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Tornado Watch Issued For Multiple Georgia Counties

The tornado watch is set to expire at 9 p.m. Tuesday.

A tornado watch is in effect Tuesday for metro Atlanta.
A tornado watch is in effect Tuesday for metro Atlanta. (Kristin Borden/Patch)

ATLANTA, GA — Several Georgia counties are under a tornado watch until 9 p.m. Tuesday, according to the National Weather Service.

The alert affects Barrow, Cherokee, Cobb, Fulton, Paulding, Gwinnett, Bartow, Clarke, DeKalb, Douglas, Forsyth and several other counties.

Metro Atlanta is expected to have thunderstorms through Wednesday with possible damaging winds, tornadoes and flooding, weather officials told Patch early Tuesday.

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