After a quiet start to the week, weather conditions are beginning to change across Chattooga County and northwest Georgia.
Severe storms possible overnight, hard freeze follows in Chattooga County and Northwest Georgia
A wet and unsettled weather pattern continues across the region today, bringing periods of showers, embedded thunderstorms, breezy conditions, and the possibility of stronger storms later tonight.
Warm spring air, increasing humidity, and an approaching line of storms will make for an active weather day across Chattooga County and the surrounding Northwest Georgia region.
Strong to severe thunderstorms were moving through Chattooga County and Northwest Georgia early Monday morning, bringing the threat of damaging winds and a few brief tornadoes as a powerful squall line pushes across the region.
A dangerous stretch of weather is setting up across Chattooga County and Northwest Georgia, beginning with isolated showers and thunderstorms this afternoon, followed by a more widespread severe weather threat after midnight, and then widespread freezing temperatures Monday night and again Tuesday night.
Chattooga County and the rest of northwest Georgia will get one more dry and unusually warm day today before a much more active stretch of weather arrives Sunday and Monday, followed by a sharp blast of cold air that could bring widespread freezing temperatures by the middle of next week. Forecasters say today will stay sunny, dry, and very mild, with afternoon temperatures climbing well into the 70s and possibly nearing 80 degrees in parts of northwest Georgia. That will make today the warmest and quietest day in the forecast before conditions begin changing quickly.
A cold front is expected to sweep through Chattooga County and Northwest Georgia late this evening into early Thursday, bringing widespread showers and thunderstorms, with some storms possibly becoming strong to severe.
Residents across Chattooga County and Northwest Georgia are experiencing temperatures that feel more like early summer than early March, with forecasters warning that temperatures could remain 15 to 20 degrees above normal through the coming days.
Chattooga County and the rest of Northwest Georgia are heading into a stretch of unusually hot and unsettled weather, with temperatures running 15 to more than 20 degrees above normal through the next several days.
This week is severe weather week in Georgia. Today, Monday Feb. 2 – Friday Feb. 6.
Today’s focus is Day 1 (Feb. 2): Thunderstorm Safety. Thunderstorms can produce dangerous conditions in a short amount of time, including damaging straight-line winds, large hail, torrential rain, and frequent lightning. Even storms that don’t appear severe at first can quickly intensify, so having a plan and staying weather-aware is key.