Tornado Watch
Tornado causes serious damage to Atlanta Speedway
July 7, 2005
CBS SportsLine.com wire reports
HAMPTON, Ga. -- The Atlanta Motor Speedway looks as if it was in a high-speed crash after a tornado caused as much as $40 million in damage.
"Everything but the track surface has suffered some kind of damage, said speedway president Ed Clark, who estimated damage of $25 million to $40 million from the storm Wednesday night. "There are some buildings that will have to be torn down."
http://www.sportsline.com/autoracing/story/8628299
Tornado Touches Down in Field During Thunderstorms
July 7, 2005, 08:16 PM
The National Weather Service says a tornado touched down in a Kosciusko County field Wednesday evening, causing minor damage.
Witnesses say tree branches were torn down, corn stalks were bent and an awning was ripped from a trailer.
The tornado struck about 1 mile east of Clunette, a town about 30 miles southeast of South Bend, around 5:45 pm. Trees were also damaged at nearby Hoffman Lake.
http://www.wishtv.com/Global/story.asp?S=3568926&nav=0Ra7btnI
Heavy rain, tornado watch for parts of Georgia
PEACHTREE CITY, Ga. (AP) — Tropical Storm Cindy was downgraded to a tropical depression on Wednesday, but forecasters still predict heavy rain for Georgia until Thursday.
Despite the downgrading, a flood watch for north and middle Georgia remains in effect Wednesday. Up to five inches of rain is expected for north Georgia by Thursday, said meteorologist Kent McMullen.
On Wednesday afternoon, a tornado watch was created for portions of west Georgia until 8 p.m. Wednesday, Shirley Lamback, a National Weather Service meteorologist.
http://www.usatoday.com/weather/stormcenter/2005-07-06-georgia-rains_x.htm
Wild Weather Wreaks Havoc Across Piedmont
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The storms have passed through, but people are still picking up the pieces.
Surry County, NC -- It was a busy Thursday afternoon for emergency crews across the Piedmont, as several serious storms moved across the state.
Tornado warnings in Surry, Stokes, Yadkin, Rockingham, Randolph, Guilford and Forsyth Counties have all expired.
http://www.wfmynews2.com/news/local_state/local_article.aspx?storyid=44521
Peak tornado months nonfatal
Officials credit education in drop
By Stan Finger
Knight Ridder
1/83/8
WICHITA, Kan. Not one person was killed in the United States by a tornado in April, May or June, for the first time since record-keeping started in 1950. Those three months are normally the peak tornado season, but weather officials say this has been an unusual year.
In fact, for the first time on record, not a single tornado formed in Oklahoma during May. "Tornado Alley," as defined by the federal Storm Prediction Center, starts in central Texas and stretches across Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska and South Dakota.
http://www.myrtlebeachonline.com/mld/myrtlebeachonline/news/nation/12072254.htm
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