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Tornado Watch Issued for Athens Area

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A tornado watch has been issued for most of north Georgia. Clarke, Barrow, Jackson, Madison, Oglethorpe, and Oconee counties are included in th e 49 Georgia counties under that watch until 6 o' clock this evening.

Showers and thunderstorms will increase across north and central
Georgia this morning and continue through the afternoon. Some
storms could be strong to severe, capable of damaging winds, large
hail.

Forecasters say the area is also under a flash flood watch thorough this evening. Several rounds of showers and thunderstorms are possible again today, with locally heavy rainfall likely. An additional 1 to 2 inches of rainfall is anticipated, with some isolated higher amounts possible.