Severe weather is possible across the norhtern third of Georgia today.
ATLANTA -- The National Weather Service Storm Prediction Center has placed all of north Georgia in a slight risk area for severe weather for Friday afternoon and evening.
Severe thunderstorms with gusty winds, frequent and vivid lightning and heavy downpours are possible across the much of the northern third of the state, including all of Metro Atlanta.
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