UPDATED: The National Weather Service has canceled the tornado watch for the metro Atlanta area including Rockdale County. 

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(Jan. 30, 3:30 p.m.) Tornado watch for most of central and north Georgia in effect until 8 p.m. A severe thunderstorm warning is in place for Rockdale, Newton, Walton, DeKalb, Gwinnett, Hall, Henry, Jackson, Banks, Barrow, Forsyth and Fulton counties until 3:45 p.m.

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(Jan. 30, 8:48 a.m.) THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED TORNADO WATCH 19 IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS

IN GEORGIA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 67 COUNTIES

IN CENTRAL GEORGIA

BALDWIN BIBB BLECKLEY BUTTS CRAWFORD DOOLY HOUSTON JASPER JONES MONROE PEACH PULASKI PUTNAM TWIGGS WILKINSON

IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA

GREENE HANCOCK TALIAFERRO 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 WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA

CHATTAHOOCHEE COWETA HARRIS LAMAR MACON MARION MERIWETHER MUSCOGEE PIKE SCHLEY SPALDING STEWART SUMTER TALBOT TAYLOR TROUP UPSON WEBSTER

THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF... AMERICUS... ATLANTA... BARNESVILLE... BLAIRSVILLE... BUENA VISTA... BUTLER... CLEVELAND... COCHRAN... COLUMBUS... COMER... COMMERCE... CONYERS... COVINGTON... CRAWFORD... CRAWFORDVILLE... CUMMING... DAHLONEGA... DAWSONVILLE... DECATUR... DOUGLASVILLE... EATONTON... ELLAVILLE... ELLIJAY... FORSYTH... FORT BENNING... FORT VALLEY... GAINESVILLE... GRAY... GREENSBORO... GRIFFIN... HAWKINSVILLE... HIAWASSEE... HOMER... JACKSON... JASPER... JEFFERSONVILLE... LAWRENCEVILLE... MACON... MADISON... MANCHESTER... MARIETTA... MILLEDGEVILLE... MONROE... MONTEZUMA... MONTICELLO... NEWNAN... PEACHTREE CITY... PINE MOUNTAIN... PRESTON... RICHLAND... RIVERDALE... ROBERTA... SPARTA... STOCKBRIDGE... TALBOTTON... THOMASTON... TOOMSBORO... VIENNA... WARNER ROBINS... WASHINGTON... WATKINSVILLE... WEST POINT... WINDER... WINTERVILLE... WOODSTOCK AND ZEBULON.