Metro Atlanta Under Wind Advisory From Thursday Evening Through Friday Morning

The National Weather Service issued a wind advisory that goes into effect this evening, Thursday, June 18, and extends into Friday morning.

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What is in the Hazardous Weather Outlook?

The hazardous weather outlook states the following:

…WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 8 AM EDT FRIDAY… * WHAT…Southwest winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 35 mph expected. Some isolated higher wind gusts may be possible. * WHERE…Portions of central, east central, north central, northeast, northwest, southeast, and west central Georgia. * WHEN…From 6 PM this evening to 8 AM EDT Friday. * IMPACTS…Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS… Winds this strong can make driving difficult, especially for high profile vehicles. Use extra caution.

Counties included in the alert

• Baldwin
• Barrow
• Bibb
• Bleckley
• Butts
• Carroll
• Chattahoochee
• Clarke
• Clayton
• Cobb
• Coweta
• Crawford
• Crisp
• DeKalb
• Dodge
• Dooly
• Douglas
• Emanuel
• Fayette
• Glascock
• Greene
• Gwinnett
• Hancock
• Haralson
• Harris
• Heard
• Henry
• Houston
• Jasper
• Jefferson
• Johnson
• Jones
• Lamar
• Laurens
• Macon
• Marion
• Meriwether
• Monroe
• Montgomery
• Morgan
• Muscogee
• Newton
• North Fulton
• Oconee
• Oglethorpe
• Paulding
• Peach
• Pike
• Pulaski
• Putnam
• Rockdale
• Schley
• South Fulton
• Spalding
• Stewart
• Sumter
• Talbot
• Taliaferro
• Taylor
• Telfair
• Toombs
• Treutlen
• Troup
• Twiggs
• Upson
• Walton
• Warren
• Washington
• Webster
• Wheeler
• Wilcox
• Wilkes
• Wilkinson

Cities mentioned in the alert

• Abbeville
• Alamo
• Americus
• Athens
• Atlanta
• Barnesville
• Bremen
• Buena Vista
• Butler
• Carrollton
• Cochran
• Columbus
• Conyers
• Cordele
• Covington
• Crawford
• Crawfordville
• Dallas
• Decatur
• Douglasville
• Dublin
• East Point
• Eastman
• Eatonton
• Ellaville
• Fort Benning
• Fort Valley
• Forsyth
• Franklin
• Gibson
• Gray
• Greensboro
• Griffin
• Hawkinsville
• Jackson
• Jeffersonville
• Lawrenceville
• Louisville
• Lumpkin
• Macon
• Madison
• Manchester
• Marietta
• McRae
• Milledgeville
• Monroe
• Montezuma
• Monticello
• Mount Vernon
• Newnan
• Peachtree City
• Pine Mountain
• Preston
• Riverdale
• Roberta
• Sandersville
• Soperton
• Sparta
• Stockbridge
• Swainsboro
• Talbotton
• Thomaston
• Toomsboro
• Vidalia
• Vienna
• Warner Robins
• Warrenton
• Washington
• Watkinsville
• West Point
• Winder
• Wrightsville
• Zebulon