• Freeze Warning for LaFayette - Click for Details
    ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM EDT TUESDAY...
    Expires: March 17, 2026 @ 10:00am
    WHAT
    Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 20 expected.
    WHERE
    Portions of central, east central, north central, northeast, northwest, southeast, and west central Georgia.
    WHEN
    From 11 PM this evening to 10 AM EDT Tuesday.
    IMPACTS
    Frost and freeze conditions could kill crops, other sensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor plumbing.
    PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS
    Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold. To prevent water pipes from freezing; wrap or drain or allow them to drip slowly.
  • Tornado Watch for LaFayette - Click for Details
    ...A Tornado Watch has been issued...
    Expires: March 16, 2026 @ 6:00am
    LOCATIONS
    Northern Alabama, Far Northwest Georgia, Middle into Eastern Tennessee
    EFFECTIVE
    This Sunday night and Monday morning from 820 PM until 300 AM CDT.
    THREATS
    A few tornadoes and a couple intense tornadoes possible, Widespread damaging winds and isolated significant gusts to 80 mph likely, Isolated large hail events to 0.5 inches in diameter possible
    SITUATION
    Broken bands of severe thunderstorms will move across the Watch area this evening into the overnight. A few stronger cells embedded within the bands will potentially pose the greatest severe risk. A few tornadoes, including the potential for a couple of strong tornadoes, and severe gusts 60-80 mph are the main threats with the stronger thunderstorms. The tornado watch area is approximately along and 95 statute miles east and west of a line from 55 miles northeast of Nashville TN to 35 miles south southwest of Huntsville AL. For a complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU9).
    PRECAUTIONS
    A Tornado Watch means conditions are favorable for tornadoes and severe thunderstorms in and close to the watch area. Persons in these areas should be on the lookout for threatening weather conditions and listen for later statements and possible warnings.
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65°
Cloudy
Humidity: 76% Dew Point: 57°
Wind: SW 12 mph Visibility: 2.5 mi
Pressure: 1003 mb
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47°
Rain likely early then becoming mixed precipitation, otherwise overcast skies
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7:49am   7:49pm
Monday Night
27°
Partly cloudy skies with overnight lows approaching 27
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Tuesday
46°
High temperatures reach up to 46 under clearing skies
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