ATLANTA — Metro Atlanta braced for more potential severe weather late Saturday night and into Sunday morning. The metro area already dealt with strong storms, prompting severe thunderstorm warnings, earlier in the week, before New Year's Eve brought tornado activity to several parts of the region and two confirmed tornadoes to two different cities.
As things develop overnight into the morning, the 11Alive StormTrackers will again be tracking severe weather and providing the latest alerts and warnings. Below, find live updates.
UPDATES
Sunday, Jan. 2
5:47 a.m. | Storms are weakening as they move through the region.
5:01 a.m. | The tornado watch for Bartow, Carroll, Cherokee, Cobb, Douglas, Floyd, Haralson, Heard, Paulding, Polk and Troup has been canceled.
4:28 a.m. | While storms are sill a possibility early Sunday, a winter weather advisory will go into effect at midnight. The National Weather Service said this will last until 9 a.m. Monday morning for Catoosa, Chattooga, Dade, Dawson, Fannin, Floyd, Gilmer, Gordon, Lumpkin, Murray, Pickens, Towns, Union, Walker
White, and Whitfield counties. In Rabun County, the winter weather advisory will go in effect at 10 p.m. Sunday and will last until noon Monday. Get more details here.
3:05 a.m. | These are the remaining counties under the tornado watch at will expire at 6 a.m.: Bartow, Carroll, Cherokee, Cobb, Douglas, Floyd, Haralson, Heard, Paulding, Polk and Troup.
2:30 a.m. | The National Weather Service is continuing its tornado watch for the following counties: Bartow, Carroll, Cherokee, Cobb, Douglas, Floyd, Haralson, Heard, Paulding, Polk and Troup. This will expire at 6 a.m. This includes the cities of Bremen, Carrollton, Cartersville, Cedartown, Dallas, Douglasville, Franklin, Marietta, Rome, West Point, and Woodstock. Take a look at the live radar here.
The tornado watch placed in effect until 3 a.m. for Fannin, Gilmer, Gordon, Murray, Pickens, Towns and Union is set to expire. The tornado watch for Catoosa, Chattooga, Dade, Walker and Whitfield has been canceled.
1:30 a.m. | Atlanta has reached a record high temperature for today's date. The record high for Jan. 2 in Atlanta is 73 degrees, which was set in 1952.
Take a look below at 11Alive Chief Meteorologist Chris Holcomb's Facebook post below, and a map of the warm temperatures.
12:46 a.m. | The NWS Atlanta said there is an increasing threat for heavy rain and flash flooding overnight in north Georgia, this is in addition to the possibility of severe storms.
Saturday, Jan. 1
11:50 p.m. | 11Alive's Chief Meteorologist Chris Holcomb provides an update on the possible overnight storms now that more counties are in the tornado watch. Watch the update below.
11:06 p.m. | A tornado watch has been issued for Bartow, Carroll, Cherokee, Cobb, Douglas, Floyd, Haralson, Heard, Paulding, Polk, and Troup counties. This is set to expire at 6 a.m.
9:55 p.m. | A tornado warning has been issued for Dade and Walker counties. This will expire at 10 p.m. This is outside of the 11Alive viewing area.
9:54 p.m. | A severe thunderstorm warning has been issued for Catoosa, Dade and Walker counties. This is set to expire at 10:30 p.m.
9:05 p.m. | 11Alive's Chris Holcomb is giving an update on the weather timeline as the storms approach Georgia.
8:35 p.m. | The latest severe weather outlook shows a level two threat for metro Atlanta.
8:05 p.m. | Here's a live look at the radar.
7:52 p.m. | A tornado watch has been issued for parts Georgia. Catoosa, Chattooga, Dade, Fannin, Gilmer, Gordon, Murray, Pickens, Towns, Union, Walker and Whitfield counties are all included in the tornado watch.
This is set to expire at 3 a.m.
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