TORNADO WATCH

There is a tornado watch in effect until 4pm for SW parts of the metro area. The main threat is damaging winds and heavy rain, but we can not rule out the threat for an isolated tornado. The good news is that the storms have all come across the border and run into some very cool air which has really taken the steam out of them. The storms will continue to move east, but will continue to weaken as they run into even cooler air.

TORNADO WATCH

There is a tornado watch in effect for most of far west Georgia until 11am today. There have been reports of tornadoes in Alabama this morning, some with possible major damage. The same storm system that produced numerous tornadoes in Arkansas yesterday is now moving towards N Georgia. The good news is that the air in N Georgia is very cool and stable so as the storms move in they should weaken. We will continue to monitor throughout the day!

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ATLANTA -- A major January severe weather outbreak is taking place Sunday night in Arkansas, Mississippi, and Western Tennessee.  We are monitoring these storms as they move to the east toward Georgia.

There have been numerous tornado warnings in Arkansas with damage and tornado emergencies declared in some counties there.  The line will move east through Mississippi overnight and eventually into NW Alabama.

The line will move into northwest Georgia between 6am and 8am Monday.  It will continue south and east into Metro Atlanta between 8am and 11am, then move south of Atlanta after lunch.

The cool "wedge' that is over us right now is going to act in our favor by helping to weaken these storms as they move in.  I still expect some thunder and lightning and the potential for severe thunderstorms with the passage of the storms.  However, it won't be the same type of outbreak as they are having Sunday night to the west.