The winter storm that Storm team 2 has been following all week, is now making its way to North Georgia.

Brad Nitz, chief meteorologist for Severe Weather Team 2 says the winter storm warning has been adjusted to begin at 5 a.m. That’s two hours earlier than originally released.

“Generally the message is still the same,” Nitz said. “The significant impacts will be snow, sleet and freezing rain.”

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The significant impacts will be snow, sleet and freezing rain.

In some areas it may become difficult or impossible to travel and power outages may occur.

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5:23 am

The sleet, that Channel 2’s Darryn Moore The saw in Carroll County is now turning to snow.

5:05am

4:59 am

The Winter Storm Warning is now in effect.

4:48am

Channel 2 viewers in Newnan and Tyrone are beginning to report sleet falling on their yards.

4:36am

Channel 2’s Darryn Moore is in Carroll County where he is starting to see freezing rain in the area. Channel 2’s Ashli ​​Lincoln is in Douglas County, where she is also starting to see some sleet along Fairburn Road.

4:29am

Mike Shields from Triple Team Traffic is watching Interstate 20 at the Georgia-Alabama state line and spotted a few flakes falling on the Georgia Department of Transportation cameras.

4:18am

Monahan says while the snow and sleet are moving in, the air is still dry across most of north Georgia and that’s why you don’t see anything hitting the ground yet. That will change during the morning.

4:05am

FlightAware shows that nearly 500 flights have been canceled at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. The winter storm now moving into Georgia caused problems in Texas and Oklahoma. Southwest, whose headquarters is in Dallas, Texas, has the most flight cancellations.

3:48am

The snow and sleet are beginning to spread across parts of North Georgia. Meteorologist Eboni Deon says most areas will start with snow and transition to more of a wintry mix by late morning or early afternoon. The streets will change rapidly in the next few hours.

3:00 am

Meteorologist Brian Monahan says the moisture is now making its way into the cold air that exists across North Georgia. Monahan says we will see several transitions between precipitation types throughout the day.

2:27am

The winter storm warning begins at 5 a.m. Friday for much of northern GA, including the Atlanta metropolitan area. Snow and ice accumulations are expected. We will be following the storm live on Ch. 2

Posted by Eboni Deon WSBTV on Thursday, January 9, 2025

8:27 p.m