Confirmed Tornado in Tuscaloosa County!

UPDATE 405 PM
The warning has been allowed to expire. The storm is northwest of Lake View and appears to be cycling. It could produce rotation again at any time. It will pass into rural western Jefferson County shortly.

ORIGINAL POST
A confirmed tornado is indicated by radar near Coaling in eastern Tuscaloosa County.

Radar indicates a tornado debris signature.

It is moving northeast toward Vance, Caffee Junction, Lake View and Abernant.

Take cover immediately in these areas!

A funnel cloud was reported 3 miles WSW of the Mercedes Plant. The tornado will pass very near the Mercedes Plant.

LATE PICTURE AT 350P FROM TWITTER
POSSIBLE TORNADO NEAR COALING

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR…
SOUTHEASTERN TUSCALOOSA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA…

* UNTIL 400 PM CST

* AT 335 PM CST…A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER COALING…OR 13 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HOLT…
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

HAZARD…TORNADO.

SOURCE…RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.

IMPACT…FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED.
DAMAGE TO ROOFS…WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE
DAMAGE IS LIKELY.

* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR…
VANCE AND MERCEDES BENZ OF ALABAMA AROUND 340 PM CST.
BROOKWOOD AND NORTH BIBB AROUND 350 PM CST.
ABERNANT AROUND 355 PM CST.
LAKE VIEW AND TANNEHILL IRONWORKS STATE PARK AROUND 400 PM CST.

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE CEDAR
COVE…I 20 REST AREA NEAR TUSCALOOSA…CAFFEE JUNCTION…BUCKSVILLE
AND EAST BROOKWOOD.

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