The potential severe weather comes after strong storms earlier in the week and tornadoes in two metro Atlanta cities on New Year's Eve.
Metro Atlanta is bracing for more potential severe weather late Saturday night and into Sunday morning. The metro area already dealt with strong storms, prompting severe thunderstorm warnings, earlier in the week, before New Year's Eve brought tornado activity to several parts of the region and two confirmed tornadoes to two different cities.
As things develop overnight, the 11Alive StormTrackers will again be tracking severe weather and providing the latest alerts and warnings. Below, find live updates.
UPDATES
Sunday, Jan. 2
3:05 a.m. | These are the remaining counties under the tornado watch at will expire at 6 a.m.: Bartow, Carroll, Cherokee, Cobb, Douglas, Floyd, Haralson, Heard, Paulding, Polk and Troup.
2:30 a.m. | The National Weather Service is continuing its tornado watch for the following counties: Bartow, Carroll, Cherokee, Cobb, Douglas, Floyd, Haralson, Heard, Paulding, Polk and Troup. This will expire at 6 a.m. This includes the cities of Bremen, Carrollton, Cartersville, Cedartown, Dallas, Douglasville, Franklin, Marietta, Rome, West Point, and Woodstock. Take a look at the live radar here.
The tornado watch placed in effect until 3 a.m. for Fannin, Gilmer, Gordon, Murray, Pickens, Towns and Union is set to expire. The tornado watch for Catoosa, Chattooga, Dade, Walker and Whitfield has been canceled.
1:30 a.m. | Atlanta has reached a record high temperature for today's date. The record high for Jan. 2 in Atlanta is 73 degrees, which was set in 1952.
Take a look below at 11Alive Chief Meteorologist Chris Holcomb's Facebook post below, and a map of the warm temperatures.
12:46 a.m. | The NWS Atlanta said there is an increasing threat for heavy rain and flash flooding overnight in north Georgia, this is in addition to the possibility of severe storms.
