Metro Atlanta mostly in the clear for severe storms

ATLANTA — Storms cleared out of metro Atlanta Thursday night after a risk of severe weather dropped over the course of the day.

Earlier Thursday, storms brought heavy rain and some rumbles of thunder.

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Luckily, Severe Weather Team 2 Chief Meteorologist Glenn Burns said a wedge of cool air and storms along the Gulf Coast blocked some of the energy for storms in north Georgia. By 9 p.m. Thursday, most of the threat for severe weather had moved out of the metro Atlanta area.

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Here’s what you should know for Thursday evening:

• Showers expected to continue ahead of cold front moving in
• Most of metro Atlanta was now under a Level 1 out of 5 risk for severe weather, but appears to be in the clear now.
• Tornado risk was highest south of the metro area. At least one tornado touched down in south Georgia, leaving a trail of damage, according to the National Weather Service in Tallahassee.
• Several inches of rain are possible by the end of the day.
• Hail fell as a storm moved through Hall and Gwinnett counties Thursday afternoon.

Severe Weather Team 2 is tracking the rain and going over new models for the timing of the storms, on Channel 2 Action News.

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Storm damage reported in Atlanta

Channel 2’s Steve Gehlbach found trees down in northwest Atlanta after Thursday morning’s storms.

One tree fell and blocked a road in the Tuxedo Park neighborhood. Luckily, it didn’t hit any homes but it knocked out power lines.

Crews already seeing down trees ahead of Thursday storms One tree was down in Atlanta just before noon Thursday, and more are expected to come down during severe weather today.

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