Severe Thunderstorm Watch 05/02/2025 18:36 for Georgia areas

Headline: 
Severe Thunderstorm Watch issued May 2 at 9:36PM EDT until May 3 at 2:00AM EDT by NWS Peachtree City GA
Event: 
Severe Thunderstorm Watch
Urgency: 
Future
Effective: 
May 2, 2025 - 6:36pm
Expires: 
May 2, 2025 - 11:00pm
Description: 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS EXTENDED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 216 TO INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING AREAS UNTIL 2 AM EDT SATURDAY IN GEORGIA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 20 COUNTIES IN CENTRAL GEORGIA BUTTS IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA BARROW CLAYTON DEKALB FAYETTE FULTON GWINNETT HENRY NEWTON ROCKDALE WALTON IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA BANKS JACKSON IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA COWETA HEARD LAMAR MERIWETHER PIKE SPALDING TROUP THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ATLANTA, BARNESVILLE, COMMERCE, CONYERS, COVINGTON, DECATUR, FRANKLIN, GRIFFIN, HOMER, JACKSON, LAWRENCEVILLE, MANCHESTER, MONROE, NEWNAN, PEACHTREE CITY, RIVERDALE, STOCKBRIDGE, WEST POINT, WINDER, AND ZEBULON.
Area Description: 
Banks, GA; Barrow, GA; Butts, GA; Clayton, GA; Coweta, GA; DeKalb, GA; Fayette, GA; Fulton, GA; Gwinnett, GA; Heard, GA; Henry, GA; Jackson, GA; Lamar, GA; Meriwether, GA; Newton, GA; Pike, GA; Rockdale, GA; Spalding, GA; Troup, GA; Walton, GA
Forcast Office: 
NWS Peachtree City GA