Tornado Watch For Tuscaloosa County Until 6 p.m.

TUSCALOOSA, AL — The National Weather Service Forecast Office in Birmingham has placed Tuscaloosa County under a Tornado Watch until 6 p.m. Thursday evening.

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The Tornado Watch includes the cities of Aliceville, Brent, Carrollton, Eutaw, Greensboro, Livingston, Moundville, Northport, Tuscaloosa and York.

The NWS says periods of heavy rainfall are possible through Thursday night along and north of Interstate 85. What's more, additional rainfall totals of 1 to 3 inches are forecast, with locally higher amounts.

The NWS then said this may result in localized flooding of low lying or poor drainage areas. What's more, strong to severe thunderstorm are possible this afternoon across portions of west Alabama.

Tuscaloosa County EMA offers a free emergency notifications service - TuscALERT — that sends updates on severe weather directly to your phone, email or mobile device. Click here to sign up for TuscALERT.

Click here for a map of storm shelters across the Tuscaloosa metro. The Tuscaloosa County EMA website also provides regular updates on when shelters open during severe weather events.

This is a developing story. Be sure to follow us here for live updates as severe weather moves over West Alabama