Tornado Warning: Lamar/Fayette Counties until 2:15PM

AlabamaWX.com Alerts Desk | April 11, 2013 @ 1:08 pm

Dangerous tornado on the ground near Macedonia or west of Reform is moving into Lamar and eventually Fayette Counties.

BE IN SAFE SHELTER NOW! INJURIES AND AT LEAST ONE FATALITY REPORTED IN MISSISSIPPI

Spotters are tracking this large and dangerous tornado.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR…
WESTERN FAYETTE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA…
SOUTHEASTERN LAMAR COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA…

* UNTIL 215 PM CDT

* AT 105 PM CDT…THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAS TRACKING A
CONFIRMED TORNADO NEAR ETHELSVILLE…OR 12 MILES NORTHWEST OF
CARROLLTON. DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THIS TORNADO MOVING NORTHEAST AT
45 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
MILLPORT…VERNON…FAYETTE…KENNEDY…BELK…BLOOMING GROVE…
BLUFF…BEAVERTON…MELBORNE AND STAR.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

Ron Hughes reports: near Pickensville . Pickens Co Deputies has TOR in sight on the ground per Pickens Co SO. Not sure of location they are seeing it.

He also reports Highway 14 is blocked near Pickensville. Hywy 14 blocked at Pine Grove Rd near Pickensville . Pickens Co Deputies has TOR in sight on the ground per Pickens Co SO. Not sure of location they are seeing it.

TAKE COVER NOW. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE
LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING.

GRANTHAM

Category: Alabama's Weather, Severe Weather