralson Counties

Severe Thunderstorm Warning for Paulding County - storm over Dallas and Hiram; showing rotation - possible Tornado Warning shortly for Paulding & Cobb counties

[theophilusscribe]

Good gravy!! WHERE IS THAT???

[Billthedrill]

Holy guacamole! Y'all take cover down there, hear?

[mhking]

There are numerous tornado warnings associated with those storms and they are moving in our direction.

Yep...it's gonna be a loud night...

[AngryJawa]

I'm at work in Lithia Springs and need to drive home up 278 to Powder Springs. Hope the old abode is still there. Lovely...

[theophilusscribe]

Report from Austell . . rotation over the lady's house.

Take cover, mhking! I'm praying for you!

[dansangel]

The parking lot lights just came on. It's getting really dark.

[mikegi]

I agree, the vast concentration of metal boxes in an interupted pattern act as a giant slot antenna altering the geomagnetic field thereby serving to generate tornadic activity as well as drawing tornadic activity into their vicinity.

Nah, it's just another case of the rich being more privileged. The more expensive neighborhoods can afford to deploy "tornado repellent" which funnels tornadoes into the poorer sections of the country. Raise taxes on the rich and you'll more destruction in the Republican areas.

[dansangel]

God Bless....be careful!

[theophilusscribe]

Reporter said 278 was stopped or VERY slow. Do you have any other route to take?

[mhking]

I'm at work in Lithia Springs and need to drive home up 278 to Powder Springs.

Channel 2 says traffic on Thornton Rd. is pretty slammed.

[AngryJawa]

Thanks. You too. Are we sure this isn't just Sadaam burning off his flaming oil ditches of death?

[herkbird]

The thunder is roaring real good right now, Kennesaw just shut there tornado sirens off. This area is one of two designated tornado alleys in Georgia. The Sirens just came back on at 6:54 PM EDT.

About ten years ago a tornado hit the neighborhood just behind me and totally destroyed $250,000.00 plus homes right off the face of the earth. Sirens off at 6:57 PM EDT. The tornado traveled 67 miles and made a heck of a mess.

[dansangel]

Are we sure this isn't just Sadaam burning off his flaming oil ditches of death?

Well, he'd better knock it off! LOL!

Both small cells have merged into one and it's entering N. Fulton now. Can hear thunder in W. Gwinnett.

[AngryJawa]

Do you have any other route to take?

Yup. I can stay at work FReeping until it passes. Oh well.

[mhking]

Severe Thunderstorm warning for Polk County for NEW storm coming in from Alabama.

[dansangel]

There's another system approaching Cobb. It's not over yet.

[mhking]

BIG raindrops at Cumberland/Galleria area...

[mhking]

It's not over yet.

I know...the storm is still north and west of me.

[Unknown Freeper]

I hope you're freeping from the basement right now.

[theophilusscribe]

Always an option . . . done it myself on many an occasion.

Hope your homestead is ok.