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87340 · 34.243, -84.150

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event_typeFunnel Cloud
ncei_event_id87,340
episode_id15,271
begin_utc2008-03-15T17:38:00+00:00
end_utc2008-03-15T17:39:00+00:00
stateGEORGIA
cz_typeC
cz_nameFORSYTH
lat34.243
lon-84.150
end_lat34.243
end_lon-84.150
deaths_direct0
deaths_indirect0
injuries_direct0
injuries_indirect0
damage_property0.00K
damage_crops0.00K
wfo_sourceLaw Enforcement
episode_narrativeThe pattern that began to evolve on March 14th continued and intensified on March 15th. A stationary front remained draped across north Georgia from near Atlanta to Athens. South of this front, the air mass was becoming increasingly warm, moist and unstable. Meanwhile, aloft, a low amplitude, yet vigorous short wave embedded within a fast zonal flow, was tracking rapidly eastward from the mid south into the southeast. Strong shear and high helicity combined with the unstable air mass and the frontal boundary to allow repeated severe thunderstorms to develop and track eastward along the boundary across north Georgia. The activity began early in the day as a complex of thunderstorms moved into the area from Alabama and continued until nearly midnight. As the day progressed, especially during the afternoon, the development of the activity gradually progressed further south and by midnight had reached the south and southeast parts of the state. Numerous severe thunderstorms and tornadic supercells were observed throughout the day.||Historical records indicate that this was one of the most significant severe weather days for the Peachtree City Weather Forecast Office with more events and warnings than had been observed since May 2003.
event_narrativeThe Forsyth County Sheriff's Department observed a funnel cloud crossing Georgia Highway 400 north of Cumming. This was the same thunderstorm that had earlier spwaned a tornado across Polk, Floyd, and Bartow counties.
year2,008

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