Tornadoes Hit Atlanta!

A destructive tornado hits Atlanta.

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Let's disspell the notion that tornadoes never hit a major city or a downtown area.

Tornadoes are unpredictable weather events. As with tornadoes, it's best to seek shelter if an alert goes out for a tornado warning or an immediate tornado emergency. A tornado watch is telling people that the weather conditions are favorable for a possible tornado. A tornado warning is an alert that weather spotters confirm that conditions on the ground have spotted a funnel cloud or a sign of wind conditions increase.A tornado emergency means that a funnel is on the ground and its got debris and it could affect heavily populated areas.

You usually expect this in Kansas, Oklahoma, Nebraska and Texas. Now the infamous tornado alley extends towards the Ohio Valley and Lower Tennessee Valley. The communities often hit with destructive tornadoes are now in metropolitan areas.

Dayton has a destructive tornado in 2019.

Nashville had a destructive tornado in 2020.

Now Atlanta, Georgia joins the list of communities with a destructive Ef-2 or Ef-3 tornado hitting the metropolitan area.

Gov. Brian Kemp, Atlanta mayor Keshia Lance Bottoms and President Joe Biden were aware of the tornado. The federal government will issue a declaration of disaster.

One man is dead after a tree fell on a car as a tornado touched down in the Atlanta area on Monday. Severe weather threatened more than 100 million people from the southern Plains through the Mid-Atlantic.

A tornado touched down in Atlanta this morning. This is from Fulton Industrial..pic.twitter.com/r5sbp2QcKE

— Everything Georgia (@GAFollowers) May 3, 2021

This image getting widely shared is not the Atlanta tornado. This is water running down the photographer’s windshield. pic.twitter.com/VTy27lsfxF

— Sean Breslin (@Sean_Breslin) May 3, 2021

Woke up to this in #atlanta #Tornado pic.twitter.com/dLpOqDNkgy

— Jermaine Browne (@JermaineBrowne) May 3, 2021

The man died in Douglasville, Georgia, west of Atlanta. The Douglas County Fire Department responded to reports of a tree on a car with a person inside around 10:36 a.m., according to a news release from county officials.

"When they arrived on the scene, they discovered the driver trapped inside the vehicle with power lines and a tree on the vehicle," Douglas County communications director Rick Martin said in the release. "Firefighters had to extricate the driver who we are only identifying as a male at this time until next of kin are notified."

A tornado warning was issued at about 10:30 a.m. and lasted until 11:15 a.m. ET, with about 450,000 people in its potential path, according to the National Weather Service in Atlanta. An EF-1 tornado with 90 mph winds was confirmed in Douglas County, according to the National Weather Service. The tornado was 250 yards wide and on the ground for a mile and a half.

The extent of damage from storms in the area wasn't clear early Monday afternoon. Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms tweeted photos of downed trees in her neighborhood in southwest Atlanta, while Dru Ghegan, the owner of Bonded Service Warehouse in Fulton County, shared photos that show the building suffered significant damage.

A tornado watch was in effect until 7 p.m. EDT for east-central Georgia, central South Carolina and south-central North Carolina. This included Charlotte and Rockingham in North Carolina, Columbia and Greenwood in South Carolina and Augusta in Georgia. There were several thunderstorm watches, including ones in central Georgia, much of Alabama and eastern Mississippi, which will last until 9 p.m. ET, according to CNN meteorologist Taylor Ward.

A couple tornadoes are possible with the thunderstorms, in addition to the risk for large hail up to the size of a quarter and isolated wind gusts up to 70 mph, according to the Storm Prediction Center.

The alerts came a day after tornadoes struck at least three cities in Mississippi, causing damage to buildings and knocking out power. The same system that spawned tornadoes over the weekend is still on the move, bringing the threat for the severe storms across the Southeast.

In addition, over the Plains, a new system is developing and will spark a separate outbreak of severe weather into the overnight hours.

There is also a severe thunderstorm watch for central Illinois and east central Missouri, including St Louis. Eastern New Mexico and West Texas are under a severe thunderstorm watch until 9 p.m. CT (10 p.m. ET).

Additionally, a new tornado watch has been issued for southeast Oklahoma and north central Texas, including Dallas. This watch is in effect until 11 p.m. CT.