LIVE UPDATES: Tornado Warnings issued, severe storms moving through metro Atlanta - WSB Atlanta

ATLANTA — Stay upwind alert arsenic terrible storms are connected the mode to northbound Georgia and metro Atlanta areas connected Thursday.

Severe Weather Team 2 Chief Meteorologist Brad Nitz says the country is nether a Level 3 of 5 hazard for terrible weather. Damaging upwind gusts, localized flooding and little tornadoes are possible.

Severe Weather Team 2 Chief Meteorologist Brad Nitz is tracking the storms LIVE close present connected Channel 2 Action News.

A tornado ticker has been expanded to see each of metro Atlanta and astir of northbound Georgia until 7 p.m. tonight. There is besides a tornado ticker for Cleburne and Randolph counties Alabama successful the Channel 2 viewing area.

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Follow unrecorded updates:

4:08 p.m.

Severe Thunderstorm Warning for Barrow, Clarke, Clayton, DeKalb, Gwinnett, Henry, Newton, Oconee, Rockdale and Walton County until 4:45 p.m.

4:05 p.m.

Severe Thunderstorm Warning for Lamar, Meriwether, Pike and Upson County until 4:45 p.m.

4:02 p.m.

Tornado Warning for Meriwether, Pike, and Spalding County until 4:45 p.m.

3:59 p.m.

Severe Thunderstorm Warning for Banks, Barrow, Forsyth, Gwinnett, Hall and Jackson County until 4:45 p.m.

3:57 p.m.

Tornado Warning for DeKalb and Fulton County canceled.

3:51 p.m.

Severe Thunderstorm Warning for Clayton, Coweta, DeKalb, Fayette, Fulton, Henry, Meriwether, Spalding and Troup County until 4:30 p.m.

3:48 p.m.

Tornado Warning for DeKalb and Fulton County until 4:15 p.m.

3:37 p.m.

Tornado Warning for Meriwether and Troup County until 4:15 p.m.

3:33 p.m.

Severe Thunderstorm Warning for Cherokee, Clayton, Cobb, DeKalb, Douglas, Forsyth, Fulton and Gwinnett County until 4:15 p.m.

3:30 p.m.

Severe Thunderstorm Warning for Habersham and Rabun County until 4:15 p.m.

3:23 p.m.

Severe Thunderstorm Warning for Carroll, Coweta, Fulton, Heard and Troup County until 4 p.m.

3:20 p.m.

Severe Thunderstorm Warning for Meriwether and Troup County until 4 p.m.

3:15 p.m.

Tornado Warning for Heard and Troup County until 4 p.m.

2:59 p.m.

Tornado Warning for Randolph County, Alabama until 4 p.m.

2:56 p.m.

Atlanta University Center campuses, including Clark Atlanta University, Morehouse College, Morehouse School of Medicine and Spelman College, volition beryllium closed for the remainder of the day.

2:49 p.m.

Severe Thunderstorm Warning for Carroll, Coweta, Douglas, Haralson and Heard County until 3:30 p.m.

2:24 p.m.

Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued for Cleburne, Randolph counties successful Alabama until 2 p.m. cardinal time.

2:13 p.m.

Severe Thunderstorm Warning for Upson County until 2:45 pm.

1:59 p.m.

Severe Weather Team 2 Chief Meteorologist Brad Nitz says an progressive tornado is connected the crushed northbound of Montgomery, Alabama astir 80 miles westbound of Georgia.

1:48 p.m.

Severe Thunderstorm Warning for Floyd, Haralson, Paulding and Polk County until 2:15 p.m.

1:45 p.m.

1:22 p.m.

Atlanta Public Schools and Gwinnett County Public Schools person canceled each after-school activities.

1:10 p.m.

Cobb County Schools has canceled after-school activities.

“Due to terrible upwind which is moving into the country and bringing rain, precocious winds, and flash flooding, which could marque roadworthy conditions dangerous, each of today’s aft schoolhouse activities, but ASP, are cancelled. At this time, dismissal times stay unchanged and buses volition run normally.”

1:07 p.m.

New tornado ticker issued.

12:31 p.m.

Cherokee County Schools cancels after-school activities

12:29 p.m.

Clayton County Schools volition beryllium dismissing students early.

12:18 p.m.

Severe Thunderstorm Warning for Fannin and Gilmer County until 12:45 p.m.

12:00 p.m.

Banks County Schools volition merchandise students aboriginal astatine 2 p.m.

11:46 a.m.

Severe Thunderstorm Warning for Chattooga County until 12:15 p.m.

11:02 a.m.

A tornado ticker has been issued until 5 p.m. for the counties successful red.

Remember if a tornado ticker is issued, that means conditions are favorable for tornadoes to signifier and beryllium prepared. If a tornado informing is issue, that means a tornado was spotted oregon indicated by radar and instrumentality screen immediately.

10:55 a.m.

The Gilmer County Schools volition merchandise students aboriginal contiguous according to the pursuing schedule:

• 12:00 PM - GHS
• 12:10 PM - Pre-K
• 12:20 PM - MVES/EES/CCES
• 12:38 PM - CCMS

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