A strong jet stream aloft with an embedded upper-level disturbance and a surface low pressure frontal system will bring back showers and thunderstorms tonight across much of Georgia and the rest of the Southeast.

A tornado watch has already been issued to our North and West where a strong tornado risk exists:

For Metro Atlanta a few hit and miss showers early this evening will give way to increasing coverage of heavy showers and thunderstorms later tonight. A few storms may become severe. Sooner for the mountains but for the Atlanta area the main threat window is 9pm to 3am give or take a couple hours. The last shower ending before 7am Wednesday.

The SEVERE WEATHER RISK LEVEL IS 2/5 North and marginal 1/5 South:

ESTIMATED RAINFALL AMOUNTS ON AVERAGE:

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