County under tornado watch until 8 p.m.

Published 3:26 pm Wednesday, December 23, 2015

Dallas and surrounding counties are under a tornado watch until 8 p.m. Wednesday.

Isolated severe storms are possible across southern portions of central Alabama through 6 p.m. The main threat area will be along and south of a line from Demopolis to Marbury to Auburn.

The main threat will be damaging wind gusts but an isolated tornado cannot be ruled out.

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The greatest chance of severe weather will be later today across northwest parts of Alabama west and north of Interstate 59, where strong tornadoes are possible.