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ecstatic

(32,567 posts)
Sun Sep 10, 2017, 11:14 PM Sep 2017

First-Ever Tropical Storm Warning Issued in Atlanta as Georgia Braces for Irma

Sunday the National Weather Service confirmed the capital of the Peach State is under its first-ever tropical storm warning as Hurricane Irma continues to pummel Florida.

"I didn't think it was going to be this bad," resident Samantha Ramirez told the Associated Press. "I noticed that my neighbors just went to the gas station and they brought back a bunch of containers. They are stocking up with gasoline. It seems like people are starting to get more frightened."

Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed said Sunday strong winds ahead of Hurricane Irma had ripped tile and debris from a building facade on a popular downtown street.

https://weather.com/storms/hurricane/news/hurricane-irma-georgia-preparations-impacts-2017-09-10


At around 8pm I started getting a little nervous, so I went to Kroger looking for snacks and water. The water and most of the snacks were cleared out. I didn't bother to go anywhere else. When I got back, I secured my trash cart but it looks like nobody else in the neighborhood has done so. Things will be a disgusting mess if the wind really reaches 30+ mph. Hoping everything is back to normal by Tuesday night!

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First-Ever Tropical Storm Warning Issued in Atlanta as Georgia Braces for Irma (Original Post) ecstatic Sep 2017 OP
Delta is cancelling a bunch of flights in and out of ATL The Velveteen Ocelot Sep 2017 #1
OMG! 30mph winds? Spare me and declare another state of emergency. It is getting Purveyor Sep 2017 #2
Nothing about a tropical storm is beyond ridiculous. dixiegrrrrl Sep 2017 #4
TS did a lot of roof damage in our area few years back..we were without running water HipChick Sep 2017 #5
A TS has 39 mph sustained winds LeftInTX Sep 2017 #6
I live in Flowery Brancg, Ga. and our paper (Th Gainedsville Times) said Hall County napi21 Sep 2017 #3

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,280 posts)
1. Delta is cancelling a bunch of flights in and out of ATL
Sun Sep 10, 2017, 11:31 PM
Sep 2017

tomorrow afternoon because the forecast crosswinds might be beyond the safe operating limits of the airplanes! Yikes!

 

Purveyor

(29,876 posts)
2. OMG! 30mph winds? Spare me and declare another state of emergency. It is getting
Sun Sep 10, 2017, 11:41 PM
Sep 2017

beyond ridiculous...

dixiegrrrrl

(60,010 posts)
4. Nothing about a tropical storm is beyond ridiculous.
Mon Sep 11, 2017, 12:51 AM
Sep 2017

Tropical storm winds can be 39 to 73 miles an hour. Most of them tend to have strong bursts of higher speed winds.Anything over 40 is problematic in an area that has not seen a storm like this can be bad. No one knows how to prepare for it, so all sorts of things can go flying, and weak trees will be falling over.

tropical storms drop a LOT of water, flooding is very common, cause they tend to move quite slowly.
think of being inside a car wash for hours.

We are supposed to get the same thing, because the storm center is predicted now to hit right on the Ala./Georgia line, and then move over the rest of Ala.
depending on how wide that storm is, it can cover most of Ala. at some point.
edited to add: NOAA says: tropical-storm-force winds extend outward up to 415 miles
so..yeah...it's gonna hit our town, looks like.

happily, after hitting parts of Ala. /Georgia as a tropical storm, it will move north as a tropical depression, and start to dissipate.

HipChick

(25,485 posts)
5. TS did a lot of roof damage in our area few years back..we were without running water
Mon Sep 11, 2017, 01:03 AM
Sep 2017

and power for 3 days...so don't think it should be dismissed so lightly...

LeftInTX

(24,560 posts)
6. A TS has 39 mph sustained winds
Mon Sep 11, 2017, 01:38 AM
Sep 2017

My hunch is Atlanta is being called because of higher gusts, widespread flooding rain, and possible tornados. Gusts cause alot wind damage. I know when Harvey came here, I don't think we had TS sustained winds, but we were under a warning.

napi21

(45,806 posts)
3. I live in Flowery Brancg, Ga. and our paper (Th Gainedsville Times) said Hall County
Sun Sep 10, 2017, 11:56 PM
Sep 2017

should expect 50 to 70 MPH winds on Monday and possibly Tuesday, coupled with lots of rain. When I read that this AM, I thought they were nuts, but now, it sounds more likely.

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