A tornado watch, issued at 4:45 p.m. on 1/2/06, is in effect until 10:00 p.m. for the following Georgia Counties:

Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Bibb, Bleckley, Butts, Carroll, Chattahoochee, Cherokee, Clarke, Clayton, Cobb, Coweta, Crawford, Crisp Dekalb, Dooly, Douglas, Fayette, Forsyth, Fulton Gwinnett, Hall, Haralson, Harris, Heard, Henry, Houston, Jackson, Jasper, Jones, Lamar, Macon Marion, Meriwether, Monroe, Morgan, Muscogee, Newton, Oconee, Paulding, Peach, Pike, Polk, Pulaski, Putnam, Rockdale, Schley, Spalding, Stewart, Sumter, Talbot, Taylor, Troup, Twiggs, Upson, Walton, Webster and Wilcox