ATLANTA — Most of metro Atlanta is under a Thunderstorm Watch through Thursday evening.
Severe Weather Team 2 Chief Meteorologist Brad Nitz says there is a Level 1 out of 5 risk for severe weather for all of north Georgia and a Level 2 risk in far northwest Georgia.
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LIVE UPDATES:
7:15 p.m.
Severe Thunderstorm Warning expires in Upson County.
6:45 p.m.
Severe Thunderstorm Warning expires in Butts, Meriwether, Pike, Spalding and Troup counties.
6:35 p.m.
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued until 7:15 p.m. in Upson County.
6:15 p.m.
Severe Thunderstorm Warning expires in Coweta, Fayette, Greene, Jasper, Morgan and Putnam counties.
6:03 p.m.
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued until 6:45 p.m. in Butts, Meriwether, Pike, Spalding, Troup and Upson counties.
5:50 p.m.
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued until 6:15 p.m. in Greene, Jasper and Putnam counties.
5:45 p.m.
Severe Thunderstorm Warning expires in Carroll, Douglas, Fulton and Heard counties.
5:31 p.m.
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued until 6:15 p.m. in Coweta, Fayette, Meriwether, Pike, Spalding and Troup counties.
5:30 p.m.
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings expire in Clayton, Cobb, DeKalb and Oconee counties.
5:23 p.m.
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued until 6:15 p.m. in Greene, Jasper, Morgan and Putnam counties.
5:15 p.m.
Severe Thunderstorm Warning expires in Haralson County.
5:01 p.m.
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued until 5:45 p.m. in Carroll, Coweta, Douglas, Fulton and Heard counties.
5:00 p.m.
Severe Thunderstorm Warning expires in Paulding County.
4:54 p.m.
4:46 p.m.
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued until 5:30 p.m. in Greene and Oconee counties.
4:45 p.m.
Severe Thunderstorm Warning expires in Madison County.
4:40 p.m.
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued until 5:30 p.m. in Clayton, Cobb, DeKalb, Douglas and Fulton counties.
4:33 p.m.
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued until 5:15 p.m. in Carroll, Douglas, Haralson and Heard counties.
4:31 p.m.
Tree falls on power lines on Pleasant Hill Road near Everett Mountain Road in Polk County, EMA officials report.
4:30 p.m.
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued until 5 p.m. in Cobb, Douglas, Fulton and Paulding counties.
4:20 p.m.
Severe Thunderstorm Warning expires in Banks and Jackson counties.
4:02 p.m.
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued until 4:45 p.m. in Banks, Jackson and Madison counties.
3:45 p.m.
Ground stop in effect at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport until 5 p.m.
3:10 p.m.
Severe Thunderstorm Watch in place until 9 p.m. for several Georgia counties. Those included are: Barrow, Bartow, Butts, Carroll, Cherokee, Clayton, Cobb, Coweta, DeKalb, Douglas, Fayette, Floyd, Forsyth, Fulton, Gwinnett, Haralson, Heard, Henry, Jasper, Lamar, Meriwether, Morgan, Newton, Oconee, Paulding, Pike, Polk, Rockdale, Spalding, Troup and Walton.
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Here’s what you need to know:
- Heavy rain and damaging winds are main threats for Level 1 risk.
- Isolated downpours throughout the morning.
- The system is also expected to stay active into Friday morning.
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