Tornado Watch Issued For Tuscaloosa County Until 9 P.M.

TUSCALOOSA, AL — The National Weather Service Forecast Office in Birmingham has issued tornado watch Wednesday evening for nine counties across central Alabama, including most of the Tuscaloosa Patch coverage area.

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The tornado watch went into effect at 5:07 p.m. and will remain active until 9 p.m.

Counties included in the watch are Tuscaloosa, Pickens, Greene, Fayette, Lamar, Marion, Walker, Winston and Sumter.

Cities under the watch include Tuscaloosa, Northport, the University of Alabama, Aliceville, Carrollton, Eutaw, Fayette, Haleyville, Hamilton, Jasper, Livingston, Sulligent, Vernon, York and others in West Alabama.

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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