TORNADO ON GROUND reported in Morris; new warnings issued

Published 10:06 pm Monday, April 28, 2014

The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office reports a tornado on the ground near Morris, which has resulted in a new tornado warningfor north Jefferson and south Blount counties.

Email newsletter signup

In addition, another tornado warning has been issued by the National Weather Service for the rest of Jefferson County. This is a different warning than the one previously issued and then quickly cancelled for north Jefferson County.

This warning is in effect until 10:45 p.m., and includes Fultondale, Gardendale, Tarrant, Mt.Oliv and Pinson. Morris on the the very northern edge of the polygon, Warrior and Kimberly are not included.

The second warning is for a radar-indicated tornado from a storm moving northeast out of Tuscaloosa County.

We’ll have more updates