Showers moved through much of metro Atlanta on Friday at the height of rush hour.
Radar at 6:30 p.m. showed showers extending as far north as Roswell and Alpharetta and as far west as Carrollton as they moved eastward. But the heaviest downpours were to the south of Atlanta and extending eastward to Macon.
The main threat was some intense cloud-to-ground lightning, Channel 2 Action News chief meteorologist Glenn Burns said. He said the storms moved toward the east at 35 mph.
In addition to lightning, Burns said the system would bring strong winds and large hail.
The forecast calls for evening storms ending around 10 p.m. then partly cloudy with a low near 72. Saturday's forecast calls for partly cloudy skies with a 30 percent chance of storms, lows in the upper 60s to near 70s, and highs in the low to mid 90s. Sunday, mostly sunny and hot weather is expected with lows in the upper 60s to near 70s and highs in the mid 90s.
Storms Wednesday night and early Thursday left thousands of Georgia Power customers without power, brought hail and heavy wind, and downed trees across the metro area.
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