Update: Funnel Clouds Spotted

Update: As the storms rolled through Monday night, more than 2,000 homes in Cartersville were left without power, although most were expected to be corrected by 1 a.m. this morning.

In addition to downed trees, flooding and hail, several funnel clouds were reported in Bartow County, including one that witnesses saw on Mission and Cassville roads. No tornadoes touched down, according to published reports.

Here's a recap of the Monday forecast:

Be prepared for severe weather this afternoon. A low pressure system is tracking through the Tennessee Valley and into the Ohio Valley as a cold front sweeps into the southeast, according to the National Weather Service.

At 1:30 p.m., it issued a tornado watch for Bartow and 47 other Georgia counties. The watch, which means weather conditions are favorable for severe thunderstorms to produce tornadoes, is in effect until 8 p.m.

Strong to severe storms will push into the northwest corner of Georgia by early afternoon and could bring damaging winds, large hail and isolated tornadoes. The Weather Channel reports the bad stuff could be arriving around 1 p.m. with the highest probability of it reaching Cartersville around 3 p.m.

"Increasing instability from a moist southerly flow off the Gulf of Mexico will combine with a favorable wind profile and advancing upper level disturbance to result in moderate severe weather threat [Monday] afternoon, especially across northern portions," NWS' Hazardous Weather Outlook states. "A squall line is expected to push out of the lower Mississippi River Valley into the forecast area with a swath of damaging winds likely marking its passage. In addition, isolated tornadoes will be possible along the leading edge of the activity where the stronger storms coincide with the favorable winds."

Winds could gust as high as 35 mph, according NWS' Wind Advisory. With sustained winds of 20 to 25 mph, the danger is driving difficulty, especially for high-profile vehicles, and downed tree limbs.

The advisory remains in effect until 7 p.m. The high temperature is expected to be near 75.

The cold front will bring in chillier temperatures Tuesday; the high is expected at 61 and the low at 33.