TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHWEST AND WEST-CENTRAL ALABAMA

TORNADO WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 11:30 AM CDT FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS...

NORTHERN MARENGO COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...LINDEN...DEMOPOLIS...
SOUTHERN SUMTER COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA...

AT 10:26 AM CDT...STORM LAB RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS STORM IS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF YORK AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...

DEMOPOLIS BY 11:07 AM CDT
FORKLAND BY 11:09 AM CDT
EUTAW BY 11:19 AM CDT
GREENSBORO AND AKRON BY 11:29 AM CDT
NEWBERN BY 11:30 AM CDT

THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORK BENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN THE LOWEST LEVEL OF A STRUDY BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR ROOM SUCH AS A BATHROOM OR A CLOSET. USE PILLOWS AND BLANKETS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

IF IN A MOBILE HOME OR A VEHICLE...EVACUATE IT AND GET INTO A STURDY BUILDING. IF NO BUILDING IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN A DITCH AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

JACKSON