PRESS RELEASE – THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED TORNADO WATCH 61 INEFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN GEORGIA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 18 COUNTIES IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA:

• CHEROKEE
• FANNIN
• GILMER
• PICKENS
• IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA:
• BARTOW
• CARROLL
• CATOOSA
• CHATTOOGA
• DADE
• FLOYD
• GORDON
• HARALSON
• MURRAY
• PAULDING
• POLK
• WALKER
• WHITFIELD

IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA:

• HEARD

THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF BLUE RIDGE:

• BREMEN
• CALHOUN
• CARROLLTON
• CARTERSVILLE
• CEDARTOWN
• CHATSWORTH
• COHUTTA WILDERNESS
• COLWELL
• DALLAS
• DALTON
• DIAL
• ELLIJAY
• EPWORTH
• FORT OGLETHORPE
• FRANKLIN
• HEMP
• HIGDON
• JASPER
• LAFAYETTE
• ROME
• SUMMERVILLE
• TRENTON AND WOODSTOCK.

The counties with the High Wind Warning are also in the watch area.