285
285 NORTH
285 NORTH BOUND PAST MEMORIAL DRIVE.
DRIVE.
DRIVE. WE
DRIVE. WE ARE GOING BACK TO --4@ CHESL
McNEIL .
McNEIL .
McNEIL . >>> A TORNADO WARNING THAT'S IN
EFFECT, IT WILL LAST UNTIL 5:30
AM COMING OUT OF NORTH FULTON
COUNTY AND YOU CAN SEE BEHIND ME
AND NORTH FULTON COUNTY TO THE
SOUTH OF ROSWELL, RIGHT HERE ON
THE BORDER BETWEEN NORTHERN
PARTS ARE 4@4@DeKALB COUNTY TO
NORTH NEAR SANDY SPRINGS AND
THIS IS HEADED TOWARD THE
NORTHEAST.
NORTHEAST. I WILL GET THE PARTICULARS ON
4@THIS RIGHT NOW, 4@THE TORNADO
WARNING JUST ISSUED SOUTHEAST OF
NORTHWESTERN PARTS OF GWINNETT
COUNTY HEADED NORTHEAST ABOUT
30 MPH AND THERE COULD BE SOME
FLYING DEBRIS AROUND.4@
THIS IS A DOPPLER INDICATED
TORNADO MEANING WE DON'T HAVE
ONE ON THE GROUND OR WE DON'T
KNOW IF THERE IS ONE ON THE
GROUND BUT WE SEE ROTATION IN
THE UPPER ATMOSPHERE.
DOPPLER INDICATED TORNADO FOR
PARTS OF NORTH FULTON COUNTY
INTO NORTHWESTERN GWINNETT
COUNTY EXTENDING UP INTO
SOUTHERN FULTON COUNTY HEADED
TOWARD HALL COUNTY.
HERE IS WHERE THE BORDER IS
WHERE HALL COUNTY IS BUT YOU
CAN SEE THE TORNADO WARNING
JUST ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE.
WEATHER SERVICE. WE HAVE BEEN TRACKING THE
STORMS PUSHING NORTHEAST AND
THEY HAVE A HISTORY OF MOVING
ABOUT 40 MPH WITH WINDS UP TO
40 MPH AS WELL.
THIS IS MOVING NORTHEAST ABOUT
30 MPH4@. I WANT TO PUT A
TRACKER ON THIS TO SHOW YOU
SOME PLACES THAT WILL BE UNDER
THE LINE OF FIRE WITH THIS
PARTICULAR SYSTEM.
PARTICULAR SYSTEM. WE EXTEND THIS OUT TO ABOUT 30
MPH AND YOU WILL SEE SOME OF 4@
THE TOWNS AND NEIGHBORHOODS4@.
@ JOHNS CREEK ABOUT 5:15 AM,4@ OV
TOWARD SUWANEE, IT COULD BE
THERE BY 5:30 AM,4@4@ ALSO OAKW
IN THE LINE OF FIRE.
IF YOU'RE WATCHING US RIGHT
NOW, AWAKENED BY SOME OF THE
THUNDERSTORMS, TAKE COVER
IMMEDIATELY IN THOSE AREAS.
DOPPLER INDICATED TORNADO
ISSUED TO US BY THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE FOR PARTS OF
GWINNETT COUNTY, NORTHWEST
GWINNETT COUNTY, NORTHERN PARTS
OF FULTON COUNTY AS WELL IN
THIS PARTICULAR TORNADO WARNING
THIS PARTICULAR TORNADO WARNING@ THAT'S BEEN ISSUED.
WE HAVE NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS
OUT THERE, A NICE LINE MOVING
THROUGH THE METRO AREA AS WE
SPEAK AND WE DO HAVE WES PEERY
OUT IN THE THUNDER TRUCK AND WE
WILL SEND HIM UP THAT WAY TO
SEE IF WE CAN GET CONFIRMATION
OF THE TORNADOES ON THE GROUND.
THIS IS A DOPPLER INDICATED
TORNADO WHICH MEANS WE CAN SEE
IN THE UPPER PART OF THE
ATMOSPHERE SOME ROTATION.
SO FAR WITH THE THUNDERSTORMS
THERE HAS NOT BEEN A LOT OF
ROTATION AND WE HAVE BEEN
TRACKING THESE COMING OUT OF
AL4@ABAMA WE DO HAVE A TORNADO
WATCH FURTHER DOWN SOUTH BUT AS
THE STORMS ARE MOVING TOWARD
THE METRO AREA THEY WILL START
TO AMPLIFY AND NOW WE ARE
STARTING TO LOOK AT A LITTLE
BIT OF ROTATION.
WE LIKE 4@TO LOOK AT ANOTHER
PRODUCT, THE VELOCITY MAP AND
WE ARE LOOKING AT THE VELOCITY,
THE COLORS GOING AWAY OR THE
WINDS GOING TOWARD THEIR WORK
RADAR AND AWAY FROM THE RADAR
AND WE HAVE VERY STRONG WINDS 4@
COUPLED TOGETHER AND THAT'S
WHERE WE COULD ACTUALLY BE SEEN
A TORNADO IN THAT VICINITY.
WITH THIS WARNING HERE WHICH
COULD AGAIN BE A BRIEF TORNADO4
AND IN SITUATIONS LIKE THIS OR
IN CONDITIONS LIKE THIS, OFTEN
TIMES YOU GET BRIEF SPIN UPS.
A NICE SPIN IN THE ATMOSPHERE
THAT WILL QUICKLY GO AWAY AND
MAY TIGHTEN UP AGAIN.
I'M NOT SEEING MUCH IN 4@THE WA
OF ROTATION HERE RIGHT NOW BUT
DOPPLER INDICATED TORNADO BY
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
AND WE HAVE BEEN WATCHING THAT.
AT 5:03 AM4@ IT WAS INDICATED
THAT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS
CAPABLE OF 4@PRODUCING A TORNAD
NEAR BERKELEY LAKE OR 14 MILES
WEST OF LAWRENCEVILLE MOVING
NORTHEAST ABOUT 30 MILES PER
HOUR.
HOUR.
HOUR. THERE IS BERKELEY LAKE RIGHT
HERE AN4@D YOU SEE SOME OF THE
ROADWAYS ASSOCIATED WITH THAT,
THIS IS BLUFF DRIVE JUST TO THE
SOUTH OF JOHNS CREEK AND IN THE
JOHNS CREEK AREA YOU WANT TO
TAKE SHELTER.
TAKE SHELTER. OVER TOWARDS ROGERS BRIDGE ROAD
IN THE DULUTH AREA AND IT'S
HEADED IN 4@THAT DIRECTION MOVI
30 MILES PER HOUR.
IT COULD BE IMPACTING YOUR AREA
AS WELL.
AS WELL.
AS WELL. WE COME FURTHER DOWN TO SHOW
YOU SOME OF THE ROADS
ASSOCIATED JOHNS CREEK PARKWAY,
OVER TOWARD MOORE ROAD.
IN THE SEWANEE AREA YOU ARE IN
THIS POLYGON.
THIS POLYGON. THIS TORNADO WARNING4@4@ WILL L
AT LEAST UNTIL 5:30 AM THIS
MORNING AND IT'S CURRENTLY 5:08
AM AND WE WILL STAY WITH YOU
UNTIL WE GET CONFIRMATION THAT
A TORNADO IS NO LONGER ON THE
GROUND.
GROUND.
GROUND. YOU'RE LOOKING AT VELOCITY
RIGHT NOW WHICH SHOWS US THE
WINDSPEEDS AND WINS AND IT'S
RIGHT HERE WHERE WE ARE
STARTING TO SEE A LITTLE BIT OF
CIRCULATION NEAR THE4@ JOHNS
CREEK AREA.
CREEK AREA. IF YOU LIVE IN A JOHNS CREEK
AREA, NOW IS THE TIME TO SEEK
THE SAFETY PLACE.
THE LOWEST LEVEL OF YOUR HOME,
IF IT'S A BA4@SEMENT, GO DOWN T
YOUR BASEMENT IF IT'S THE FIRST
LEVEL4@, GO TO THE FIRST LEVEL
AND GO TO AN INTERIOR ROOM AWAY
FROM THE WINDOWS AND EXTERIOR
WALLS AND GIVE YOURSELF ENOUGH
SPACE IN BETWEEN OUTSIDE AND
YOU.
YOU.
YOU. GO
YOU. GO TO AN INTERIOR ROOM AND IF
YOU HAVE A TABLE THERE, GET
UNDER THE TABLE.4@
YOU'RE APPLYING MORE LEVELS OF
PROTECTION AWAY FROM ANY
EXTERIOR WALLS.
EXTERIOR WALLS. I'M LOOKING AT VELOCITY RIGHT
NOW OVER TOWARD BRUCE ROAD A
PRETTY DECENT CIRCULATION RIGHT
HERE OVER TOWARD LAVISTA BLUFF
ROAD4@. IF YOU'R4@E IN THOSE 4@
AREAS, PLEASE 4@BE CAREFUL.
I'M GOING TO WIDEN THIS BACK OUT
A LITTLE BIT TO GIVE YOU SOME
REFERENCE.4@4@4@
REFERENCE.4@4@4@ I WILL PUT VELOCITY BACK ON IN
THE SUZERAIN WE ARE SEEING,
VERY HEAVY RAIN ASSOCIATED WITH
IT AS WELL.
YOU'RE LOOKING AT A TORNADO
WARNING THAT WILL LAST UNTIL 4@
5:30 AM.
5:30 AM.
5:30 AM. AND FORSYTH COUNTY, NORTH
FULTON COUNTY OVER TOWARD RIGHT
ALONG I-85 AS YOU MAKE YOUR WAY
INTO NORTHERN PARTS OF GWINNETT
COUNTY ASSOCIATED WITH THIS
PARTICULAR TORNADO WARNING.
IF THE ONLY WARNING WE HAVE
RIGHT NO4@W BUT WE HAVE BEEN
TRACKING THESE STORMS AS 4@THEY
HAVE BEEN PUSHING FURTHER OVER
TOWARD THE EAST AT ABOUT 30 TO
40 MPH. WE PUT THIS INTO4@ BAC
INTO VELOCITY MODE AND THE
ROTATION HAS BEEN PRETTY BROAD.
THIS IS DOPPLER INDICATED
TORNADO AND WE DO NOT HAVE
CONFIRMATION THAT IT IS ON THE
GROUND.
GROUND.
GROUND. WES PEERY IS JOINING ME BACK
HERE.
HERE.
HERE. LET
HERE. LET ME PUT THE VELOCITY 4@BACK
ON.
ON.
ON. YOU
ON. YOU COULD SEE, 4@I'M LOOKING AT
THE ROTATION A4@ND IT'S 4@VERY
BROAD.
BROAD.
BROAD. OUT HERE TOWARD THE JOHNS CREEK
AREAS WHERE WE COULD SEE A
LITTLE BIT OF ROTATION.
UP TO THE NORTHEAST MOVING 30
MILES PER HOUR.
IT COULD BE 4@THAT4@, AGAIN WIT
SITUATION LIKE THIS IN
CO4@NDITIONS LIKE THIS YOU HAVE
BRIEF SPIN UPS THAT TAKE PLACE
AND YOU CAN GET SOMETHING THAT
WINDS UP QUICKLY AND WHINES
BACK OUT JOHNS CREEK, BIG
CREEK, SUWANEE, SUGAR HILL,
4@ LOOK FOR YOUR SAFETY PLACE IN
THE LOWEST 4@4@LEVEL OF YOUR HO
YOU HAVE THE VERY HEAVY RAIN
AND ARE STARTING TO HEAR THE
THUNDER OUT THERE AND THESE ARE
MOVING AT A DECENT RATE.
BACK TO THE VE4@LOCITY OR 4@THE
REFLECTIVITY AND YO4@U SEE THE
HEAVY RAIN AND THIS IS4@ A NICE
LINE PUSHING THROUGH AREAS OF
ROSWELL FURTHER OFF NORTH INTO
FORSYTH COUNTY AS WELL.
A FEW LIGHTNING STRIKES
ASSOCIATED WITH THIS AS WELL.
WERE WE HAVE THE TORNADO WATCH4
WE HAVE NOT SEEN BADGE AND
THOSE WINDS HAVE BEEN AROUND 40
MPH.
MPH.
MPH. EVEN
MPH. EVEN WITH THE WINDS AROUND 40
MPH YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT MINOR
DAMAGE THAT COULD TAKE PLACE AS
FAR AS TREES BLOWN OVER OR
LIMBS BLOWN AROUND4@, DEBRIS
COULD BE BLOWN INTO THE
STREETS.
STREETS.
STREETS. WE ARE COMING UP ON A VERY BUSY
TIME AS FAR AS TRAVEL IS
CONCERNED AND IF YOU'RE IN THE
AREA WERE WE HAVE THE TORNADO
WARNING YOU MIGHT WANT TO HOLD
OFF ON GOING OUT AT ALL.
STAY INSIDE AND WAIT UNTIL THE
TORNADO EXPIRES AND EXPECT TO
STAY WITH US FOR ANOTHER 15
MINUTES. WE HAVE BEEN
MONITORING THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE AND ST4@ARTING TO SEE
REPORTS FROM THE EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT SEEN DAMAGE WITH THE
TREE ON AN APARTMENT COMPLEX IN
DeKALB COUNTY, FROM THE SAME
SYSTEM.4@4@ 4@
SYSTEM.4@4@ 4@ A BRIEF TORNADO POSSIBLE IN THE
JOHNS CREEK AREA UP TOWARDS BIG
CREEK, BE ON THE LOOKOUT 4@HEAD
INTO NORTHERN PARTS OF GWINNETT
COUNTY AS WELL IN THE SUGAR HILL
AREA IN THE SUWANEE 4@4@AREA A
LOOK FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF A
TORNADO IN YOUR AREA I WANT TO
GO BACK TO VELOCITY AND WHAT
VELOCITY SHOWS US IS THE WINDS
GOING TOWARD AND FROM THE RADAR
AND WHAT WE LOOK FOR IS A TIGHT
WINDUP WITH THE WINDS 4@BLOWING
IN OPPOSITE DIRECTIONS AND I'M
NOT SEEING MUCH THERE BUT THAT
DOES NOT MEAN THAT THERE IS NOT
A TORNADO OUT THERE.
DOPPLER INDICATED MEANING THAT
HIGH UP IN THE ATMOSPHERE THERE
IS SOME ROTATION AND I'M NOT
SEEN A WHOLE LOT BUT IT
COULD'VE BEEN A BRIEF SPIN UP
AND THAT'S THE TYPE OF
TORNADOES THAT WE RECEIVED IN
CONDITIONS WITH WHAT WE ARE
EXPERIENCING RIGHT NOW.
I'M GOING TO WIDEN THIS OUT 4@T
GIVE YOU SOME PERSPECTIVE,
LOOKING AT THE NORTHERN PARTS
OF FULTON COUNTY INTO NORTHERN
PARTS OF GWINNETT COUNTY INTO