Photos of Atlanta tornado

CNN reports the powerful storm that whacked Atlanta on Friday night included a tornado.

Here’s Jackson Street, near King Memorial MARTA station, just after the storm.

I posted several more photos to CL’s Flickr group pool.

Based on my drive around town this morning, the most intense part of the storm appears to have travelled west-to-east, from Vine City, to the Georgia Dome and Georgia World Congress Center complex, across the Downtown business district, across the Downtown Connector, into Sweet Auburn, Old Fourth Ward, Cabbagetown, and the parts of Grant Park north of I-20.

The map to the right shows what appeared, to me, to be the storm’s path. I’m not a meteorologist. The map is based on damage I saw, and damage I saw reported on television.

Each red X indicates a downed tree, power line, or severely damaged structure that I saw myself. There are no X’s in the middle of Downtown because I couldn’t get there. Police blocked the roads.

The shaded part of the map is where damage and debris seemed most prevalent. There was no electricity in much of Atlanta this morning, especially west of Downtown, so I’m sure I missed a lot.

I apologize for typos and/or sloppy writing. It’s 3:00 A.M. and I’m exhausted.

UPDATE: Photos of the tornado’s destruction are showing up on Flickr this morning. Click here for the most recent photos tagged “Atlanta tornado”

UPDATE 2 (12:31 P.M., Sat. March 15): Of the nearly 600 photos tagged “Atlanta” and “tornado” on Flickr so far, not one seems to have been taken west of the Georgia Dome. I drove around Vine City before sunrise and the damage there looked every bit as bad as it appears to be in Cabbagetown. Unless you and yours neighbors have digital cameras and broadband, I guess your neighborhood won’t show up on Flickr.