Tornado Warning For Southern Tuscaloosa County Until 5:45 P.M.

TUSCALOOSA, AL — The National Weather Service Forecast Office in Birmingham has issued a Tornado Warning for a portion of southern Tuscaloosa County until 5:45 p.m. Thursday.

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This primarily includes the Moundville area in neighboring Hale County, but meteorologists are cautioning residents of the City of Tuscaloosa, the University of Alabama campus and Northport to have their severe weather plans in place as the path of the storm is expected to pass over the aforementioned areas.

Those in the direct path of this storm are asked to seek shelter immediately.

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.

This is a developing story. Be sure to follow us here for live updates as severe weather moves over West Alabama