THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 531 IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EDT WEDNESDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN GEORGIA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 20 COUNTIES IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA CHEROKEE DAWSON FANNIN FORSYTH GILMER HALL LUMPKIN PICKENS UNION IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA BANKS JACKSON MADISON TOWNS WHITE IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA CATOOSA DADE GORDON MURRAY WALKER WHITFIELD THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF BLAIRSVILLE, BLUE RIDGE, CALHOUN, CHATSWORTH, CLEVELAND, COHUTTA WILDERNESS, COLWELL, COMER, COMMERCE, CUMMING, DAHLONEGA, DALTON, DAWSONVILLE, DIAL, ELLIJAY, EPWORTH, FORT OGLETHORPE, GAINESVILLE, HEMP, HIAWASSEE, HIGDON, HOMER, JASPER, LAFAYETTE, TRENTON, AND WOODSTOCK.