COBB WEATHER ALERT: Tornado watch issued until 4 a.m. Tuesday; Cobb schools cancel Monday night activities

UPDATED, 9:20 p.m.

Cobb is included in a tornado watch issued by the National Weather Service until 4 a.m. Tuesday. A second storm system with a tornado is moving out of Alabama. At 10:30 p.m., a severe thunderstorm warning was issued for all of Cobb County until 11:15 p.m. More storms were moving through counties in western Georgia, where tornado warnings had been in effect.

UPDATED, 5:58 P.M:

The Cobb County School District announced shortly before 5 p.m. today that all school-related activities tonight are cancelled.

ORIGINAL POST, 2:04 P.M.:

The National Weather Service has included Cobb and metro Atlanta in a severe weather forecast for this afternoon and evening that includes the possibilities of thunderstorms, high winds, hail and tornadoes.

The threat is greatest between 3 p.m. and midnight, according to the National Weather Service forecast, which includes much of north Georgia.

Here’s more from what the NWS released in its revised projections around 1:30 this afternoon:

Isolated to scattered thunderstorms will develop this afternoon, especially south of I-20. Some of these storms could be strong to severe with large hail and brief gusty winds the primary threat,
along with heavy rain.

Later this afternoon through this evening, a more organized line of severe thunderstorms will move from Alabama into northwest and west-central Georgia. It is along and ahead of this line where all modes of severe weather exist, including tornadoes, large hail potentially greater than 2 inches, and damaging winds in excess of 70 MPH. Heavy rainfall and frequent lightning will also occur. Expect the potential for severe weather to be its highest between 5 PM and 2 AM
Tuesday morning.

This map was released around 2:20 p.m. today:

We’re also seeing some school districts in west Georgia begin to cancel at least after-school activities, due to the weather threat, but haven’t seen anything yet for Cobb. We’ll update that here when we get more information.

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