Severe Thunderstorm Watch 05/08/2025 13:24 for Georgia areas

Headline: 
Severe Thunderstorm Watch issued May 8 at 4:24PM EDT until May 9 at 12:00AM EDT by NWS Peachtree City GA
Event: 
Severe Thunderstorm Watch
Urgency: 
Future
Effective: 
May 8, 2025 - 1:24pm
Expires: 
May 8, 2025 - 9:00pm
Description: 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 242 IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN GEORGIA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 21 COUNTIES IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA CHEROKEE DAWSON FANNIN FORSYTH GILMER HALL LUMPKIN PICKENS UNION IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA BANKS TOWNS WHITE IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA BARTOW CATOOSA CHATTOOGA DADE FLOYD GORDON MURRAY WALKER WHITFIELD THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF BLAIRSVILLE, BLUE RIDGE, CALHOUN, CARTERSVILLE, CHATSWORTH, CLEVELAND, COHUTTA WILDERNESS, COLWELL, CUMMING, DAHLONEGA, DALTON, DAWSONVILLE, DIAL, ELLIJAY, EPWORTH, FORT OGLETHORPE, GAINESVILLE, HEMP, HIAWASSEE, HIGDON, HOMER, JASPER, LAFAYETTE, ROME, SUMMERVILLE, TRENTON, AND WOODSTOCK.
Area Description: 
Banks, GA; Bartow, GA; Catoosa, GA; Chattooga, GA; Cherokee, GA; Dade, GA; Dawson, GA; Fannin, GA; Floyd, GA; Forsyth, GA; Gilmer, GA; Gordon, GA; Hall, GA; Lumpkin, GA; Murray, GA; Pickens, GA; Towns, GA; Union, GA; Walker, GA; White, GA; Whitfield, GA
Forcast Office: 
NWS Peachtree City GA