Fast Moving Storm Brings Tornado Watch
Forecasters have been calling for the possibility of severe weather all week, and it looks like the frontal boundary is fast approaching the metro Atlanta area.
The National Weather Service has issued a tornado watch for much of central Alabama and West Georgia, but not yet including Gwinnett County from 6 AM through 1 PM. You can see the watch area in the map below, which reflected the state of the storm around 8:30 AM:
Even though we’re not in the watch area now (and I’m not saying that the watch area won’t be extended - it has been several times overnight as the front has moved eastward), there is a chance of strong thunderstorms, heavy rain and damaging hail as the front moves east.
The squall line began to pass through Gwinnett around 7:30 AM, and by 8:30 AM, the leading edge of the storm had passed through the county. Most of the bad weather appears to be to our south, and indeed at 8:10 AM, the National Weather Service issued a severe thunderstorm watch from the Florida panhandle through Augusta, well to the east and south of metro Atlanta.
By this afternoon, things will slow down, and by this evening, the skies will begin to clear, for the start of May.
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