ATLANTA — After a cloudy start to the week, storms are expected to move across Georgia on Saturday.
The 11Alive StormTracker team is keeping an eye on Saturday's potentially severe storms, part of the same system that brought devastating tornadoes across the central U.S. overnight.
Forecasters with the National Weather Service Storm Prediction Center have expanded a level 2 out of 5 threat to much of the Atlanta metro Saturday morning, with the possibility of severe weather and damaging winds as the main threat.
There's a low chance of a brief, weak spin up along the line of storms as well, according to meteorologists.
The weather will clear up by Sunday, ending the weekend on a cool note with temperatures expected to be in the upper 50s as the storms usher in a cold front.
11Alive is tracking the latest weather developments and will update this story. Refresh often for the latest information.
Live updates:
7:45 p.m. | 11Alive's La'Tasha Givens gives us a better look at some ponding on Piedmont after Saturday's storms.
7:00 p.m. | Grab your umbrellas! There's still some rain moving through but it'll be clearing up soon.
3:45 p.m. | 11Alive Stormtracker Peter Dyer saw the clouds rolling through Saturday in Sharpsburg.
3:05 p.m. | Atlanta has now mostly been shifted out of the Level 2 severe weather threat zone.
2:55 p.m. | As the storm line begins to move out of the area, Georgia Power is reporting a little more than 6,000 customers in metro Atlanta without power, while Georgia EMC lists about 8,000 in metro Atlanta and north Georgia.
2:35 p.m. | Storm now on its way down to South Fulton:
2:06 p.m. | Here's a look outside our station:
2:05 p.m. | We're getting reports of heavy rain starting to fall in the city of Atlanta. 11Alive's Jason Braverman sends in this photo as the clouds were moving over Midtown.
1:54 p.m. | Some more detail from Atlanta-Fulton County EMA:
1:50 p.m. | 11Alive Chief Meteorologist Chris Holcomb is monitoring developments as the line of storms approaches the city of Atlanta.
1:45 p.m. | Similar notice for northeastern Forsyth and southern Hall Counties.
1:40 p.m. | Notice issued for strong thunderstorms in Forsyth, Gwinnett and north Fulton Counties through 2:15 p.m. Again, this type of alert is not as serious as a warning, which we've not seen from the National Weather Service so far.
1:25 p.m. | We've got another notice (NOT a warning) for strong thunderstorms in Lumpkin, White and Hall Counties through 1:45 p.m.
12:50 p.m. | National Weather Service still holding off on any warnings as the band starts to creep over into Cherokee and north Cobb.
12:25 p.m. | Strong thunderstorm notice for Towns, Gilmer, Union and Fannin through 12:45 p.m. Remember this is less serious than a warning, which we haven't seen yet.
11:55 a.m. | This update came in from Chattooga County Emergency Management after the storms passed through northwest Georgia: Phone line down 28500 Highway 157 in Menlo; tree down across the road on Harrisburg Rd. in Trion; high water in Summerville downtown area - 10495 Commerce St.
11:50 a.m. | New notice from the National Weather Service stating strong thunderstorms will impact Gilmer, Murray, Gordon, Pickens and Fannin Counties through 12:15 p.m. Still no official warnings issued from this line of storms to this point.
11:40 a.m. | Updates as things slowly begin to develop:
10:30 a.m. | The notice for Catoosa, Walker and Dade Counties was extended through 11 a.m. It also now includes Chattooga County.
10:00 a.m. | The National Weather Service says strong thunderstorms will impact Catoosa, Walker and Dade Counties in the northwest corner of the state through 10:15 a.m.
8:30 a.m. | The level 2 risk area, which had been confined largely to west Georgia, was just expanded to include much of metro Atlanta.
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