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Tornado/flood watch in effect for parts of north Ga.

By AccessWDUN staff
Posted 11:20AM on Sunday 19th April 2015 ( 9 years ago )

PEACHTREE CITY - The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a tornado watch for a large portion of the north Georgia area that remains in effect until 3 p.m.

A flood watch has also been issued for Forsyth County that remains in effect until 3 p.m., as well.

The watch, as issued by the weather service, is as follows:

TORNADO WATCH 78 REMAINS VALID UNTIL 3 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON FOR
THE FOLLOWING AREAS

IN GEORGIA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 54 COUNTIES

IN CENTRAL GEORGIA

BALDWIN               BIBB                  BLECKLEY
BUTTS                 CRAWFORD              CRISP
DODGE                 DOOLY                 HOUSTON
JASPER                JONES                 LAURENS
MONROE                PEACH                 PULASKI
PUTNAM                TWIGGS                WILCOX
WILKINSON

IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA

HANCOCK               JOHNSON               WASHINGTON

IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA

CLAYTON               COBB                  DEKALB
DOUGLAS               FAYETTE               FULTON
HENRY                 NEWTON                ROCKDALE

IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA

CARROLL               HARALSON              PAULDING
POLK

IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA

CHATTAHOOCHEE         COWETA                HARRIS
HEARD                 LAMAR                 MACON
MARION                MERIWETHER            MUSCOGEE
PIKE                  SCHLEY                SPALDING
STEWART               SUMTER                TALBOT
TAYLOR                TROUP                 UPSON
WEBSTER

THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...ABBEVILLE...AMERICUS...ATLANTA...
BARNESVILLE...BREMEN...BUENA VISTA...BUTLER...CARROLLTON...
CEDARTOWN...COCHRAN...COLUMBUS...CONYERS...CORDELE...COVINGTON...
DALLAS...DECATUR...DOUGLASVILLE...DUBLIN...EASTMAN...EATONTON...
ELLAVILLE...FORSYTH...FORT BENNING...FORT VALLEY...FRANKLIN...
GRAY...GRIFFIN...HAWKINSVILLE...JACKSON...JEFFERSONVILLE...
MACON...MANCHESTER...MARIETTA...MILLEDGEVILLE...MONTEZUMA...
MONTICELLO...NEWNAN...PEACHTREE CITY...PINE MOUNTAIN...PRESTON...
RICHLAND...RIVERDALE...ROBERTA...SANDERSVILLE...SPARTA...
STOCKBRIDGE...TALBOTTON...THOMASTON...TOOMSBORO...VIENNA...
WARNER ROBINS...WEST POINT...WRIGHTSVILLE AND ZEBULON.

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WATCH COUNTY NOTIFICATION FOR WATCH 78
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1112 AM EDT SUN APR 19 2015

GAC011-013-015-055-057-059-085-115-117-125-129-133-135-139-157-
163-195-211-219-221-227-265-297-301-317-191900-
/O.EXA.KFFC.TO.A.0078.000000T0000Z-150419T1900Z/

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS EXTENDED TORNADO WATCH 78 TO
INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING AREAS UNTIL 3 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON

IN GEORGIA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 25 COUNTIES

IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA

GLASCOCK              GREENE                JEFFERSON
TALIAFERRO            WARREN                WILKES

IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA

BARROW                CHEROKEE              DAWSON
FORSYTH               GWINNETT              HALL
MORGAN                PICKENS               WALTON

IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA

BANKS                 CLARKE                JACKSON
MADISON               OCONEE                OGLETHORPE

IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA

BARTOW                CHATTOOGA             FLOYD
GORDON

THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...CALHOUN...CARTERSVILLE...COMER...
COMMERCE...CRAWFORD...CRAWFORDVILLE...CUMMING...DAWSONVILLE...
GAINESVILLE...GIBSON...GREENSBORO...HOMER...JASPER...
LAWRENCEVILLE...LOUISVILLE...MADISON...MONROE...ROME...
SUMMERVILLE...WARRENTON...WASHINGTON...WATKINSVILLE...WINDER...
WINTERVILLE AND WOODSTOCK.

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