Severe Thunderstorm Watch For Tuscaloosa County Until 10 PM

TUSCALOOSA, AL — The National Weather Service Office in Birmingham has issued a Severe Thunderstorm Watch for Tuscaloosa County and a large portion of the state until 10 p.m. Saturday evening.

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The watch area also includes the City of Tuscaloosa, the City of Northport and the University of Alabama campus in Tuscaloosa.

The following counties are under the watch: Autauga, Bibb, Blount, Chilton, Coosa, Dallas, Fayette, Greene, Hale, Jefferson, Lamar, Lowndes, Marengo, Marion, Perry, Pickens, Shelby, St. Clair, Sumter, Talladega, Tuscaloosa, Walker and Winston.

Tuscaloosa County EMA offers a free emergency notifications service - TuscALERT — that sends updates on severe weather directly to your phone, email or mobile device. Click here to sign up for TuscALERT.

Click here for a map of storm shelters across the Tuscaloosa metro. The Tuscaloosa County EMA website also provides regular updates on when shelters open during severe weather events.

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