Tornado Warning : Tuscaloosa & Pickens Counties 5:30 PM

TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
431 PM CDT WED APR 27 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR…
EAST CENTRAL PICKENS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA…
NORTHERN TUSCALOOSA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA…

* UNTIL 530 PM CDT

* AT 428 PM CDT…THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAS TRACKING A
CONFIRMED TORNADO NEAR BENEVOLA…OR 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
CARROLLTON. DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THIS TORNADO MOVING NORTHEAST AT
50 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR…
GORDO AROUND 440 PM CDT.
LAKE LURLEEN STATE PARK AND COKER AROUND 450 PM CDT.
LAKE TUSCALOOSA BINION CREEK LANDING AND SAMANTHA AROUND 500 PM
CDT.
BANKHEAD LOCK AND DAM AROUND 520 PM CDT.

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THE TORNADO INCLUDE ELROD…BUHL…
ECHOLA…BROWNVILLE…LAKE TUSCALOOSA TIERCE PATTTON BRIDGE…LAKE
TUSCALOOSA HWY 69 BRIDGE…NORTHSIDE…WINDHAM SPRINGS…WILEY AND
WHITSON.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR
THE TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW.

Category: Alabama's Weather, Severe Weather