The National Weather Service has issued a Severe Thunderstorm Watch for northwest Alabama, including Tuscaloosa County, as bad weather approaches from the west.

The watch, issued at 4 p.m. Monday, includes essentially the entire northern half of Alabama.

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Read the details from the NWS Birmingham below.


THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS

IN ALABAMA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 23 COUNTIES

IN CENTRAL ALABAMA

BIBB BLOUNT CALHOUN
CHAMBERS CHEROKEE CHILTON
CLAY CLEBURNE COOSA
ETOWAH FAYETTE JEFFERSON
LAMAR MARION PICKENS
RANDOLPH SHELBY ST. CLAIR
TALLADEGA TALLAPOOSA TUSCALOOSA
WALKER WINSTON

THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ALABASTER, ALEXANDER CITY, ALICEVILLE, ANNISTON, ASHLAND, BIRMINGHAM, BRENT, CARROLLTON, CENTRE, CENTREVILLE, CLANTON, COLUMBIANA, FAYETTE, GADSDEN, HALEYVILLE, HAMILTON, HEFLIN, HOOVER, JACKSONVILLE, JASPER, LANETT, LINEVILLE, MOODY, ONEONTA, PELHAM, PELL CITY, ROANOKE, ROCKFORD, SULLIGENT, SYLACAUGA, TALLADEGA, TUSCALOOSA, VALLEY, AND VERNON.


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