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Flash flood, severe thunderstorm warnings expire for north Georgia

Tracking scattered storms, threat of damaging wind gusts across metro Atlanta this hot Sunday

Hot temperatures and scattered storms are in the forecast as Severe Weather Team 2 tracks the weather coming through the metro Atlanta area Sunday.

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LIVE UPDATES:

  • 6:45 p.m.: A flash flood warning was issued for Fannin and Gilmer counties until 9:15 p.m. Sunday. This was allowed to expire.
  • 5:44 p.m.: A severe thunderstorm warning has been issued for Fannin County until 6:15 p.m.
  • 5:22 p.m.: A flash flood warning was issued by the National Weather Service for Gordon County until 8:15 p.m.
  • 5 p.m.: Severe thunderstorm warning for Bartow, Chattooga, Floyd and Gordon counties until 5:30 p.m. NWS allowed the warning to expire.
  • 3:30 p.m.: The FAA issued a ground stop for the Atlanta airport until 4:15 p.m.
  • 2:30 p.m.: The FAA has issued a ground stop for Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport until 3:30 p.m.
  • 2:15 p.m.: The National Weather Service has issued a severe thunderstorm warning for DeKalb, Henry, Newton and Rockdale counties until 3:15 p.m., which was allowed to expire. There was also a severe thunderstorm warning for Clarke and Oconee counties until 3 p.m., which was also allowed to expire.

Severe Weather Team 2 Meteorologist Eboni Deon says along with the scattered storms, the main weather threat will be damaging wind gusts.

The temperatures Sunday will be in the lower to mid-90s.

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After the scattered storms on the weekend, Monday and Tuesday should be drier.

Deon says she is monitoring an area of low pressure in the Gulf, where a tropical depression may for in the next 48 hours, or even as early as late Sunday.

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