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Tornado warnings expire; watch continues until 5 a.m.
No damage reports yet after heavy storms move through North Georgia
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A stormy night in North Georgia led to two reports of tornados in the area, with warning sirens sounding in Hall County. There were no immediate reports of damage.

An warning was issued for Hall County mid-evening after a possible tornado was sighted on radar crossing through the southern part of the county. Reports were of a possible tornado sighting in the Suwanee area. Warning sirens went off throughout Hall County as the storm moved through.

There were no reports of any storm damage, Hall County Fire Chief David Kimbrell said.

As the weather hit, there were reports of at least two vehicle accidents on Interstate 985. 

A second line of storms came through the northern part of the area through Dawson, Lumpkin, White and North Hall counties.

Haralson County Fire Chief Brian Walker said late Friday that crews were working to free the person who had sustained some injuries but was stable. No other major injuries were reported.Haralson County Fire Chief Brian Walker said late Friday that a person was injured in a home collapse and was trapped for about an hour by debris.

No other serious injuries were reported. Walker said power lines and trees were down throughout the northern part of the county.

"It's been a very busy night for us," Walker said. "We urge residents to stay off the roads."

Jessica Fieux, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service, said it appeared a possible tornado had moved from Haralson into Paulding County. North Georgia remained under a tornado watch until 5 a.m. Saturday.

Local authorities were surveying damage from the line of storms late Friday night, said Lisa Janak, a spokeswoman for the Georgia Emergency Management Agency. There were reports of trees knocked down in Cobb County.

"This is still a very active system," Janak said.

Paulding County Sheriff's spokesman Cpl. Ashley Henson said some homes had sustained damage in the storm. There were no immediate reports of any injuries.

There were also no immediate reports of damage in Floyd County, which had also been under a tornado warning, according to county emergency management chief Scotty Hancock.

Georgia Power reported nearly 1,600 customers without power at 10:15 p.m., 1,200 of those in the metro Atlanta area.

Nationwide, the storm system has killed 14 people in Indiana and 24 overall in three states.

The Associated Press contributed to this story

This story will be updated as necessary during the night