Tornado warning issued for Atlanta as over 100 million people are at risk for severe storms

A tornado warning was issued for an area that includes downtown Atlanta and CNN Center on Monday morning as severe weather threatens more than 100 million people from the southern Plains through the Mid-Atlantic.

The tornado warning was valid until 10:45 a.m. ET, according to the National Weather Service in Atlanta. The storm was located southeast of Douglasville, moving east at 35 mph, and was set to impact downtown Atlanta over the next 20-30 minutes. Around 450,000 people are in the potential path of the storm, according to the NWS. A tornado watch is in effect until 4 p.m. ET for parts of Georgia and Alabama, including Atlanta, Macon and Montgomery, as additional thunderstorms could produce a few tornadoes in this watch area through the afternoon. Hail up of to 1 inch and damaging winds up to 70 mph are also possible with some of these storms.