Tornado Warning

PRESS RELEASE – THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED TORNADO WATCH 61 IN
EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN GEORGIA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 18 COUNTIES IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA:
CHEROKEE
FANNIN
GILMER
PICKENS
IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA:
BARTOW
CARROLL
CATOOSA
CHATTOOGA
DADE
FLOYD
GORDON
HARALSON
MURRAY
PAULDING
POLK
WALKER
WHITFIELD
IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA:
HEARD
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF BLUE RIDGE:
BREMEN
CALHOUN
CARROLLTON
CARTERSVILLE
CEDARTOWN
CHATSWORTH
COHUTTA WILDERNESS
COLWELL
DALLAS
DALTON
DIAL
ELLIJAY
EPWORTH
FORT OGLETHORPE
FRANKLIN
HEMP
HIGDON
JASPER
LAFAYETTE
ROME
SUMMERVILLE
TRENTON AND WOODSTOCK.
The counties with the High Wind Warning are also in the watch area.
Emma Dunn

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