Tornado Watch Issued For Tuscaloosa County Until 10 P.M.

TUSCALOOSA, AL — The National Weather Service forecast office in Birmingham has issued a tornado watch for Tuscaloosa County and much of the Tuscaloosa Patch coverage area in west Alabama until 10 p.m. Thursday.

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The Tornado Watch encompasses 12 counties, including Autauga, Bibb, Chilton, Coosa, Dallas, Elmore, Jefferson, Lowndes, Montgomery, Perry, Shelby and Tuscaloosa.

The NWS says cities affected by this watch include Alabaster, Birmingham, Brent, Centreville, Clanton, Columbiana, Fort Deposit, Hoover, Lowndesboro, Marion, Millbrook, Montgomery, Northport, Pelham, Prattville, Rockford, Selma, Tuscaloosa, the University of Alabama, Uniontown and Wetumpka.

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

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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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