While showers remain, the heavy downpours that soaked Atlanta on Friday afternoon are moving southeast out of the city, according to Channel 2 Action News.
The heaviest rain is in south Gwinnett County and Walton County. A severe thunderstorm watch for several Southside counties, including Clayton, Fayette and Henry, was canceled just before 6 p.m.
JUST IN: Severe thunderstorm watch canceled for all but our eastern counties -- mainly east of I-85 and along I-20.
— Brian Monahan, WSB (@BMonahanWSB) June 7, 2019
Continues until 7pm. @wsbtv #StormWatchon2 pic.twitter.com/2K8go4Gg9e
The rain is only further complicating the interstates Friday afternoon, according to the WSB 24-hour Traffic Center. Most traffic is moving well-below interstate speeds due to the weather.
However a crash is stifling one Southside interstate. Two lanes of I-85 North near Peachtree City are blocked at Ga. 74 because of a crash with injuries, according to the Traffic Center. Delays span back to Collinsworth Road.
Still TRAVEL ADVISORY P'tree City i-85/nb at Hwy. 74 (Exit 61), injury crash two left lanes. Delays from Collinsworth (Exit 56). Use Hwy. 29. #ATLtraffic https://t.co/2hvjWkI3bV pic.twitter.com/A0viM9ppVn
— AJC WSB Traffic (@ajcwsbtraffic) June 7, 2019
Georgia is in the middle of a very wet weather pattern.
“The flood threat remains low, even though we are looking at inches of rain over the course of really the next five days,” Channel 2 meteorologist Katie Walls said. “Because we've been so dry, there are parts of North Georgia that haven't received any accumulating rainfall in more than three weeks.”
After the afternoon storms, North Georgia should be mostly rain-free Friday night, she said.
Worst of the weather is moving through right now across metro #ATL -- things will improve this evening.
— Brian Monahan, WSB (@BMonahanWSB) June 7, 2019
I'm breaking it down + the full weekend rain outlook at 5:29pm on @wsbtv pic.twitter.com/r6wt50Clm6
The rain sticks around through the weekend and into the start of next week, according to Channel 2. Saturday has the highest chance of rain at 80 percent.
“For those of you with outdoor plans, my advice is get out Saturday morning,” Walls said. “The first half of the day, there will be some rain around, but it’s not until the afternoon that the heaviest rain really begins to ramp up.”
Walls said she is not seeing a break in the wet weather pattern until mid-to-late next week.
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