Storms brought heavy rain, hail and wind to areas across north Georgia.
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11:30 p.m.
Glenn Burns says as storms clear, wind will pick up. A wind advisory will go into effect Thursday morning. There is a possibility wind will bring down trees.
With 3-5" of rainfall today across north Georgia, WIND moving in tonight, tomorrow behind the system will likely down trees 🌲
— Katie Walls (@KatieWallsWSB) April 6, 2017
11:00 p.m.
Severe Thunderstorm Warning in effect for Barrow, Banks, Clarke, Hall, Jackson, Oglethorpe and Madison counties.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING Until 11:45 for parts of Hall, Banks, Barrow, Clarke, Jackson for 60 mph winds, 1" hail, moving rapidly east pic.twitter.com/ZYr8yIFau6
— Katie Walls (@KatieWallsWSB) April 6, 2017
10:40 p.m.
Storms produce lots of lightning as they move through the metro area.
Lightning illuminating the skies over #Alpharetta. Heavy rains moving in. #StormWatchon2 at 11. pic.twitter.com/RIiy4m3NH0
— Mike Petchenik (@MPetchenikWSB) April 6, 2017
@wsbtv nice lightning show from douglasville during tonight's storm #StormWatchOn2 pic.twitter.com/QUgHMAGIOv
— 𝕕𝕦𝕞𝕓 𝕓𝕚𝕥𝕔𝕙 (@QueenxMelissa) April 6, 2017
@wsbtv hailing and bad storms in Cumming at AMC pic.twitter.com/hBASYotBQ2
— Karyn DeVito (@karyndevito) April 6, 2017
10:30 p.m.
Severe thunderstorm warning in effect for south Fulton, Fayette, Heard, Coweta and Troup counties.
10:10 p.m.
Tornado watch continues for some counties until 2 a.m.
Tornado Watch updated: Cobb, Douglas, Forsyth, and Fulton will continue until 11 PM. All other counties until 2 AM. pic.twitter.com/Bwe63jIqCB
— Katie Walls (@KatieWallsWSB) April 6, 2017
10:00 p.m.
Tornado Watch extended for parts of metro area until 11:00 p.m.
TORNADO WATCH now extended until 11 pm in red counties. #wsbtv pic.twitter.com/f91Smhb9cX
— Glenn Burns (@GlennBurnsWSB) April 6, 2017
9:50 p.m.
Earthquake of 2.4 on Richter Scale hits east of Eatonton.
Earthquake of 2.4 on Richter Scale east of Eatonton. It was not thunder. Anyone feel it? #wsbtv pic.twitter.com/b0xDj4ozMy
— Glenn Burns (@GlennBurnsWSB) April 6, 2017
9:20 p.m.
A line of storms is moving through metro Atlanta, but appears to be weakening as it approaches metro Atlanta.
So far so good tonight, non-severe storms and shwrs moving through, .the last ones. See you at 11 with cool temps pic.twitter.com/ODGwyR7Njs
— Glenn Burns (@GlennBurnsWSB) April 6, 2017
9:10 p.m.
Flash Flood Warning issued for parts of metro Atlanta until 3 a.m.
8:50 p.m.
Heavy rain and damaging winds are the biggest threats with the storms moving through right now. Some hail is also possible.
Heavy rain, gusty wind and lightning are the current threats with storms west of I-85. Final Round! pic.twitter.com/6ZHwn7paGt
— Katie Walls (@KatieWallsWSB) April 6, 2017
8:40 p.m.
Tornado watch trimmed for for counties south and east of the metro area. Watch continues until 10 p.m.
OK Friends -- TORNADO WATCH has been trimmed for counties south and east of the Metro. Otherwise, it expires at 10pm pic.twitter.com/QyF8b8lok0
— Katie Walls (@KatieWallsWSB) April 6, 2017
8:30 p.m.
Tornado warning canceled in Cleburne County. Severe thunderstorm warning for northwest Georgia.
8:31pm: Tornado warning cancelled in NE Cleburne County, Alabama. Severe thunderstorm warning for storm in NW GA. pic.twitter.com/NOGI2YPEnu
— Brad Nitz (@BradNitzWSB) April 6, 2017
8:20 p.m.
Along with the tornado warning in Cleburne County, a Severe Thunderstorm Warning is in effect for Haralson, Polk and Floyd and Paulding counties.
Cedartown, Polk, Floyd, Rome -- GET READY! Heavy rain, ping-pong ball size hail, 60 mph wind headed your way! pic.twitter.com/bHOFmO6DJa
— Katie Walls (@KatieWallsWSB) April 6, 2017
8:15 p.m.
Tornado Warning issued for Cleburne County, Alabama until 8:45 p.m.
NEW TORNADO WARNING FOR CLEBURNE COUNTY, AL until 8:45PM pic.twitter.com/ijPYVIqVNg
— Katie Walls (@KatieWallsWSB) April 6, 2017
8:15 p.m.
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued for Cleburne County, Alabama.
7:40 p.m.
A Severe Thunderstorm Warning is in effect for Meriwether, Heard, Troup and Coweta counties until 8 p.m.
Super cell storms continue to move into Georgia ahead of approaching cold front. Stay tuned for latest warnings. pic.twitter.com/8OcqqtX9Z9
— Glenn Burns (@GlennBurnsWSB) April 5, 2017
7:20 p.m.
Severe Weather Team 2 Meteorologist Brian Monahan says the severe weather threat is far from over.
The tornado and severe weather risk is not close to being over... especially west. @GlennBurnsWSB @BradNitzWSB @KatieWallsWSB watching it
— Brian Monahan, WSB (@BMonahanWSB) April 5, 2017
Every single one of these storms to our west needs to be watched very closely @wsbtv #StormWatchOn2 pic.twitter.com/4rZXEKqHL3
— Brian Monahan, WSB (@BMonahanWSB) April 5, 2017
7:00 p.m.
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued for Randolph County. All other warnings have expired, but several supercells are firing up and moving into Georgia.
Multiple supercells firing up in Alabama heading east will make for a rough night for us. #StormWatchOn2 pic.twitter.com/9PVhSnqu9n
— Glenn Burns (@GlennBurnsWSB) April 5, 2017
6:40 p.m.
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued for Coweta and Heard counties until 7 p.m.
6:30 p.m.
Georgia Power is reporting that around 6,000 customers are without power across the state.
6:20 p.m.
Updated models show another line of storms moving into metro Atlanta around 9 p.m.
9PM: Line of storms moving across the west side of the area - damaging wind gusts, large hail, tornado threat @wsbtv pic.twitter.com/HbX7LrCiZ4
— Brian Monahan, WSB (@BMonahanWSB) April 5, 2017
10PM: Line of storms over the core of metro #ATL with hail, strong wind gusts, tornado risk @wsbtv #StormWatchon2 pic.twitter.com/atsDth1MeW
— Brian Monahan, WSB (@BMonahanWSB) April 5, 2017
6:15 p.m.
Tornado warning canceled for Carroll County. There are no current warnings in north Georgia.
Here's the rainbow over Bremen after the storm passed through. #StormWatchOn2 pic.twitter.com/VOUpLO2Gn8
— Richard Elliot (@RElliotWSB) April 5, 2017
6:10 p.m.
Large amounts of hail are falling in Carroll County as the storm moves through
Hail in Waco, Georgia on the Alabama line near I-20. Follow @BMonahanWSB @GlennBurnsWSB @BradNitzWSB @KatieWallsWSB. #StormWatchOn2 pic.twitter.com/asfPnBpyga
— WSB-TV (@wsbtv) April 5, 2017
Take a look at the size of this hail! This is from Heflin, Alabama. #StormWatchOn2 pic.twitter.com/ljQDCdGK0i
— WSB-TV (@wsbtv) April 5, 2017
6:05 p.m.
A Tornado Warning is in effect for Carroll County as a strong storm moves through.
CAROLL COUNTY -- Still under the gun for large hail, damaging wind and a possible tornado. pic.twitter.com/eJjCBUb7XB
— Katie Walls (@KatieWallsWSB) April 5, 2017
6:00 p.m.
A Tornado Watch is in effect for metro Atlanta as storms begin to move into Georgia.
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