Tornado Watch Extended Eastward; Set to Expire at 6 pm

| February 3, 2022 @ 2:37 pm

NWS Birmingham has extended the TORNADO WATCH in area to now include Barbour, Bullock, Chambers, Clay, Coosa, Elmore, Lee, Macon, Montgomery, Pike, Randolph, Russell, St. Clair, Talladega, and Tallapoosa counties to go along with Autauga, Bibb, Chilton, Dallas, Greene, Hale, Jefferson, Lowndes, Marengo, Perry, Pickens, Shelby, Sumter, and Tuscaloosa counties. The watch is set to expire at 6 pm.

We have a report of entrapments and injuries in parts of Hale County close to the towns of Sawyerville and Wedgeworth. Here are some raw reports from NWS Chat:

Local Storm Report by NWS BMX: 5 WNW Kinterbish [Sumter Co, AL] emergency mngr reports TSTM WND DMG at 12:55 PM CST — trees down county road 5 and campbell street. possible tornado.

Local Storm Report by NWS BMX: 4 SSE York [Sumter Co, AL] fire dept/rescue reports TSTM WND DMG at 01:04 PM CST — tree down on alabama 17 at lucy walker drive. possible tornado.

Local Storm Report by NWS BMX: 4 WNW Lilita [Sumter Co, AL] public reports TSTM WND DMG at 01:16 PM CST — trees down on county road 13 6 miles north of highway 80. possible tornado.

Category: Alabama's Weather, ALL POSTS, Severe Weather

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