The violent, long-track tornado — which radar indicated lofted debris more than 20,000 feet into the air — was among dozens of reports of severe weather across Alabama and Georgia on Thursday.
Tornado watches were in effect for much of southern Alabama, the Florida Panhandle and all but southeast Georgia into Thursday evening.
The National Weather Service’s Storm Prediction Center had declared a level 3 out of 5 risk of dangerous storms across parts of Alabama and central Georgia Thursday, including the Atlanta area.As of late Thursday afternoon, the Storm Prediction Center had received reports of 30 tornadoes, 87 instances of damaging winds and 22 reports of large hail stretching from Mississippi and Alabama to Tennessee and Kentucky.
The severe weather was triggered by a strong cold front sweeping across the eastern U.S. and very warm and humid air surging out ahead of it.and more across Georgia and South Carolina from the night of Jan. 3 into the morning of Jan. 4.
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