Tornado Watch Issued For Tuscaloosa County Until 6 P.M.

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — The National Weather Service has placed Tuscaloosa County under a tornado watch until 6 p.m. Tuesday as storms move across the Tuscaloosa Patch coverage area.

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The watch covers 19 counties across the region, including Tuscaloosa, Bibb, Hale, Greene, Sumter, Perry and Jefferson counties. The watch also includes Chilton, Dallas, Lowndes, Montgomery, Talladega, Tallapoosa, Clay, Coosa, Elmore, Marengo and Shelby counties.

NWS forecasters said conditions are favorable for the development of tornadoes, large hail and damaging winds.

Cities listed in the watch area include Tuscaloosa, Northport, Moundville, Eutaw, Livingston, Greensboro, the University of Alabama and others in the western and central part of the state.

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 other 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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