{"id":26240,"date":"2021-05-03T10:56:59","date_gmt":"2021-05-03T14:56:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/?p=26240"},"modified":"2023-09-24T15:56:03","modified_gmt":"2023-09-24T19:56:03","slug":"tornado-warning-in-effect-for-dekalb-and-fulton-counties","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/?p=26240","title":{"rendered":"Tornado warning in effect  For DeKalb and Fulton Counties"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A tornado warning has been issued for Fulton and DeKalb Counties until 11:15 a.m. The area effected is central Fulton County and west central DeKalb. Residents in those areas need to take cover.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At 10:44 a.m. a tornado producing storm was located over Bankhead, near <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"\/city\/Atlanta\"   title=\"Atlanta\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\">Atlanta<\/a> moving East at 35 miles per hour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the National Weather Service, radar confirmed an active tornado. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without shelter. Mobile homes could be damaged or destroyed. Damage to roofs, windows, and vehicles could occur. Tree damage is likely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Areas affected include:  Atlanta, Decatur, Chamblee, Clarkston, Avondale Estates, Belvedere<br>Park, North Decatur, North Atlanta, North Druid Hills, Midtown, Grant Park-Zoo Atlanta, Druid Hills, Tucker, Sweet Auburn, Piedmont Park, Brookhaven, East Lake, Little Five Points, Atlantic Station and West End.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Much of North Georgia is also under a tornado watch until 4 p.m. today. Prepare to take precautions and keep an eye on the weather until the watch passes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A tornado warning has been issued for Fulton and DeKalb Counties until 11:15 a.m. The area effected is central Fulton County and west central DeKalb. Residents in those areas need to take cover. At 10:44 a.m. a tornado producing storm was located over Bankhead, near Atlanta moving East at 35 miles per hour. According to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":14570,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"newspack_featured_image_position":"","newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"newspack_show_updated_date":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6067],"tags":[8487,8472,8473,9504,8865],"class_list":["post-26240","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-weather","tag-dekalb-county","tag-fulton-county","tag-media","tag-tornado","tag-weather","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26240","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=26240"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26240\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14570"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=26240"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=26240"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=26240"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}