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UPDATE: Severe Thunderstorm Watch in Suwanee; Tornado Watch Ends

The National Weather Service alert extends until 6:45 p.m. Monday.

 

Updated 7:01 p.m.

A tornado warning Monday evening gave way to a severe thunderstorm watch in Suwanee. Hail and heavy rain fell on the area.

According to the National Weather Service:

LOW PRESSURE IS DEVELOPING OVER WESTERN TENNESSEE AND KENTUCKY AS A COLD FRONT DEVELOPS OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS AND LOWER GULF COAST. AHEAD OF THIS FRONT...AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS HAS ALREADY BEGUN TO MOVE INTO NW GEORGIA. STORMS WILL INTENSIFY THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND SPREAD OVER THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA WITH THE THREAT FOR STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS WITH LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND A RISK OF AN ISOLATED TORNADO.

-- Patch will have updates on the weather situation.


Related Topics: Severe Weather and Suwanee

Jennifer Baweja

6:50 pm on Monday, March 18, 2013

We signed up to receive Code Red notifications on both our cell phones and email in the event of severe weather. We didn't receive anything on either.

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Steve Burns

6:54 pm on Monday, March 18, 2013

I got a Code Red alert via landline, Jennifer.

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Steve Burns

6:59 pm on Monday, March 18, 2013

FYI, it's now a severe thunderstorm watch.

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Jennifer Baweja

7:04 pm on Monday, March 18, 2013

We have gotten them in the past but nothing this time.

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Brendan Moriarty

10:48 am on Tuesday, March 19, 2013

Yes - we had hail as well. We too did not receive any code red alert. Though we've successfully received them in the past.

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