PEACHTREE CITY - The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a tornado watch for a large portion of the north Georgia area that remains in effect until 3 p.m.
A flood watch has also been issued for Forsyth County that remains in effect until 3 p.m., as well.
The watch, as issued by the weather service, is as follows:
TORNADO WATCH 78 REMAINS VALID UNTIL 3 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN GEORGIA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 54 COUNTIES IN CENTRAL GEORGIA BALDWIN BIBB BLECKLEY BUTTS CRAWFORD CRISP DODGE DOOLY HOUSTON JASPER JONES LAURENS MONROE PEACH PULASKI PUTNAM TWIGGS WILCOX WILKINSON IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA HANCOCK JOHNSON WASHINGTON IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA CLAYTON COBB DEKALB DOUGLAS FAYETTE FULTON HENRY NEWTON ROCKDALE IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA CARROLL HARALSON PAULDING POLK IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA CHATTAHOOCHEE COWETA HARRIS HEARD LAMAR MACON MARION MERIWETHER MUSCOGEE PIKE SCHLEY SPALDING STEWART SUMTER TALBOT TAYLOR TROUP UPSON WEBSTER THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...ABBEVILLE...AMERICUS...ATLANTA... BARNESVILLE...BREMEN...BUENA VISTA...BUTLER...CARROLLTON... CEDARTOWN...COCHRAN...COLUMBUS...CONYERS...CORDELE...COVINGTON... DALLAS...DECATUR...DOUGLASVILLE...DUBLIN...EASTMAN...EATONTON... ELLAVILLE...FORSYTH...FORT BENNING...FORT VALLEY...FRANKLIN... GRAY...GRIFFIN...HAWKINSVILLE...JACKSON...JEFFERSONVILLE... MACON...MANCHESTER...MARIETTA...MILLEDGEVILLE...MONTEZUMA... MONTICELLO...NEWNAN...PEACHTREE CITY...PINE MOUNTAIN...PRESTON... RICHLAND...RIVERDALE...ROBERTA...SANDERSVILLE...SPARTA... STOCKBRIDGE...TALBOTTON...THOMASTON...TOOMSBORO...VIENNA... WARNER ROBINS...WEST POINT...WRIGHTSVILLE AND ZEBULON. $$
WATCH COUNTY NOTIFICATION FOR WATCH 78 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1112 AM EDT SUN APR 19 2015 GAC011-013-015-055-057-059-085-115-117-125-129-133-135-139-157- 163-195-211-219-221-227-265-297-301-317-191900- /O.EXA.KFFC.TO.A.0078.000000T0000Z-150419T1900Z/ THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS EXTENDED TORNADO WATCH 78 TO INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING AREAS UNTIL 3 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON IN GEORGIA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 25 COUNTIES IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA GLASCOCK GREENE JEFFERSON TALIAFERRO WARREN WILKES IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA BARROW CHEROKEE DAWSON FORSYTH GWINNETT HALL MORGAN PICKENS WALTON IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA BANKS CLARKE JACKSON MADISON OCONEE OGLETHORPE IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA BARTOW CHATTOOGA FLOYD GORDON THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...CALHOUN...CARTERSVILLE...COMER... COMMERCE...CRAWFORD...CRAWFORDVILLE...CUMMING...DAWSONVILLE... GAINESVILLE...GIBSON...GREENSBORO...HOMER...JASPER... LAWRENCEVILLE...LOUISVILLE...MADISON...MONROE...ROME... SUMMERVILLE...WARRENTON...WASHINGTON...WATKINSVILLE...WINDER... WINTERVILLE AND WOODSTOCK.
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