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Tracking severe storm potential
FOX 5 Storm Team Meteorologist Jonathan Stacey is racking potentially strong to severe storms as they move across north Georgia Sunday night into Monday morning
The FOX 5 Storm Team is watching a dynamic storm system race towards north Georgia. Several areas have issued severe thunderstorm warnings.
As of 7 p.m., Coweta-Fayette EMC issued an alert that the number of customers impacted by the storm living across Coweta, Meriwether, Troup, Fayette and Heard counties was over 2,500. By 8 p.m., the number of customers experiencing outages was down to 172. Meanwhile, over 1,500 Jackson Electric customers across Barrow, Gwinnett, Hall and Jackson counties were experiencing outages.
There is a level 3 out of 5 risk for severe storms for areas WEST of I-85 and a level 2 out of 5 risk EAST of I-85. The main point in the different severe levels is to indicate that the line of storms will be weakening as they move through our neighborhoods.
The strongest storms will enter northwest Georgia between 8 and 10 p.m. and then arrive in metro Atlanta around midnight. All the severe storms should be over by sunrise Monday.
The main concern within the severe storm threat tonight will be damaging winds, but large hail, frequent lightning and torrential rain will also be possible.
The chance for rain and storms will continue throughout the week ahead, but the intensity of those storms shouldn't be anything like Sunday night.
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