Watch firefighters search building »Īcross the street, headstones were toppled in the historic Oakland Cemetery.Ībout 10,000 customers were without power Saturday morning, according to Georgia Power, but by about 5:35 p.m. Police officials said everyone was out of the structure and surrounding buildings and all residents in the lofts had been accounted for. The top floor collapsed at one building in the Fulton Cotton Mill Lofts, a 104-year-old industrial complex redeveloped into residences. : Share your storm pictures and videos."But, in most instances, they are hindering our efforts and possibly putting people and property at risk." "We appreciate the fact that people may want to help," Propes said. Renee Propes urged people to stay away from Cabbagetown. Initial estimates from the mayor's office said at least 20 of the historic homes were damaged or destroyed by the tornado.Ītlanta police Maj. Trees blown down in Friday night's storm crushed a row of houses in the city's historic Cabbagetown district just east of downtown. More storms were seen forming in Alabama and heading toward Atlanta.Īt least two people were killed Saturday afternoon as the same line of storms destroyed structures elsewhere in northern Georgia. See a map of the downtown damage »Ī heavy thunderstorm prompted another tornado warning as it plowed across Atlanta just south of downtown Saturday afternoon. Police in Atlanta were urging people to stay away from downtown, fearing shattered glass and hanging metal would continue to fall from buildings as new storms rolled through. Sonny Perdue declared states of emergency. Utility and cleanup crews worked Saturday to restore traffic lights, clear streets and remove tons of debris in the city's business district after Friday night's unusual urban storm.Ītlanta Mayor Shirley Franklin and Georgia Gov. He rated the storm an EF-2 on the Enhanced Fujita scale, meaning it packed top winds of 130 miles per hour. "This was clearly a tornado," Lans Rothfusz of the National Weather Service's Peachtree City, Georgia, office said. Weather Service" and "Streamflow Information for the Nation.A swath of uprooted and broken trees, downed utility lines, peeled-off roofs and collapsed brick walls marked the path of the tornado that struck around 9:40 p.m. Rogram funds, due to budget reductions for the USGS or for cooperating agencies, usually require that some stations beįor more information, see the USGS fact sheets, " Stream Gaging and Flood Forecasting, a partnership of the U.S. That fund individual gaging stations for agency-specific projects or regulatory needs. The USGS operates most of its stream gages on a cooperative basis with other Federal, state, and local agencies Geological Survey stream-gaging stations. NWS river forecasts are based, to a great extent, on data from the U.S. Geological Survey Circular 1123: Stream-Gaging Program of the U.S. Please be aware of the limitations this imposes. Real-time hydrologic data are considered provisional data. The WFOs then have the responsibility for issuing hydrologic products for their Hydrologic Service Area (HSA) including River Statements, Flood Warnings and Flash Flood Warnings using the SERFC data as guidance. The Southeast River Forecast Center (SERFC) provides river forecasts to 18 National Weather Service Weather Forecast Offices (WFO) across the Southeastern U.S. National Weather Service Weather Forecast Offices Forecasts, Warnings and Statements from the NWS