Live: Severe Weather Updates

Updated 10:15 p.m.

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Updated 8:45 p.m.

The National Weather Service has issued a tornado warning for Cobb, Cherokee and Paulding counties, effective until 9:40 p.m.

A collapsed house is being reported in Haralson County in the storm's trail, and 11Alive says people on the ground west of Dallas reported seeing a tornado.

Initial Report

Cobb County and most of north Georgia remain under a tornado watch until 1 a.m. Saturday. 

The National Weather Service issued the alert late Friday afternoon for Cobb, all metro Atlanta and an area stretching from Carroll County to the Columbus area and eastward across Gainesville and northeast Georgia.

Thunderstorms could be severe and produce heavy rainfull throughout Friday evening and overnight. 

Areas of the Midwest and Deep South have been battered by tornadoes this week, including severe storms that ripped through Indiana, Kentucky and Tennessee Friday afternoon.

At least three people were killed in southern Indiana, not far from Louisville, with a law enforcement official declaring the town of Marysville, Ind. "completely gone."

The line of storms approaching Georgia also has done serious damage in Alabama, where students at a high school near Huntsville huddled for safety. 

The Weather Channel estimates that more than 50 tornadoes have been reported on Friday, with at least six deaths. 

The National Weather Service is forecasting rain between an inch to two inches may be possible in north Georgia during the tornado watch period. 

Low temperatures will reach into the low 50s overnight, with winds between 10 to 15 mph and gusts as high as 25 mph possible. 

Saturday will also be rainy, with the best chance of showers before 1 p.m. Skies will be mostly cloudy with high temperatures expected in the high 50s. 

Saturday night will feel more like winter, with lows in the mid 30s.