Residents in Floyd County need to prepare for dangerous storms that could bring tornadoes and damaging winds to the area starting tonight and continuing through Sunday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\ud83c\udf29\ufe0f What We Know:<\/strong> The National Weather Service warns two rounds of storms will hit Floyd County. The first arrives late tonight with heavy rain, 40 to 60 mph winds and possible hail.<\/p>\n\n\n\n After a brief Saturday morning break, a more powerful system will strike between 7 p.m. Saturday and 1 a.m. Sunday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n “This is not your run of the mill weather event,” David Nadler from the National Weather Service in Peachtree City told Floyd County emergency agencies during a Friday briefing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Saturday night storm threatens Floyd County with winds reaching 80 mph, long-track tornadoes, hail and flash flooding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \ud83c\udf2a\ufe0f Why It Matters:<\/strong> These storms pose serious threats to homes, vehicles and personal safety. Northwest Georgia faces a high risk for tornadoes, and the danger continues even after the strongest part passes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \ud83c\udf27\ufe0f By The Numbers:<\/strong> Forecasters expect about 3 inches of rain from both storm systems combined. Thunderstorms may continue through Sunday morning and possibly into Sunday afternoon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \ud83d\udd0d What’s Next:<\/strong> Residents should monitor the Floyd County Emergency Management and Floyd\/911 Facebook pages throughout the weekend for updates on downed trees, flooding and road closures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \ud83c\udfe0 Take Action:<\/strong> Prepare an emergency kit with water, non-perishable food and medications. Secure outdoor items, charge devices, and identify the safest room in your home. Stay weather-aware and have multiple ways to receive warnings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n[mailerlite_form form_id=2]\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Residents in Floyd County need to prepare for dangerous storms that could bring tornadoes and damaging winds to the area starting tonight and continuing through Sunday. \ud83c\udf29\ufe0f What We Know: The National Weather Service warns two rounds of storms will hit Floyd County. The first arrives late tonight with heavy rain, 40 to 60 mph […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":948,"featured_media":201570,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"newspack_featured_image_position":"","newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"newspack_show_updated_date":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6067],"tags":[9640],"class_list":["post-218952","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-weather","tag-storms","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/218952","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/948"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=218952"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/218952\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201570"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=218952"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=218952"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=218952"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}