Georgia dome tornado. Its winds were in the 111 to 135 mph range. The dark spots on the circular hotel. It touched down just west of the georgia dome at 938 thus becoming the first tornado to hit atlanta.
A basketball game was underway when a tornado struck the georgia dome in 2008 and thousands of lives were at risk. The 2008 atlanta tornado outbreak was a tornado outbreak that affected the southeastern united states on march 1415 2008. The georgia dome hosting the sec basketball tournament at the time foreground and the westin peachtree plaza both suffered damage.
2008 tornado in atlanta. But at the moment it occurred as mississippi state led alabama 64. This storm struck at 938 pm edt during an ncaa basketball game between the university of alabama and mississippi state university that was being played in the georgia dome.
Mississippi state and alabama were playing overtime when the tornado struck around 940 pm. The georgia dome was a domed stadium in the southeastern united stateslocated in atlanta between downtown to the east and vine city to the west it was owned and operated by the state of georgia as part of the georgia world congress center authority. The tornado that hit the georgia dome was an ef2.
A tornado caused widespread damage across downtown atlanta including to the cnn center and to the georgia dome where the 2008 sec mens basketball tournament was postponed. Other buildings that were damaged include the georgia world congress center philips arena.