We're following breaking news this noon.
A tornado watch is now in effect for
several counties in northwest Georgia.
We do have live team coverage
for you this noon, tracking the
timeline and what you need to know
to keep you and your family safe.
We have team coverage from our
eleven alive storm trackers,
bringing you the very latest right now.
Let's kick it off to meteorologist Jessie
McNeil and chief meteorologist Chris Holcomb.
Alright, thanks a lot Aisha.
We're looking at a line of
showers and thunderstorms.
You can see the numerous tornado warnings
over towards central portions of Alabama.
All this is sliding its way over toward
the east and we'll have some very
strong thunderstorms over toward our W,
just over into the Huntsville, AL area.
Now they're advancing over toward
the east where they were had tornado
warnings associated with it,
but now Sofia thunderstorm warnings,
we do have one severe thunderstorm warning
up here in our far Northwestern counties.
Folks are going to be weather aware
because we want to see numerous,
I think we're going to see numerous
warnings in in our area as we head
through the rest of the afternoon.
This one here will last until 12:15,
so I said to expire in about 15 minutes,
but now before producing some
very gusty winds,
those winds up to about 60 mph.
There has been hail reported in
these thunderstorms as well.
They're moving over toward the
east at about 30 mph.
So we'll continue to track these.
This moving further off toward the north,
so it will be moving into portions of
North and North Carolina momentarily.
We do have a tornado watch and
tornado watch consistent of our
counties up here to the far northwest.
You can see from Dade Walker County extending
over into Union County at Lumpkin County,
Dawson.
Connie,
Cherokee County including
that down to Polk County.
This will likely be extended a
little bit further down to the
South so they will be watching
that as we head through the day.
Notice this something rare
for this time of year,
a Level 3 threat that is an
enhanced risk for severe weather.
Again it's a Level 3 out of a possible 5.
The main concern with this
would be the damaging winds.
Winds in these thunderstorms
up to about 60 mph folks.
Also numerous tornado watch tornado
warnings could begin to pop up because
of the spin up tornadoes that could
be a would be possible with some
of these thunderstorms moving in.
We look expecting that line to move
toward us or at least toward the metro
area between 2:00 and 3:00 o'clock.
There's also a wind advisory
out here this afternoon here to
tell us more about that as chief
meteorologist Chris Holcomb.
Yeah, Tesla, it's gonna be interesting
to watch these wins today ahead of the
front as well as behind the front.
And we're talking about winds
that are going to be gusting
up to around 40 miles an hour.
Those are just the general winds
within the thunderstorms themselves.
We can see some of those severe storms
producing winds up to 60 miles an hour,
so all of North Georgia.
Metro Atlanta and areas down on the
South side in that wind advisory,
you don't even have to be within
a severe thunderstorm to get
some of these strong winds.
Then the front mat passes through.
Then we'll have some winds on
the backside of the system that
could be strong when the colder
air is going to be moving our way.
Let me show you what we're
watching out there right now.
I want to show you the timeline.
Chesley just broke down
those risks that we have.
Here's the timeline of what
we're going to be watching now,
those storms coming into northwest
Georgia as this moves closer
to us by 1:30 this afternoon,
more of Northwest Georgia.
Getting hit by these strong
storms rolling in,
but still nothing in Atlanta.
Once we get to between 2:00
and 4:00 this afternoon,
that's when this line is gonna be
pushing through the Atlanta area.
You see those pockets of orange
and red there indicating the heavy
rain in association with that.
That's also where we're going to be
seeing those possibilities of the
damaging wind and that tornado risk.
You can see by 5:00 o'clock pretty much
moving through the city of Atlanta.
Four year drive home today.
I know a lot of folks are going
to be having to deal with these
strong winds and the heavy rain.
Rush hour also 3:00 o'clock this
afternoon when the kids are
getting out of school.
We'll have to watch that as well.
You may have to delay the release of
some of the kids depending on where
these storms are on the northwest side there.
And then by 7:00 o'clock most everything
has pushed away east of Athens,
down toward Macon,
also to the east of Lake Oconee.
And things will be improving
a little bit later on tonight,
but then that colder air is going
to be moving in. Stay with us.
Chesley and I,
as well as Andrew Wilson are going
to be here with you this afternoon
tracking these storms as they move.
Through Cheslin are gonna be back
in just a few minutes with a look
at some of the models.
We use the significant tornado
parameter to show you where those
threats are gonna be a little bit
higher for the afternoon hours.
Alright, Kristen Chesley, thank you.
Our team coverage picks up right
now with 11 alives bobeth Yates,
he is live from the Thunder
truck from Calhoun. Beau Beth,
tell us where are you seeing right now?
Well, right now we're heading
north on 75 and it's just a really
ominous cloud surrounding us.
And and if we just take a look outside,
you can see some of those
clouds that I'm talking about.
It's really dark. Many of the area
is already a little moist from some.
So that has come through.
But you can see the clouds as
they're starting to roll in.
And as this does happen,
you can tell that this is going to be a
really severe storm right now in this area,
there is a Thunder, a tornado watch,
so many people are already.
Getting prepared and hunkering
down just in case this turns
into something extremely severe.
But through this area they're expected
to see as Chris just mentioned,
this could be gusting up to like 60 mph.
So definitely this is one of the
areas that we're expecting to
see some of that severe weather.
We're on the road literally tracking
it and we're going to be following the
storm as it rolls in and of course it
bring you more updates as we get it
sending it back to you guys in the studio.
Thank you, guys. Stay safe out there.
So as Chris mentioned,
the school districts are also
keeping a real close eye on this
potential for severe weather.
We're talking Gilmer County schools.
They are going to dismiss early,
starting with the high school.
They are letting students out right now.
The goal here is to release
all those students by 12:40.
So we're just about 40
minutes away from that.
Cobb and Gordon counties as
well as Noonan High School,
they have released statements at
this hour saying they are actively
monitoring the conditions and we want
you to stay on top of this as well.
So it'll always get the very latest.
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