Rain moves out, clouds move in

Tomorrow: Mostly to partly cloudy. High: 54

» For the detailed forecast, visit The Atlanta Journal-Constitution weather page.

After overnight storms brought damaging winds, sent trees onto homes and cars, and knocked out power to thousands, clouds covered much of metro Atlanta Tuesday afternoon.

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The damaging weather was part of a line of severe thunderstorms that killed four people in Alabama and one person in Florida, according to The Associated Press.

While most of the severe weather had moved out of metro Atlanta Tuesday, Pew Creek in Lawrenceville was under a flood warning until 2:36 p.m.

“Recent heavy rainfall has caused significant runoff into streams and rivers which will cause flooding in some areas,” the National Weather Service said.

“Be prepared to take necessary precautions to protect life and property.”

A flood warning is in effect for Forsyth and Fulton counties until 9 a.m. Wednesday and in Cowetta, Fayette and Spalding counties until 2:50 p.m. Friday. A flood warning is also in effect for Gwinnett County until 12:36 p.m. Friday.

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DAMAGE AND OUTAGES

Just before 10 p.m., Georgia Power reported 49 active outages that affected more than 384 residents.

Power lines were down in the 1100 block of Linwood Avenue in East Point after a tree fell onto a home and at least three cars, Channel 2 Action News reported.

In DeKalb County, five people and three dogs were displaced when a tree came crashing down onto their home about 4:30 a.m. Tuesday on Snapfinger Road.

No injuries were reported, according to Channel 2.

In Carroll County, a large pine tree fell on a mobile home with a family inside. The impact pushed the home off its foundation, separated a staircase from a side door and sent a woman inside the home to a local hospital for observation, Channel 2 reported.

She was expected to survive, according to the television station.

Further south in Albany, storms hit the Albany Museum of Art so hard the building will have to be gutted and rebuilt, executive director Paula Williams told the Albany Herald. 

“This is a disaster, the building is a total loss. The storm blew our roof off; it’s gone,” Williams said. “Thankfully, we have good insurance.”

Williams told the paper the museum houses about 20 percent of its collection at a time and have been moving several exihibits.

“We also have a huge African Art collection,” she said, “and we were determined not to lose it.”

CLOUDS NOW, SNOW POSSIBLE LATER

As soaking rains moved out of metro Atlanta, cloudy skies moved in.

“We will look for the clouds to gradually begin to break up but not totally clear out,” Minton said. “Even early tomorrow morning, there still will be some clouds around.”

Though the metro area is expected to dodge rain Wednesday, the next chance of precipitation is Thursday.

It will last well into the weekend, when a mix of rain, ice and snow is possible, Minton said.

“But still the jury is out on exactly how much snow (we’ll get),” she said. “We’ll keep watching for that, but the winter mix is certainly a possibility for some snow, some sleet or some ice.”

There is a 10 percent chance of precipitation Thursday, followed by a 60 percent chance Friday.

Lows are forecast to drop near freezing Thursday and linger in the 30s Friday. They could drop again to the upper 20s Saturday, Channel 2 reported.

Highs are expected to drop from the high 60s Tuesday to the low 40s Wednesday and Thursday.

Temperatures were 56 degrees in Atlanta, Blairsville and Griffin at 10 p.m.