Weekend Severe Weather: Heavy rain, strong wind gusts, isolated tornadoes possible

ATLANTA — This will be a weekend that you will want to be weather aware as a storm system to our west could bring in some dangerous weather to north Georgia on Saturday.

The severe threat level for most of metro Atlanta is a Level 2 risk, but parts of the western metro are in a Level 3 risk.

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“We only see Level 3 risks maybe a couple of times a year,” said Severe Weather Team 2 Meteorologist Katie Walls.

The Level 3 risk area includes parts of Haralson, Heard, Carroll and Troup counties. The biggest threats include heavy rain, damaging wind gusts, and isolated tornadoes cannot be ruled out.

The damaging winds could be in excess of 60 to 70 mph.

We’re pinpointing the areas that could see the strongest storms, on Channel 2 Action News Saturday AM, starting at 6 a.m.

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