Severe Thunderstorm Warning Issued for Midtown

The National Weather Service has issued a severe thunderstorm warning for the City of Atlanta.

According to the NWS, the warning indicates the possibility of 60 mph winds, quarter-sized hail, and damaging high winds.

The warning will expire at 5:15 p.m., as the storm is traveling northeast from a line between East Point and McDonough at a speed of 45 mph.

Here is the full warning from the National Weather Service:

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM EDT

FOR SOUTHWESTERN GWINNETT...ROCKDALE...DEKALB...CLAYTON...SOUTH

CENTRAL FULTON AND CENTRAL HENRY COUNTIES...

AT 449 PM EDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE

EXTENDING FROM NEAR EAST POINT TO NEAR MCDONOUGH...MOVING NORTHEAST

AT 45 MPH.

HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.

IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO

ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO

ATLANTA...MCDONOUGH...DECATUR...CONYERS...JONESBORO...EAST POINT...

STOCKBRIDGE...UNION CITY...FOREST PARK...SNELLVILLE...RIVERDALE...

COLLEGE PARK...LILBURN...CHAMBLEE...DORAVILLE...CLARKSTON...

HAMPTON...MORROW...LOVEJOY AND HAPEVILLE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A

BUILDING.

LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS AND CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND

LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY.

LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES LEADING KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN

HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.