The National Weather Service issued an updated report at 7:48 p.m. on Thursday for winds and gusty outflow until 9 p.m. for Fayette, Walker, Tuscaloosa, Jefferson, Shelby, St. Clair, Talladega, Clay and Bibb counties.

Residents can anticipate wind gusts of up to 50 mph.

“At 7:47 p.m., Doppler radar tracked and outflow boundary with gusty winds along a line extending from near Riverside to Fultondale to 6 miles northwest of Oakman. Movement was south at 40 mph,” states the weather service. “Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects.”

Locations impacted by the alert include Mountain Brook, Gantts Quarry, Samantha, Brookwood, Westover, Liberty Park, Green Pond, Maylene, Highland Park Golf Course, Grants Mill Road Bridge, Lake Tuscaloosa Dam, Overbrook, Oak Grove, Patton Creek, Weller, McAdory, Quinton, Birmingport, The Summit and Tutwiler.

The weather service states, “If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 11 p.m. for central, west central and east central Alabama.”

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