THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED TORNADO WATCH 216 IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN GEORGIA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 70 COUNTIES IN CENTRAL GEORGIA BALDWIN BIBB BUTTS CRAWFORD HOUSTON JASPER JONES MONROE PEACH PUTNAM TWIGGS WILKINSON IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA GLASCOCK GREENE HANCOCK JEFFERSON TALIAFERRO WARREN WASHINGTON WILKES IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA BARROW CHEROKEE CLAYTON COBB DAWSON DEKALB DOUGLAS FANNIN FAYETTE FORSYTH FULTON GILMER GWINNETT HALL HENRY LUMPKIN MORGAN NEWTON PICKENS ROCKDALE UNION WALTON IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA BANKS CLARKE JACKSON MADISON OCONEE OGLETHORPE TOWNS WHITE IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA BARTOW CARROLL CATOOSA CHATTOOGA FLOYD GORDON HARALSON MURRAY PAULDING POLK WALKER WHITFIELD IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA COWETA HEARD LAMAR MERIWETHER PIKE SPALDING TROUP UPSON THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ATLANTA, BARNESVILLE, BLAIRSVILLE, BLUE RIDGE, BREMEN, CALHOUN, CARROLLTON, CARTERSVILLE, CEDARTOWN, CHATSWORTH, CLEVELAND, COHUTTA WILDERNESS, COLWELL, COMER, COMMERCE, CONYERS, COVINGTON, CRAWFORD, CRAWFORDVILLE, CUMMING, DAHLONEGA, DALLAS, DALTON, DAWSONVILLE, DECATUR, DIAL, DOUGLASVILLE, EATONTON, ELLIJAY, EPWORTH, FORSYTH, FORT OGLETHORPE, FORT VALLEY, FRANKLIN, GAINESVILLE, GIBSON, GRAY, GREENSBORO, GRIFFIN, HEMP, HIAWASSEE, HIGDON, HOMER, JACKSON, JASPER, JEFFERSONVILLE, LAFAYETTE, LAWRENCEVILLE, LOUISVILLE, MACON, MADISON, MANCHESTER, MARIETTA, MILLEDGEVILLE, MONROE, MONTICELLO, NEWNAN, PEACHTREE CITY, RIVERDALE, ROBERTA, ROME, SANDERSVILLE, SPARTA, STOCKBRIDGE, SUMMERVILLE, THOMASTON, TOOMSBORO, WARNER ROBINS, WARRENTON, WASHINGTON, WATKINSVILLE, WEST POINT, WINDER, WINTERVILLE, WOODSTOCK, AND ZEBULON.