Tornado Watch for Atlanta as a deadly storms to Georgia: Live updates

Shortly after 9 p.m., storms moved through Paulding County, northwest of Atlanta.

It started with light rain and the winds increased. There were also a few thunder.

“Just because we are on a Tornado watch, do not take it for granted that you would receive a tornado warning,” said Paulding EMA director Stephen Dooley in a Facebook video.

The conditions mean that a tornado is possible, even if the “warning” still has to be issued, he explained.

Dooley advised that electronic devices were calculated and proposed to follow trustworthy media sources and local social media.

“If you start hearing a lot of sounds like thunder activity, you would like to get this lowest level at this lowest level even without this warning, in your safe rooms in your house, where you are, on this lowest level and then as possible.”