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Snow in metro Atlanta: DeKalb activates emergency center

DeKalb emergency management personnel watch weather developments (DEKALB COUNTY).

Credit: Mark Niesse

Credit: Mark Niesse

DeKalb emergency management personnel watch weather developments (DEKALB COUNTY).
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Feb 25, 2015

DeKalb County emergency personnel are monitoring winter weather conditions from an emergency operations center.

The center is fully staffed in case snow and ice arrive in the county.

DeKalb is included in a winter weather warning covering most of North Georgia.

Portions of the county could receive between 1 inch and 3 inches of snow this afternoon.

County administrative offices and schools are closed Wednesday.

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution's news partner, Channel 2 Action News, maintains a list of cancellations, closings and delays.  Check the list for updates .

Read more of The AJC's weather coverage and updates here .

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Mark Niesse is an enterprise reporter and covers elections and Georgia government for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution and is considered an expert on elections and voting. Before joining the AJC, he worked for The Associated Press in Atlanta, Honolulu and Montgomery, Alabama. He also reported for The Daily Report and The Santiago Times in Chile.

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