High winds topple trees, down power lines in metro Atlanta

ATLANTA - North Georgia didn't see any severe weather from the front that moved through Thursday night, but a powerful high wind that followed the first band did topple trees and down power lines across metro Atlanta.

A High Wind Warning and Wind Advisory were issued for portions of metro Atlanta and central Georgia for a couple hours Thursday night. Those were cancelled early, but not before leaving behind some damage.

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Georgia Power said more than 13,000 customers were without power across the state at the height of the high wind. The majority of those outages were centered in metro Atlanta.

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The line of showers associated with the front started moving into the state just before 4 p.m. Thursday washing away the pollen.

The bulk of the showers began to move into metro Atlanta just before 6 p.m. washing away days of extreme high pollen.

The rain then moved out around 7:30 p.m. leaving the windy conditions.

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