Tornado Watch Issued For Tuscaloosa County Until 5 PM

TUSCALOOSA, AL — The National Weather Service has issued a Tornado Watch for Tuscaloosa County and a large part of the state until 5 p.m.

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The following counties have been placed under the watch area: Bibb, Dallas, Fayette, Greene, Hale, Lamar, Marengo, Marion, Perry, Pickens, Sumter, Tuscaloosa, Walker and Winston.

Cities in the watch area include: Aliceville, Brent, Carrollton, Centreville, Demopolis, Eutaw, Fayette, Greensboro, Haleyville, Hamilton, Jasper, Linden, Livingston, Marion, Moundville, Selma, Sulligent, Tuscaloosa, Uniontown, Vernon, and York.

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.