Tornado warning issued for Tuscaloosa, Greene, Hale, Pickens

.A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 PM CST FOR EAST
CENTRAL TUSCALOOSA COUNTY… 
 
AT 327 PM CST…THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONTINUED TO INDICATE A
TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR PETERSON…OR ABOUT 6 MILES
EAST OF HOLT…MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. 
 
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR… 
  BROOKWOOD AND 6 MILES NORTH OF COALING BY 335 PM CST… 
  BEVILLE LOCK AND DAM AND I 20 REST AREA NEAR TUSCALOOSA BY 340 PM
  CST… 
  VANCE…ABERNANT…WOODSTOCK JUNCTION AND 7 MILES WEST OF CAFFEE
  JUNCTION BY 345 PM CST… 
 
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 20 EXIT NUMBERS 76 THROUGH 97. 
 
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE…SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. 
 
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES…EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE…LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. 

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THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A
 
* TORNADO WARNING FOR… 
  NORTHERN GREENE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA… 
  NORTHERN HALE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA… 
  SOUTHEASTERN PICKENS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA… 
  SOUTHWESTERN TUSCALOOSA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA… 
 
* UNTIL 430 PM CST
 
* AT 322 PM CST…THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDICATED A SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR MANTUA…OR 13
  MILES SOUTHEAST OF ALICEVILLE…MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. 
 
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR… 
  UNION BY 330 PM CST… 
  KNOXVILLE BY 340 PM CST… 
  8 MILES SOUTH OF MOUNTAINBROOK BY 345 PM CST… 
  MOUNDVILLE BY 355 PM CST… 
 
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 20 EXIT NUMBERS 52 THROUGH 62. 
 
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE…SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. 
 
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES…EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE…LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. 
 
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER… 
CALL 1-800-856-0758.