Tornado watch in Lamar lifted

The tornado watch for Lamar County was lifted Wednesday evening. The weather forecast is for 75 percent chance of thunderstorms.TORNADO WATCHin effect until Wednesday, Nov 16, 9:00 PMGA . GEORGIA COUNTIES INCLUDED AREBAKER BALDWIN BANKS BARROW BEN HILL BIBB BLECKLEY BURKE BUTTS CALHOUN CLARKE CLAY COLQUITT COLUMBIA CRAWFORD CRISP DECATUR DODGE DOOLY DOUGHERTY EARLY ELBERT EMANUEL FRANKLIN GLASCOCK GREENE HABERSHAM HANCOCK HART HOUSTON IRWIN JACKSON JASPER JEFFERSON JOHNSON JONES LAMAR LAURENS LEE LINCOLN MCDUFFIE MACON MADISON MARION MILLER MITCHELL MONROE MONTGOMERY MORGAN NEWTON OCONEE OGLETHORPE PEACH PULASKI PUTNAM QUITMAN RABUN RANDOLPH RICHMOND SCHLEY SEMINOLE STEPHENS SUMTER TALIAFERRO TAYLOR TELFAIR TERRELL TIFT TOOMBS TREUTLEN TURNER TWIGGS UPSON WALTON WARREN WASHINGTON WEBSTER WHEELER WILCOX WILKES WILKINSON WORTHSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENTin effect until Wednesday, Nov 16, 3:30 PM…SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR PENNY SIZED HAIL AND 40 MPH WINDS IN MONROE…LAMAR…JONES…UPSON…BUTTS AND JASPER COUNTIES UNTIL 330 PM EST…AT 255 PM EST…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM CHAPPEL MILL TO YATESVILLE…MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.WIND GUSTS OF 40 MPH ARE LIKELY AS THESE STORMS MOVE ACROSS MONROE… LAMAR…JONES…UPSON…BUTTS AND JASPER COUNTIES THROUGH 330 PM EST. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE LOGTOWN… YATESVILLE…JOHNSTONVILLE…GOGGINS…CHAPPEL MILL…ALDORA… BARNESVILLE…HIGH FALLS STATE PARK…REDBONE…RUSSELLVILLE…INDIAN SPRINGS STATE PARK…BLOUNT…COLLIER…BRENT AND FLOVILLA.A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT. CONTINUE TO MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO…WEATHER.GOV OR OTHER MEDIA OUTLETS FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS ON THESE STORMS.