Forecasters expect Hurricane Nate to feel like Irma in North Ga. - Gainesville Times

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Forecasters expect Hurricane Nate to feel like Irma in North Ga.

Winds expected to hit around noon Sunday; tropical storm watch in effect

Jackson EMC crews prepare their trucks Oct. 6 to respond to possible damage as Tropical Storm Nate shifts east and is due to pass over Northeast Georgia on Oct. 8. - photo by Scott Rogers

10072017 Nate 5.jpg — Jackson EMC crews prepare their trucks Oct. 6 to respond to possible damage as Tropical Storm Nate shifts east and is due to pass over Northeast Georgia on Oct. 8. - photo by Scott Rogers

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Updated: Oct 7, 2017, 6:04 PM

Published: Oct 6, 2017, 9:30 PM

Tropical Storm Nate could bring heavy rain, gusts of 50 mph and sustained winds possibly between 30 and 40 mph to Gainesville after midday on Sunday. Sound familiar? Nate is on track to make landfall over New Orleans after 7 p.m. on Saturday as a Category 1 hurricane and cross into North Georgia around noon on Sunday as a tropical storm. The storm will hit the area less than a month after Tropical Storm Irma.

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