By the way, because air is really stable right near the ground, good chance you'll hear some of the loudest thunder you'll ever hear this morning.
The reason? Because the air is stable near the ground, the sound waves get trapped and bounce around more.
It makes it extra loud!
JUST IN: We're up to 15 total tornadoes in north and middle Georgia from the severe weather outbreak. Four tornadoes (strongest EF-1 at 100 mph) confirmed in Washington County.
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A local high school football player says he’s planning to dedicate his senior season to his beloved parents who died last week after getting infected with COVID 19.
Really cool shot of the fog right now over midtown
#ATL
-- I'm tracking that and the chance for storms later today live now on our streaming newscast through 9:30am!
Download the
@wsbtv
app to watch!
Happy 29th birthday to the one and only
@KarenMintonWSB
! My gift to you this year is the same as last year, no early morning wake ups!
@BradNitzWSB
and I met up with her for lunch about a week ago -- she says retirement is amazing! 😀
...then at 8pm — thank you, thank you, thank you to all the medical professionals, emergency personnel, and everyone else working so hard!
#atl
#atlanta
#InThis2gether
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This is a CONFIRMED TORNADO south of downtown Atlanta. College Park, East Point, areas of near and south of I-20... go to your safe place now!
Lowest level of your home, interior room.. away from windows.
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#StormWatchon2
I guess severe weather, tornadoes, hurricanes, etc. aren’t a thing where you live, Ana. 😏
Good for you. But it might blow your mind that there are many parts of the country that “just your phone app” doesn’t provide potentially life saving information.
RECORD HEAT: More record heat today as temperatures climb into the mid to a few upper 90s over most of north Georgia. It'll be even hotter tomorrow before the heat starts to back off headed into the weekend.
I'm looking ahead to that live now on Ch. 2!
Congrats to our friend
@KarenMintonWSB
-- she's going to be inducted into the
@SoutheastEMMY
Silver Circle for her 25+ years of service to north Georgia!
Quite a
@wsbtv
crowd too -- congrats to our GM Ray Carter and photographer extraordinaire Alvin Bryant
@StoryTellerWSB
too!
Chic Fil A manager Jerry Walkowiak donating his professional drive thru experience to help our vaccination program in Mt Pleasant today. When you need help, call the pros.
About 20,000 people call the Abaco Islands home. Think of those folks tonight as they’re in their 12th or so hour of an historic hurricane hit.
#Dorian
SOGGY 2020: As of 6am today, get this -- we've had almost HALF the amount of rain we typically see in an entire year in Atlanta!
We average about 47" of rain a year, we've had almost 22".
It's only March 5th. Please. Send. Help.
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Today is the least amount of daylight we get all year long -- 9 hours, 54 minutes, and 33 seconds of it.
By tomorrow, we tack an extra 2 seconds of daylight on as we start the march toward the start of spring! :)
Join us tomorrow morning starting at 6am — a lot of weather to cover!
I’m also excited to introduce you to the newest addition to Severe Weather Team 2 —
@ebonideonWSB
... you’re going to love her!
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It is possible... that this weekend... could be our first completely dry one... in almost two months!
Possible! :) We'll be watching it for you!
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Today's high -- 90 degrees! If you had June 20th, the first day of summer, in the "first 90" pool -- give yourself a round of applause. 😀
It's the latest "first 90" in Atlanta since 2003!
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Tornado threat is now over across the west side of the metro. From Atlanta east (including south and north of town) PLEASE stay weather aware over the next 1-2 hours.
@wsbtv
No active severe warnings right now -- but we'll continue to monitor as line moves across some fairly unstable air.
Threat is lower over the northeast metro up toward Lake Lanier where the wedge is holding in place.
@wsbtv
Our puppies just had the best. day. ever.
They got to explore the
@GeorgiaAquarium
while it is closed to the public. They made all sorts of exciting discoveries and lots of new friends!
When you see dire predictions of snow and extreme cold 10 days out, I just remind you what happened with a couple model runs a few days ago that were showing similar for early next week. 😳
Buyer beware in long range winter models! ❄️😀
Welcome to winter!
Winter officially began at 5:02am. It's the least amount of daylight we get all year!
Today, we get 9 hours, 54 minutes, and 33 seconds of daylight. By tomorrow we add 2 seconds of daylight!
Beeeeeeee-autiful sunrise this morning just getting underway around metro Atlanta.
The day starts mostly clear, but will finish mostly cloudy as we wait for some heavy rain to move in by tomorrow morning!
What to know right now:
1.
#Dorian
is a catastrophic 180 mph hurricane -- the damage to the northern Bahamas is going to be unfathomable.
2. The track has shifted slightly west.
3. Florida, Georgia (coast), and Carolina residents should continue preparations. This is serious.
My amazing friend
@KarenMintonWSB
was recently diagnosed with breast cancer and is having surgery today.
Her prognosis is good and she’s feeling strong.
She doesn’t want you to worry she just wants you to be healthy and get checked out. We’ll keep you updated. Love you Karen
It was almost 80 degrees yesterday -- by tomorrrow morning, parts of the area will be in the 20s with a chance of a winter mix of rain and snow... and snow! I'm tracking the huge changes coming with
@EboniDeonWSB
now on Channel 2.
@wsbtv
Did
@KarenMintonWSB
just give us a preview of her new career starting February 28th? Tell us more about those fog goggles you're selling, Karen! :)
@wsbtv
Great news
@BradNitzWSB
-- we have another reporter/meteorologist ready to go for Severe Weather Team 2! Amber Niles shared this photo of her son Avery reporting in the field as me. :) Apparently being a meteorologist is what all the kids are doing this year!
@wsbtv
Likewise -- I got here a few months after he passed. I'm sorry I never got to meet him after hearing all the wonderful things folks here say about Captain Herb!
Never had the pleasure of meeting Captain Herb Emory but his spirit is still very much alive in
@WSBTraffic
& in Atlanta. He’d stopped to help at a car accident when he felt ill on this day 5 yrs ago, a testament of how truly committed he was to helping people. RIP. 🙏
@nytclimate
This headline is completely misleading/false. The rapid intensification of the storm was well forecast and expected days before landfall. It need to be corrected.