We got very heavy rains overnight but the early indications are that the severe thunderstorms and tornadoes that roared through Georgia overnight spared Cobb County.
Several people were killed in Murray County in northwest Georgia, and a man in Cartersville died when a tree fell on his house, according to WSB-TV.
Tornadoes also reportedly touched down in Upson County, in central Georgia. Thus far the National Weather Service has not confirmed when and where tornadoes may have touched down.
But Cobb County and most of Georgia got heavy rains overnight, and high winds brought down trees.
On Monday morning, Gov. Brian Kemp declared a state of emergency due to the storms.
In our area, the heaviest period of rainfall occurred around 2:30 a.m., after a severe thunderstorm watch, then warning were issued.
A tornado watch in Cobb expired at 7 a.m. Monday.
Cobb government said around 10 a.m. Monday that there are reports of trees down in the county, with work crews repairing electricity poles due to downed trees in the Kennesaw are.
For the moment there are no reports of flooding or impassable roads in the county, and there were few power outages.
The Georgia Emergency Management Agency is asking anyone with property damage from the storms to take a photo and fill out and submit a form at this link.
Areas of southeast Georgia remain under a tornado watch Monday morning.
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