The National Weather Service in Birmingham has issued a tornado watch for two far northwest Alabama counties as a severe storm system approaches from Mississippi.

The system will move toward Marion County late Saturday night into Sunday morning.

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The tornado watch is in effect until 3 a.m.

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WATCH COUNTY NOTIFICATION FOR WATCH 128
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
830 PM CDT SAT APR 5 2025

ALC093-133-060800-
/O.NEW.KBMX.TO.A.0128.250406T0130Z-250406T0800Z/

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED TORNADO WATCH 128 IN
EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CDT SUNDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS

IN ALABAMA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 2 COUNTIES

IN CENTRAL ALABAMA

MARION                WINSTON               

THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF HALEYVILLE AND HAMILTON.

For more coverage of the severe weather threat until it has left our coverage area, stay connected to the Tuscaloosa Thread and Townsquare Media Tuscaloosa.

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