NWS Issues Significant Weather Advisories for Tuscaloosa, Pickens Counties
The National Weather Service in Birmingham has issued two Significant Weather Advisories for portions of Tuscaloosa and Pickens Counties. These advisories are set to expire at 1 p.m. and 1:15 p.m., respectively, Friday.
The text of the two advisories are as follows:
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EASTERN TUSCALOOSA COUNTY UNTIL 100 PM CDT... At 1217 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Deerlick Creek Campgrounds, or 7 miles northeast of Holt, moving southeast at 15 mph. Winds in excess of 40 mph will be possible with this storm. This strong thunderstorm will be near... Brookwood and Lake Wildwood around 1245 PM CDT. Coaling around 1255 PM CDT. Vance, Mercedes Benz Of Alabama, Abernant and North Bibb around 100 PM CDT. Other locations impacted by this storm include Lake Tuscaloosa, Fleetwood, Bucksville, East Brookwood, Camp Horne B.S.A., Sexton Bend, Peterson, Lake Harris, Lake Nicol and Caffee Junction. |
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN PICKENS COUNTY UNTIL 115 PM CDT... At 1209 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Reform, moving southeast at 15 mph. Winds in excess of 40 mph will be possible with this storm. This strong thunderstorm will be near... Gordo around 1225 PM CDT. Other locations impacted by this storm include Owens, Kirk, Pioneer and North Pickens Airport.
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