Severe Weather Team 2 Chief Meteorologist Brad Nitz visited Paulding County to survey the damage caused by a tornado. The tornado touched down in south central Paulding County, tracked near Dallas between Hiram and Dallas,

Saturday’s Paulding County Tornado was rated by the National Weather Service in Peachtree City Georgia as a high end EF-1 tornado with maximum winds 105-110 mph.

Millions of Americans across the country are on alert for a severe weather outbreak as violent, long-track tornadoes with damaging winds of up to 80 mph and large hail are expected across the Midwest and South with the cross-country storm moving east.

Meanwhile, the severe weather threat will linger through Sunday from Florida northward into the upper Ohio River Valley, forecasters warned.