ATLANTA — The line of storms that spurned at least two confirmed tornadoes have moved out.
“It hit northwest Georgia at 3 a.m. and moved out of our area by 6 a.m.” Severe Weather Team 2 Chief Meteorologist Brad Nitz said.
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Nitz said gusty winds along with the wet, loose soil could still topple some trees throughout the morning but the severe weather threat is over.
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Nitz said the storms moved quickly, with wind gusts close to 80 mph measured at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in downtown Atlanta.
Here’s a minute-by-minute look at how the storms unfolded:
6:04 a.m.
Severe Thunderstorm Warning for Putnam County until 7 a.m.
Severe Thunderstorm Warning for Greene and Putnam County until 6:45 a.m.
Severe Weather threat diminishing across much of north Georgia as line of severe storms move east. Still monitoring storms in our far east counties and tracking live now on Channel 2 pic.twitter.com/WQiszDEd9w
— Eboni Deon, WSB (@EboniDeonWSB) February 16, 2025
5:29 p.m.
Tornado warning issued for Greene, Jasper, Morgan and Putnam counties
5:17 p.m.
Tornado Warning issued for Putnam, Butts, Jasper, and Lamar counties
5:11 a.m.
Tornado Warning issued for Jasper, Henry, Newton and Butts counties
4:54 p.m.
Tornado Warning issued for Rockdale, DeKalb, Henry, Walton, Clayton, Jasper and Newton counties until 5:15
4:34 a.m.
Severe Thunderstorm Warning for Cherokee, Dawson, Forsyth, Fulton, Lumpkin and Pickens County until 4:45am
4:26 a.m.
Tornado warning issued for Coweta, Fayette, Meriwether, Spalding and Troup counties.
4:21 p.m.
Channel 2’s Steve Gehlbach just sent this video in of strong wind and rain in Cobb County
Storm line moving through Cobb County now! @EboniDeonWSB @BradNitzWSB are tracking it pic.twitter.com/Ee38sZ7xDs
— Steve Gehlbach (@SteveGWSB) February 16, 2025
4:17 a.m.
Severe Thunderstorm Warning for Cherokee, Dawson, Forsyth, Fulton, Lumpkin and Pickens County until 4:45 a.m.
4:03 a.m.
Tornado Warning for Coweta, Heard, Meriwether, Pike and Troup County until 4:45am
3:57 a.m.
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued for Carroll, Cobb, Coweta, Douglas, Fulton, Heard and Paulding counties until 4:45 a.m.
3:49 a.m.
Severe Thunderstorm Warning for Coweta, Heard, Meriwether and Troup counties until 4:30 a.m.
3:38 a.m.
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued for Bartow, Cherokee, Cobb, Fannin, Floyd, Gilmer, Gordon, Paulding, Pickens and Polk County until 4:30 a.m.
3:26 a.m.
A Severe Thunderstorm Warning has been issued for Paulding, Haralson, Carroll, Douglas, Heard County and Polk counties until 4 a.m.
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