Tornado Watch Issued

By HBTV
Saturday, December 21, 2013 | 8:12 PM
https://hbtv.us/news/?story_id=1904

Marion,Winston, and Franklin Counties are under a Tornado Watch until 2:00 a.m. Know your plan now, and have a way to get warnings during the night. Franklin County folks, please remember your weather radios will not be working tonight. Have an alternative method for notifications! Join us live on Paradise 92.7. We have already started live coverage and will be with you until the listening area is given the all clear.

The National Weather Service issued this statement:

DAMAGING WINDS ALONG A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS...AND POSSIBLY A FEW
TORNADOES...ARE EXPECTED ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ALABAMA. THE
SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WILL START AS EARLY AS 9 PM ACROSS EXTREME
WESTERN ALABAMA. ALL OF CENTRAL ALABAMA MAY SEE SEVERE WEATHER WITH
DAMAGING WINDS THE MAIN THREAT...ALTHOUGH ISOLATED TORNADOES CAN
NOT BE RULED OUT ANYWHERE. THE BEST CHANCE FOR TORNADOES WILL BE
GENERALLY NORTH AND WEST OF A DEMOPOLIS...TO TUSCALOOSA...TO JASPER
LINE. THE RISK WILL END FROM WEST TO EAST DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.

PLEASE BE WEATHER AWARE AS A SIGNIFICANT PART OF THE SEVERE WEATHER
THREAT WILL COME OVERNIGHT WHILE PEOPLE ARE ASLEEP.