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ATLANTA - Gov. Nathan Deal confirms to Channel 2 Action News that he will issue a state of emergency in anticipation of Friday night’s winter storm beginning at noon Friday.
Severe Weather Team 2 is forecasting 2-4 inches of snow possible throughout north Georgia and the Atlanta metro Friday night into early Saturday morning.
A Winter Storm Warning was issued shortly before 3 p.m. Thursday for most of north Georgia that will go into effect starting at 1 p.m. on Friday and last until 1 p.m. Saturday.
The declaration will assure that all necessary resources are available for state agencies and local governments to clear roads and all other winter storm-related obstacles.
The declaration will affect 79 north and central Georgia counties. Those counties include: Baldwin, Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Bibb, Butts, Carroll, Catoosa, Chattooga, Cherokee, Clarke, Clayton, Cobb, Columbia, Coweta, Crawford, Dade, Dawson, DeKalb, Douglas, Elbert, Fannin, Fayette, Floyd, Forsyth, Franklin, Fulton, Gilmer, Gordon, Greene, Gwinnett, Habersham, Hall, Hancock, Haralson, Harris, Hart, Heard, HENRY, Jackson, Jasper, Jones, Lamar, Lincoln, Lumpkin, Madison, McDuffie, Meriwether, Monroe, Morgan, Murray, Muscogee, Newton, Oconee, Oglethorpe, Paulding, Pickens, Pike, Polk, Putnam, Rabun, Richmond, Rockdale, Spalding, Stephens, Talbot, Taliaferro, Taylor, Towns, Treutlen, Troup, Union, Upson, Walker, Walton, Warren, White, Whitfield and Wilkes.