Severe Storms To Move into Woodstock Thursday

Woodstock and Towne Lake residents will be greeted with a chance of severe storms in the midst of rush hour traffic on Thursday.

Heavy rains, high winds and a chance of tornadoes will move into Woodstock, Cherokee County and northern Georgia Thursday afternoon, according to a hazardous weather outlook issued by the National Weather Service.

"A cold front will approach the state on Thursday (and) then move across the state Thursday night," NWS states. "Widespread showers and thunderstorms are expected to develop along and ahead of the front, and confidence continues to increase that isolated severe storms will accompany this frontal system."

The main threat from the storms will be high winds, but meteorologists can not rule out the possibility of an isolated tornado. 

Woodstock's seven-day forecast calls for Thursday's weather to bring a slight chance of showers early and later transitioning to showers and thunderstorms after 11 a.m. The high temperature will be in the upper 70s and winds will be between five and 10 miles per hour.

New rainfall totals are expected to be between a tenth and quarter of an inch, specifically during thunderstorms. 

The showers and thunderstorms, some of which could be severe, will continue into Thursday night, but mainly before 2 a.m. Friday. The low will be around 53 degrees. 

Another chance of rain will return to Woodstock early Friday morning, but skies are expected to be mostly sunny and the temperature will reach 70. 

The weekend will bring with it sunny skies, with highs in the low to mid-70s and lows ranging in the mid 40s to mid 50s.

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