DixieBlizzard Posted December 22, 2011 Share Posted December 22, 2011 We lost our one large tree in the front yard, shingles lifted on the roof, neighbors had sections of their fencing blown down and the neighbor two doors down had a lot of shingles blown off his roof. All in all not as bad as it seemed when I saw the cat flying through the air but it was a "pucker" experience for a couple of minutes there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LithiaWx Posted December 22, 2011 Share Posted December 22, 2011 Wow, we just got rocked here in Marietta (Cobb County), No apparent damage though. I took some pics with my camera phone, let's see if anything good came out. Strong winds entering Cobb county. The part of the line south of Peachtree City looks to have a lot of rain and possibly decent lightning with it in addition to the wind gusts. Wow, we just got rocked here in Marietta (Cobb County), No apparent damage though. I took some pics with my camera phone, let's see if anything good came out. edit : all the pictures are blown out due to bright light at work. booo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
audioguy3107 Posted December 22, 2011 Share Posted December 22, 2011 We lost our one large tree in the front yard, shingles lifted on the roof, neighbors had sections of their fencing blown down and the neighbor two doors down had a lot of shingles blown off his roof. All in all not as bad as it seemed when I saw the cat flying through the air but it was a "pucker" experience for a couple of minutes there. Wow, the cat was literally flying through the air?? Too bad you didn't get that on video! Stay safe up there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WeatherNC Posted December 22, 2011 Share Posted December 22, 2011 I do not have an FFC shot, anyone with care to post, pretty good time. GSP is up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DixieBlizzard Posted December 22, 2011 Share Posted December 22, 2011 Wow, the cat was literally flying through the air?? Too bad you didn't get that on video! Stay safe up there. LOL! He wasn't being blown by the wind he was just hauling ass dodging flying debris. I would say peek wind gust was certainly in the vicinity of 60 to 65 mph and was sustained for at least a couple of minutes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WeatherNC Posted December 22, 2011 Share Posted December 22, 2011 Just the start for folks within 75 miles of GSP, NE GA, upstate, APP/CLT, CLT proper, bunch of RN coming, thunder, wind, have fun... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solak Posted December 22, 2011 Share Posted December 22, 2011 Via Twitter @ TheNewsBlotter Chris RT @CBSAtlBreaking: Heavy storm damage in downtown Rome, GA. We have crew on scene. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AcworthWx Posted December 22, 2011 Share Posted December 22, 2011 Via Twitter @ TheNewsBlotter Chris RT @CBSAtlBreaking: Heavy storm damage in downtown Rome, GA. We have crew on scene. Here's a tweet pic of a turned over vehicle. http://twitter.com/#!/CBSAtlBreaking/status/149988473141596161/photo/1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WeatherNC Posted December 22, 2011 Share Posted December 22, 2011 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strongwxnc Posted December 22, 2011 Share Posted December 22, 2011 Just got in from a early September evening. 65 with air you can cut with a knife. Awaiting the line to enter the southern foothills for some action. Time to go and make sure the outside animals houses are pointing away form the wind Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solak Posted December 22, 2011 Share Posted December 22, 2011 You're right about cutting the air with a knife. It feels like it should be foggy or misty or something. It's kind of like invisible dampness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SouthernNJ Posted December 22, 2011 Share Posted December 22, 2011 Looks to be a pretty good circulation persisting on the cell NE of Rome, GA. Still SVR warned, no TOR warning, but keep your heads up if you're in that neck of the woods. MAJOR STRUCTURAL DAMAGE IN SOUTHERN GORDON COUNTY. MANY HOMES WITH DAMAGE AND ONE HOUSE AT LEAST WAS DESTROYED. Report time 525 PM. I had posted about this storm just before, and we both mentioned about the circulation. This storm looked to have stronger rotation than the one that did get a TOR near Peachtree City. Possible tornado. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyhb Posted December 22, 2011 Author Share Posted December 22, 2011 2011 severe weather in the SE...ridiculous... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AcworthWx Posted December 22, 2011 Share Posted December 22, 2011 First reported tornado from WxUnderground. Tornado Storm Report 2011-12-22 14:42:00 EST Lat/Lon: 33.18,-86.61 Location: Shelby An ef0 tornado with winds of 70-80 mph briefly touched down in Columbiana,along County Road 47 and moved northeast for 1.8 miles,lifting along County Road 25. Along I (bmx) http://www.wunderground.com/tornado/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
audioguy3107 Posted December 22, 2011 Share Posted December 22, 2011 MAJOR STRUCTURAL DAMAGE IN SOUTHERN GORDON COUNTY. MANY HOMES WITH DAMAGE AND ONE HOUSE AT LEAST WAS DESTROYED. Report time 525 PM. I had posted about this storm just before, and we both mentioned about the circulation. This storm looked to have stronger rotation than the one that did get a TOR near Peachtree City. Possible tornado. I was looking at this as well at work (don't have access to GR radar here)....but even from the Peachtree City velocity mode, it seemed to have a pretty well defined couplet, but hard to tell how tight from that radar. If I'm not mistaken, i don't think it was TOR warned during it's trek near Rome, but again, was at work so didn't keep up every minute. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AcworthWx Posted December 23, 2011 Share Posted December 23, 2011 I was looking at this as well at work (don't have access to GR radar here)....but even from the Peachtree City velocity mode, it seemed to have a pretty well defined couplet, but hard to tell how tight from that radar. If I'm not mistaken, i don't think it was TOR warned during it's trek near Rome, but again, was at work so didn't keep up every minute. I'm not sure about TOR warned either for Rome, but I'm fairly sure it was at least SVR warned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrips27 Posted December 23, 2011 Share Posted December 23, 2011 You could easily hear the heavy rain in the movies. Some lightning and thunder as I was walking out. Sounds like I didn't miss much though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AcworthWx Posted December 23, 2011 Share Posted December 23, 2011 You could easily hear the heavy rain in the movies. Some lightning and thunder as I was walking out. Sounds like I didn't miss much though. It pushed to our NW neighbors as usual. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherman566 Posted December 23, 2011 Share Posted December 23, 2011 I posted some pictures of damage in Rome, GA. Looks like a tornado to me. Thoughts? http://www.athensgaweather.com/2011/12/tornado-in-rome-ga.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
POWERSTROKE Posted December 23, 2011 Share Posted December 23, 2011 the weather channel is showing pictures of floyd county, in Rome, looks bad. Several injuries reported Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AcworthWx Posted December 23, 2011 Share Posted December 23, 2011 I posted some pictures of damage in Rome, GA. Looks like a tornado to me. Thoughts? http://www.athensgaw...in-rome-ga.html The shot of the pole snapped in half looks like straightline winds to me, but the brick building shot definitely looks to be a EF0. This all coming from a Non-Expert at surveying damage, just my determination. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherman566 Posted December 23, 2011 Share Posted December 23, 2011 The shot of the pole snapped in half looks like straightline winds to me, but the brick building shot definitely looks to be a EF0. This all coming from a Non-Expert at surveying damage, just my determination. Since it's a brick building, I would say it could have been an EF1 or possibly weak EF2 tornado. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FoothillsNC Posted December 23, 2011 Share Posted December 23, 2011 2011 severe weather in the SE...ridiculous... This Nina has had major teeth. Watch out next Spring if it doesn't die soon. I posted some pictures of damage in Rome, GA. Looks like a tornado to me. Thoughts? http://www.athensgaw...in-rome-ga.html The brick walls blown out wouldn't be straight line winds I don't think. A small spin up of ef 0 or 1 probably. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyhb Posted December 23, 2011 Author Share Posted December 23, 2011 This Nina has had major teeth. Watch out next Spring if it doesn't die soon. Well, we are on the threshold of declaring another moderate Nina (at the very least a high-end weak Nina), so I'm not sure I see a change in the svr wx patterns upcoming unfortunately. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AcworthWx Posted December 23, 2011 Share Posted December 23, 2011 Since it's a brick building, I would say it could have been an EF1 or possibly weak EF2 tornado. I meant to say "at least an EFO". Very well could be an EF1, but I doubt a weak EF2. For that to of happened, I would expect to see some twisting of the iron beams. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DixieBlizzard Posted December 23, 2011 Share Posted December 23, 2011 My front yard is in Bartow and my back yard is in Gordon. I saw the power flashes as the storm raked us for a good 15 minutes after the strongest winds had passed. 4 miles N of me in Calhoun, there was hardly anything out of place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherman566 Posted December 23, 2011 Share Posted December 23, 2011 I meant to say "at least an EFO". Very well could be an EF1, but I doubt a weak EF2. For that to of happened, I would expect to see some twisting of the iron beams. Looks like it was an EF2 tornado with 125 mph winds that hit Rome, GA. http://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/p.php?pid=201112232053-KFFC-NOUS42-PNSFFC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZackH Posted December 23, 2011 Share Posted December 23, 2011 Gordon County survey is still ongoing... IMO the damage there is much worse than Floyd and could actually be EF3... hard to say. Will be interesting to see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherman566 Posted December 23, 2011 Share Posted December 23, 2011 Gordon County survey is still ongoing... IMO the damage there is much worse than Floyd and could actually be EF3... hard to say. Will be interesting to see. I read that the damage in Gordon County is officially an EF3 tornado. Impressive to see an EF3 tornado across North Georgia 3 days before Christmas. Amazing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZackH Posted December 23, 2011 Share Posted December 23, 2011 I read that the damage in Gordon County is officially an EF3 tornado. Impressive to see an EF3 tornado across North Georgia 3 days before Christmas. Amazing. I believe that's very possible but I do not believe it has been confirmed by the NWS yet. We should know soon, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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