LIVE UPDATES: Severe Weather Threat For West Alabama

TUSCALOOSA, AL — West Alabama is expected to see impacts from a round of severe weather Wednesday afternoon into the evening.

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4:15 p.m.

• At present, Tuscaloosa County is under a Flash Flood Watch until 7 a.m. Thursday and a Wind Advisory until 1 a.m. Thursday.
• Alabama Power reports 660 outages in Tuscaloosa.

10 a.m.

• The National Weather Service has issued a Tornado Watch for Dallas, Lowndes, Marengo and Sumter counties until 5 p.m. Wednesday.

9:30 a.m.

• No active watches or warnings for counties in the Tuscaloosa Patch coverage area.
• There have been no school closures in Tuscaloosa County announced at this time.

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