Parts of metro Atlanta could see a repeat Friday of strong storms similar to those that left scattered damage across the area Thursday evening.
Channel 2 Action News meteorologist Karen Minton said the storms -- like those Thursday -- will be widely scattered Friday afternoon and evening. Minton put the chance of storms Friday at 20 percent.
Thursday night, strong storms developed over Forsyth County around 7 p.m., then swept southward through Fulton, Cobb and Douglas counties over the next couple of hours.
Scattered damage was reported in all of those counties, but no one was seriously injured.
Mount Vernon Highway in Sandy Springs was blocked near Heards Ferry Road early Friday as crews worked to removed a large tree that toppled and brought down utility lines. Sandy Springs policle Lt. Steve Rose said it would likely be early afternoon Friday before the road reopened.
The National Weather Service reported that multiple trees were blown down in a neighborhood off Catalina Drive near Cumming, with at least one tree falling on a house.
Lightning touched off a fire in Johns Creek that damaged a home on Prestwood Drive, while in Alpharetta, lightning struck a large maple tree, knocking bark into surrounding yards, the Weather Service said.
Two trees fell on a house on Converse Court in east Cobb County. Homeowner Jake Hill told Channel 2 that his 7-year-old daughter heard a crack and moved out of the way just in time as the trees crashed through the master bedroom of the home.
Lightning also sparked a house fire on Hillside Drive in Douglas County, and hail up to half-dollar size was reported in Forsyth, Fulton, Cobb and Dawson counties.
The Weather Service warned that low pressure centered off the Carolina coast could trigger another round of scattered thunderstorms across much of Georgia Friday afternoon into Friday night.
Minton's weekend forecast is for mostly sunny skies Saturday and Sunday, with highs in the mid-80s and lows around 60 degrees.
Another chance of showers will arrive on Monday and Tuesday, Minton said.
Staff writer Angel K. Brooks contributed to this article.
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