THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS

IN ALABAMA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 15 COUNTIES

• BLOUNT
• CALHOUN
• CHEROKEE 
  
• CLAY
• CLEBURNE
• DEKALB
• ETOWAH
• JACKSON
• JEFFERSON
• MARSHALL
• RANDOLPH
• SHELBY  
• ST CLAIR
  
• TALLADEGA
• TUSCALOOSA           

THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF

• ALABASTER
• ALBERTVILLE
• ANNISTON
• ARAB
• ASHLAND
• BIRMINGHAM
• BOAZ
• CENTRE
• COLUMBIANA
• FORT PAYNE
• GADSDEN
• GUNTERSVILLE
• HEFLIN
• HOOVER
• JACKSONVILLE
• LINEVILLE
• MOODY
• ONEONTA
• PELHAM
• PELL CITY
• RAINSVILLE
• ROANOKE
• SCOTTSBORO
• SYLACAUGA
• TALLADEGA
• TUSCALOOSA

A Tornado Watch is issued when severe thunderstorms and tornadoes are possible in and near the watch area. It does not mean that they will occur. It only means they are possible.