The storms have downed trees and powerlines across the area, with Paulding County being one of the hardest hit areas.
The FOX 5 Storm Team is tracking the significant severe weather threat for Georgia from Saturday night into Sunday morning.
Residents throughout the metro Atlanta area and west Georgia are facing power outages due to impacts of the storm.
Storms are on the way to Georgia, posing a high-level risk of damaging winds and possible tornadoes. What to expect.
A potentially dangerous weekend of severe weather is expected in Georgia, including in parts of metro Atlanta.
A severe weather outbreak is expected to hit the state of Georgia and Metro Atlanta Saturday night into Sunday morning.
Severe storms moved into west Georgia and metro Atlanta late Saturday and continuing past midnight on Sunday morning, ...
So far, there is some apparent follow-on impact to air travel in and out of Atlanta. Delta is the most impacted carrier, as is standard with Atlanta the airline's hub and home base of operations.