1st at 6:00 dealing with the damage.
These images show just a sampling of what's
been left behind after severe weather tore
through Metro Atlanta this afternoon.
Our team of meteorologists have been keeping
you weather aware both on air and online
for several hours straight this afternoon.
You're taking a live look now over Atlanta
as the storm start to move out of our area.
And right now this is a live look at road
conditions on the east side of the perimeter,
the rain still coming down near
I-285 making a mess for drivers.
Out there and we also know several school
districts let out early this afternoon,
giving everyone a chance to try
and get home safely tonight.
We are still not out of the woods,
just
not out of the woods just yet.
We have a live look at the radar,
a lot of green on the screen.
As you can see, we have special
team coverage for you tonight.
Bobeth Yates is at the hospital in Rome,
which sustained some damages.
But let's get straight to chief
meteorologist Chris Holcomb with
the latest to track this forecast.
Chris. Well,
the storms have moved through Atlanta.
We're beginning to breathe a
little bit of a sigh of relief now
as these storms have exited our.
Area, so no more severe weather
threat for us in the city,
but over on the east side,
you are not out of the woods yet.
We're tracking this line of showers and
storms as they move over to the east of us.
You can see here still a cluster
there of some really heavy rain
and some Thunder and lightning
that has passed through Atlanta,
but it's in parts of Gwinnett County
still dealing with that heavy rain.
Also some gusty winds along with that
that's going to keep moving over
into Walton County and eventually
over toward the Athens area.
You'll notice here that on the
South end that the line of.
Storms are shrinking up a little bit,
but still it has some really heavy
rain with it and strong winds
and association with it as well.
So I want you folks in Covington
to be prepared.
This is on your doorstep right now.
It'll be moving into Athens,
as well as folks over into Jackson,
GA, down in Butts County,
stretching down into Spalding County,
Pike Lamar Counties,
and down toward LaGrange.
You will still be dealing with the
rain and wind as it moves your way,
but we're clearing out now on the north side,
even beginning to see some
sunshine come through our area.
The good news is the tornado watch.
Is starting to be whittled away a little bit.
Not all of the counties are
still included in that watch.
And I really think most of this is going to
disappear before the 8:00 PM expiration time.
So let me show you what we're watching
for the evening hours tonight.
You can see all those storms
move to the east of us.
We're still going to have some
strong winds back behind the system,
and that's what we've been
dealing with today.
A lot of wind damage,
not just within that line of storms,
but also ahead of the storms.
We had some trees coming down before the
rain even came and now behind the storms.
Still,
that northwest wind is gonna
make it pretty gusty.
That will start dying down
a little bit more tonight.
We do have some damage and a lot of it
reported around Northwest Georgia and
even here in the metro Atlanta area.
I want to take you up to Rome right now.
Bobeth Yates has been in Thunder
truck this afternoon.
Now Beau Beth, you guys have parked.
You're out assessing some of that
damage that we have up in Rome.
That's right, Chris.
We're moving around the area now.
What we did is move off hospital property.
And now we're close by at
the intersection right here.
If you look behind me at Martha's
Berry and Veterans Memorial Hwy.
this is one of the major
intersections here in Rome.
And just seconds ago,
this entire intersection was down.
And I kind of want to show you
why it's up because it looks
like everything's up and running,
but they're very tricky here.
Look, they're running this light
with a generator because this is
such an important intersection.
Georgia Power is out here trying
to get things back up and
running while they're working.
They have hooked up these lights in
this area to a generator to try to get
this intersection back up and running.
But this entire Rd.
is down Memorial Parkway.
Veterans Memorial Parkway is without light.
This area over here, multiple shops
in this shopping center behind me,
the CVS behind us, no power.
The hospital running on generator
and earlier we were in the hospital.
We're on hospital property,
where some of those hefty winds
came rolling through.
When it did,
it toppled multiple trees in the parking lot,
falling on cars and even blowing out
some of the windows at that hospital.
Now,
we spoke to hospital officials about
how it was when they saw those
winds coming from the window and
hearing the shatter take a listen.
Yeah, of course, it's surprising
when a when a window blows out,
but again we have safety protocols in
place and everybody just followed those
protocols and and kept patients safe
and that's the most important thing.
Yes. So again, here in Rome where
one of the areas that was just
impacted by that quick moving storm
as it rolled through the area,
the rain was not very heavy,
but at times quick and strong.
And those winds that came with
it definitely impacting the area,
leaving much of this area without power
and trees down throughout the city,
setting it back to you guys in the studio.
All right, Bob, Beth,
thank you so much for that update.
Now we also spoke with the chief
of the Rome Fire Department.
Just hours after the storm,
or whether just after the storm
swept through that area about the
damage he says he and his crews are
seeing out there on the ground.
A lot of widespread damage with high winds,
probably 60 plus mile hour leveled trees.
Their own houses took down power lines.
This is a lot of damage and
we're still answering calls.
The storm causing a full ground stop for
Hartsfield Jackson International Airport.
You're looking live at the tarmac right now.
According to FlightAware,
there were more than 25 cancellations
today and more than 450 delays.
Now that again is not the tarmac that was
the city of Atlanta, that skyline there.
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