Hazardous Weather Outlook for north and central Georgia

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PEACHTREE CITY, Ga. — The National Weather Service at Peachtree City issued a Hazardous Weather Outlook for north and central Georgia at 5 a.m. Sunday (April 12).

There is an enhanced risk of severe thunderstorms, including tornadoes, across much of north and central Georgia this afternoon through early Monday morning, with a moderate risk for parts of northwest Georgia. Damaging wind gusts and large hail are also likely. Flash flooding will also be possible over parts of far north Georgia this afternoon and overnight. River levels may remain high through early next week.

The forecast includes Dawson, Lumpkin and White counties as well as Baldwin-Banks-Barrow-Bartow-Bibb-Bleckley-Butts-Carroll-Catoosa-Chattahoochee-Chattooga-Cherokee-Clarke-Clayton-Cobb-Coweta-Crawford-Crisp-Dade-DeKalb-Dodge-Dooly-Douglas-Emanuel-Fannin-Fayette-Floyd-Forsyth-Gilmer-Glascock-Gordon-Greene-Gwinnett-Hall-Hancock-Haralson-Harris-Heard-Henry-Houston-Jackson-Jasper-Jefferson-Johnson-Jones-Lamar-Laurens-Macon-Madison-Marion-Meriwether-Monroe-Montgomery-Morgan-Murray-Muscogee-Newton-North Fulton-Oconee-Oglethorpe-Paulding-Peach-Pickens-Pike-Polk-Pulaski-Putnam-Rockdale-Schley-South Fulton-Spalding-Stewart-Sumter-Talbot-Taliaferro-Taylor-Telfair-Toombs-Towns-Treutlen-Troup-Twiggs-Union-Upson-Walker-Walton-Warren-Washington-Webster-Wheeler-Whitfield-Wilcox-Wilkes-Wilkinson.

 

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Severe thunderstorm watch in effect

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PEACHTREE CITY, Ga. – The National Weather Service has issued a severe thunderstorm watch for Lumpkin, White, Habersham, Rabun, Towns, Union, Fannin and Gilmer counties. Damaging winds up to 70 miles per hour can be experienced along with large hail of up to 2 inches and isolated tornado.

At 4:25 a.m., White County Public Safety issued a warning that several roads were close due to fallen trees.  The roads are Hwy. 115 East in the area of Black Road; Hwy. 17 at Little Hawk Road and Hwy. 255 North between Old Rabun Lane and Sautee Woods.

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