Forecasters say north and central Georgia could be under the gun for severe weather today, with thunderstorms and the possibility of tornadoes.
From Christina Edwards, WSB Radio…
Strong to severe thunderstorms are in the forecast Thursday for north and central Georgia, including Metro Atlanta.
Warm, humid air will stream into the Southeast through Thursday afternoon, providing fuel for a line of thunderstorms that will march through Alabama into Georgia Thursday morning through Thursday afternoon.
The line of heavy rain and thunderstorms will enter Northwest Georgia around 12pm, and it will march southeast into Metro Atlanta around 2pm. The line will continue to move through the Metro through 4pm before exiting the east-southeast portion of the Metro around 5pm. Rain and storms will come to an end no later than 7pm.
Ahead of the storms, environmental winds will be quite strong with wind gusts as high as 35 to 40 mph possible Thursday afternoon.
Within the storms, strong bowing segments may produce damaging wind gusts as high as 58 mph or greater, at which the thunderstorm would be considered “severe”.
Wind gusts that are 58 mph or greater are strong enough to knock down trees and powerlines, causing power outages and potentially structural damage.
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