Fulton storm history

Em reports a tree down on home on matilda pl nw near hortense pl nw. One fatality reported.

The Fulton County Emergency Manager reported that a very large tree was blown down onto Mt. Paran Road NW between Jett Road NW and Rebel Trail NW. The tree fell onto a vehicle driven by a City of Atlanta Watershed employee, crushing the vehicle and killing the occupant.

Numerous media outlets reported that an 83-year-old woman perished as an indirect result of the heavy rain. Family members indicated that she thought her interior closet unsafe in the event of a tornado, and that she wandered off just after midnight Saturday morning in search of …

The Fulton County Emergency Management Director and the public reported that at least a dozen trees were down across the north part of the county in the Buckhead and Sandy Springs areas. A number of roads were blocked from downed trees, especially across the northern part of the …

The Fulton County Emergency Management Director reported that several trees and power lines were down across the south end of the county from Palmetto to College Park, but a number of trees were down across the central and northern part of the county as well. Trees were down on O…

The Alpharetta Fire & Rescue Department reported that a 15-year old male was killed from a lightning strike. The individual was riding his bicycle with a group of friends in a parking lot at an apartment complex in the vicinity of 500 Governor's Circle. The group attempted to see…

The Fulton county Emergency Management Director, as well as the Atlanta-Journal Constitution, reported that a large, 100-year old oak tree fell on a Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV) stopped in traffic in the Virginia-Highland neighborhood of midtown Atlanta. Three of the four people i…

A landscaper was struck and killed by lightning while holding a metal shovel.

An amateur radio operator reported golf ball size hail around the intersection of Campbellton Road and Fulton Industrial Boulevard.

The Fulton County Emergency Manager relayed a report from the Fire Chief of golf ball size hail in Chattahoochee Hills area around the intersection of Wilkerson Mill Road and Cascade-Palmetto Road.

The Fulton County Emergency Manager reported golf ball sized hail in East point.

The public reported golf ball size hail at Georgia Highway 400 and Holcomb Bridge Road.

The public reported golf ball sized hail west of Fairburn.

The broadcast media reported 1.75 inch hail southwest of Atlanta.

The public observed quarter to golf ball-sized hail near and southwest of Sandy Springs in north Fulton county. Hail as large as ping-pong balls was also observed around Roswell.

The Milton Herald reported that a large mansion home on Tullgean Drive was completely destroyed by a lightning strike. A firefighter was injured while fighting the fire when the roof collapsed on him. He suffered first and second degree burns on his legs.

Several USGS stream gages in Fulton county indicated that significant flooding was commencing across Fulton county, especially the central and northern portion of the county. Peachtree Creek at Northside Drive reached its flood stage of 17 feet at 353 am EDT. Nancy Creek at Ricke…

Record and in some cases catastrophic, flooding continued to expand across the northern and western portions of the Atlanta metropolitan area as renewed rounds of showers and thunderstorms with very heavy rain tracked repeatedly over the same areas throughout the day. Portions of…

Fulton county emergency management personnel and USGS stream gages confirmed that major to record flooding continued across much of the county. Hundreds of homes, apartments, businesses, and roads sustained damages from flooding. A number of culverts and/or bridges were washed ou…

The Fulton County Emergency Management Director reported that golf ball-sized hail fell at Turner Field just southeast of Atlanta. The public observed penny-sized hail on the north side of Atlanta. This was the fourth severe thunderstorm to track across Fulton county during the e…

The College Park Police Department observed golf ball-sized hail. The Fulton County 911 Center relayed a report of quarter-sized hail from the Fairburn area. Hail fell for 10 to 15 minutes in the Fairburn area. Georgia Highway 92 was reported to have been covered with hail. The s…

The Fulton County Emergency Management Director observed baseball-sized hail across downtown Atlanta. Because of the extensive damage caused by the tornado the previous evening, it was hard to distinguish what damage was caused by the hail, but chards of glass were reported to ha…

The public observed half-dollar to golf ball-sized hail in the Hapeville and College Park areas just west and southwest of Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport.

The Fulton County Emergency Management Director reported that the same squall line that rolled through several west central and northwest Georgia counties early in the morning caused extensive damage across Fulton county as well. More than 50 trees were down across the county wit…

The Fulton County Emergency Management Director reported major flooding was once again observed along Peachtree and Nancy Creeks across the northern portion of Atlanta. This information was confirmed by readings from National Weather Service river gages on the creeks. This was th…

Numerous reports were received from the Fulton County Emergency Manager, the media, and the public of extensive flooding across much of the Atlanta metropolitan area, especially the northern part of the county. Widespread flooding of roads, streets, and highways was reported thro…

The Fulton County Emergency Management Director reported that very heavy rain from a thunderstorm, moving southwest through the Atlanta metropolitan area, resulted in extensive flooding of homes and related property in the southwest Atlanta, East Point, and College Park areas. Ra…

The Atlanta Journal and Constitution, along with public, numerous ham radio reports, and county 911 reports indicated that widespread and substantial damage was done by a thunderstorm with winds estimated at 60 to 65 mph. Hundreds of trees littered the roads and knocked down powe…

A tree was downed on kimball bridge road at tuxford drive.

A photo on social media shows a large tree limb blown down near the Hamilton E. Holmes MARTA station.

Large tree limbs downed due to thunderstorm winds near Dekalb and Moreland Ave.

Social media photo showed large tree blown down into the roadway on Greenbriar Pkwy SW.

Mping report of 1 inch hail between Dunwoody and Peachtree Corners.

Public report of 1 inch hail.

Public report of 1-inch hail near Ison Rd NE and Roswell Road.

Media relayed report of 1-inch hail at Birmingham Rd and Freemanville Rd.