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Be weather aware: Risk for strong to severe storms tonight, early Wednesday

ATLANTA — You will want to be weather aware Tuesday night and Wednesday morning. Severe Weather Team 2 is tracking a cold front that will bring the risk for isolated strong to severe storms.

Severe Weather Team 2 Meteorologist Brian Monahan says the front will arrive late tonight and move through Wednesday morning. The main threats will be damaging wind gusts, but a brief, spin-up tornado can’t be ruled out.

Severe Weather Team 2 takes you through the timing, LIVE on Channel 2 Action News.

The severe weather risk during the day will stay to our west, but ahead of the storms, there will be strong wind gusts.

A wind advisory goes into effect at 1 p.m. until Wednesday morning for parts of metro Atlanta and north Georgia. Wind gusts to 45 mph may cause scattered power outages.

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Here’s what to know for Tuesday

  • Wind advisory today at 1pm through 7am tomorrow for wind gusts to 45+ mph
  • Trees/tree limbs could come down, scattered power outages
  • Warm and dry most of the day with highs near 70
  • Storms arrive in far eastern AL/NW GA around 11pm tonight; moving through metro Atlanta 1-3am tomorrow
  • Staying breezy tomorrow with falling temperatures by late afternoon

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