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Tornado Watch in Atlanta, North Georgia today | List of counties

A tornado watch was issued for much of the state of Georgia before 6 a.m.

ATLANTA — Severe weather affected north Georgia Wednesday evening and early Thursday morning, and as the morning progresses, a second round of storms is expected to have another impact.

Northern Georgia and the greater Atlanta metro area will likely experience storms by mid-morning. According to 11Alive Meteorologist Chesley McNeil, this second round will begin arriving in north Georgia around 7 a.m. and head toward the nearest metro Atlanta area around 9 a.m.

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The area, including as far as Macon and Warner Robins in central Georgia, is under a tornado watch until 1 p.m. The tornado watch was issued just before 6 a.m.

Here are all the counties included in the tornado watch:

Tornado Watch for Metro Atlanta, North Georgia and Central Georgia on Thursday, May 9 | List of counties

  • Baldwin
  • Banks
  • Wheelbarrow
  • Bartow
  • Bibb
  • Burke
  • Butts
  • Caroll
  • Catoosa
  • Chattooga
  • Cherokee
  • Clarke
  • Clayton
  • Cobb
  • Colombia
  • Coweta
  • Crawford
  • Davidson
  • DeKalb
  • Douglas
  • Elbert
  • Fannin
  • Fayette
  • Floyd
  • Forsyth
  • Franklin
  • Fulton
  • Gilmer
  • Glasscock
  • Gordon
  • Green
  • Gwinnett
  • Habersham
  • Room
  • Hancock
  • Haralson
  • Deer
  • Heard
  • Henry
  • Houston
  • Jackson
  • Jasper
  • Jefferson
  • Jones
  • Lamar
  • Lincoln
  • Lumpkin
  • Madison
  • McDuffie
  • Meriwether
  • Monroe
  • Morgan
  • Murray
  • Newton
  • Oconea
  • Oglethorpe
  • Paulding
  • Fishing
  • Pickens
  • Pike
  • Polk
  • Putnam
  • Rabun
  • Richmond
  • Rockdale
  • Spalding
  • Stephens
  • Taliaferro
  • Towns
  • Troop
  • Twigs
  • union
  • Upson
  • Walker
  • Walton
  • Warren
  • Washington
  • White
  • Whitfield
  • Wilkes
  • Wilkinson

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