Georgia residents should prepare for potentially dangerous weather this weekend as storms move through the state.
What’s Happening: Showers and thunderstorms will arrive Friday night and continue through late Saturday morning. A cold front moving through the area could trigger some strong to severe storms.
What’s Important: Damaging wind gusts are the main threat from these storms. Winds could reach 40 to 60 miles per hour in the strongest storms.
When to Watch: The storms will enter far northwest Georgia late Friday and spread across the state through Saturday morning. Most of north and central Georgia faces a Level 1 threat for severe weather.
The Other Risks: While damaging winds are the primary concern, forecasters say large hail and brief tornadoes cannot be ruled out. The tornado risk remains low but isolated spin-up tornadoes are possible.
The Sources: National Weather Service.
B.T. Clark is the Publisher of The Georgia Sun and author of Principles Are Like Pants… You Ought to Have Some. Over two decades in journalism, he has served as Managing Editor of Neighbor Newspapers in metro Atlanta and Digital Director at Times-Journal Inc., earning multiple awards along the way. His work has appeared in newspapers across the state, including The Cherokee Tribune and The Marietta Daily Journal.
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