VALDOSTA – The National Weather Service in Tallahassee has issued a Tornado Watch until 1 a.m. Tuesday morning.

A Tornado Watch means atmospheric conditions have created a significant risk of a tornado.

The watch went into effect at shortly after 8 p.m. for the following Georgia counties:

BAKER                BEN HILL            BERRIEN
BROOKS               CALHOUN             CLAY
COLQUITT             COOK                DECATUR
DOUGHERTY            EARLY               GRADY
IRWIN                LANIER              LEE
LOWNDES              MILLER              MITCHELL
QUITMAN              RANDOLPH            SEMINOLE
TERRELL              THOMAS              TIFT
TURNER               WORTH