Power outages ease across Georgia after Saturday of thunderstorms

Data from the Georgia Electric Membership Corp. at one pointed listed more than 10,000 customers affected but fell to roughly 2,000 by early evening. The bulk of them are in metro Atlanta.

Coweta County was one of the most heavily impacted. At one point, about 5,600 of 70,000 customers in the county were without power.

Approximately 1,500 residents in the Ashley Park area were without power because of a fallen tree that impacted electrical lines, according to Newnan police. Power was restored within an hour.

The heavy rain caused Newnan to postpone its Martin Luther King Jr. Day parade, scheduled for Saturday, until Jan. 24.

Portions of North Georgia are under a flood watch until Saturday evening, according to the National Weather Service, which anticipates widespread rainfall of 2 to 4 inches, with some areas getting up to 6 inches.

Credit: Ben Hendren

Credit: Ben Hendren

The NWS advised that people exercise caution near creeks, rivers and streams, and that they do not try to drive through water-covered roadways.

Ahead of a cold front, scattered thunderstorms will push eastward through Saturday afternoon. West Georgia will face the most potential for damaging winds, according to the NWS.

While there were tornado warnings in Carroll County near Whitesburg and Lowell, the county sheriff department said it had received no reports of a tornado touching down or of any damage.