The National Weather Service confirmed a tornado in Fulton County near the College Park area that tracked northeast at 45 mph, with Clayton and DeKalb also under the tornado warning.
The warning for those three counties was canceled by 2:52 a.m.
Counties to the west of the metro area were beginning to be removed from the tornado watch that had covered a large portion of the state. By 3:15, more of metro Atlanta had seen the worst of the storms pass by.
Jasper, Putnam and Lamar were among counties outside the metro area that were under tornado warnings overnight as well.