Freeze Warning For Metro Atlanta After Days Of Heavy Rain

PEACHTREE CITY, GA -- After days of being deluged with rain, metro Atlanta counties now face a freeze warning that goes into effect 11 pm Thursday and lasts until 8 am Friday. Flash flood watches and warnings expired at 7 am Thursday, but forecasters continue calling for rain lasting well into Thursday morning.

Many metro counties will be under the freeze warning, including Bartow, Cherokee, Forsyth, Hall, Paulding, Cobb, Fulton, Gwinnett, Barrow, Clarke, Oconee, Douglas, DeKalb and Rockdale, along with the cities of Cartersville, Marietta, Atlanta, Lawrenceville, Athens, Carrollton, Douglasville and Decatur.

Here's the latest forecast:

Thursday

Rain likely, mainly before 10am. Patchy fog between 8am and 11am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a high near 45. Light and variable wind becoming west 10 to 15 mph in the morning. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%.

Thursday Night
Partly cloudy, with a low around 31. West wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.

Friday
Patchy frost before 8am. Otherwise, sunny, with a high near 54. West wind around 10 mph, with gusts as high as 15 mph.

Friday Night
Mostly clear, with a low around 38. Northwest wind around 5 mph.

Saturday
Sunny, with a high near 61. Northwest wind around 5 mph becoming calm.

Saturday Night
Clear, with a low around 41.

Sunday
Sunny, with a high near 62.

Sunday Night
Mostly clear, with a low around 43.

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