Hundreds reportedly without power in Georgia after storm
A few power outages continued across the state after storms swept through Saturday, leaving about 1,200 customers without power as of Sunday afternoon.
Outages in Georgia began to decrease by 3:45 p.m. Saturday. At 1:30 p.m. Sunday, 1,189 customers remained without power, including 967 in Fulton County. At 3:30 p.m. Saturday, 23,684 were in the dark, according to PowerOutage.US.
The threat of severe weather ended late Saturday afternoon in metro Atlanta, according to local meteorologists.
The storm also forced a high school football championship game to go under a weather delay before it resumed. Cedar Grove led 21-14 against Carver-Atlanta in the third quarter of the Class 3A title game before the delay.
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The game resumed shortly after 3 p.m., with a 10-minute warmup before play at Center Parc Credit Union Stadium, formerly Georgia State Stadium. Cedar Grove went on to a 56-26 victory.
The afternoon storms pushed back the start times for the other high school varsity football state championship games.
Warner Robins and Calhoun originally were scheduled to kick off at 3:30 p.m., and Milton against Collins Hill was set for 7 p.m. The 5A title game started closer to 5 p.m.
The storms produced 35 to 40 mph winds and heavy rain in Georgia, according to Severe Weather Team 2 Meteorologist Brad Nitz.
Severe Weather Team 2 Meteorologist Eboni Deon said there was a Level 2 of 5 for severe weather for much of metro Atlanta on Saturday.
The storms decreased in intensity but there was still good low-level wind shear, said Matt Sena, meteorologist for the National Weather Service in Peachtree City.
“Right now the line of storms will be getting into the Atlanta area sometime this afternoon and will be pushed east of the area as we head into the evening,” Sena said Saturday.
There was a chance for isolated severe weather Saturday, including an isolated tornado, concentrated in North Georgia, but conditions brought damaging wind gusts, he said.
The blanket of fog from Friday night cleared across metro Atlanta on Saturday, Sena said.
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