Severe weather forecast for much of Georgia Friday. What to know

As Georgia residents recover from Tuesday's storms, which brought heavy rains and damaging winds across several parts of the state, more severe weather forecast for the end of the week.

An AccuWeather forecast shows that much of central and south Georgia is likely to experience severe thunderstorms.

"There will be another threat for severe storms over the Gulf Coast Thursday night into Friday with the next storm," said AccuWeather Meteorologist Elizabeth Danco. "Flooding rainfall and hail can occur with any of these thunderstorms."

When is the next round of severe storms expected to hit Georgia?

Friday's storms have the potential of bringing tornadoes, damaging winds, large hail and isolated heavy rainfall, the National Weather Service said in a tweet. Wind gusts could exceed 40 mph.

The storms are developing out of a cold front approaching the Southeast Friday and a warm front moving north out of the Gulf of Mexico.

Another round of severe weather will be possible across the area Friday, Jan. 12, 2024.
Another round of severe weather will be possible across the area Friday, Jan. 12, 2024.
Severe thunderstorms, with potential to produce high winds and a few strong tornadoes, are possible across parts of the Southeast Friday  through Friday evening.
Severe thunderstorms, with potential to produce high winds and a few strong tornadoes, are possible across parts of the Southeast Friday through Friday evening.

Weather radar for Georgia

This article originally appeared on Savannah Morning News: Georgia weather Friday: Severe storms, tornados possible again

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