THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 77 IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN ALABAMA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 22 COUNTIES IN CENTRAL ALABAMA AUTAUGA BIBB CHILTON COOSA DALLAS ELMORE JEFFERSON LOWNDES MONTGOMERY PERRY SHELBY WALKER IN NORTHWEST ALABAMA MARION WINSTON IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA FAYETTE GREENE HALE LAMAR MARENGO PICKENS SUMTER TUSCALOOSA THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ALABASTER, ALICEVILLE, BIRMINGHAM, BRENT, CARROLLTON, CENTREVILLE, CLANTON, COLUMBIANA, DEMOPOLIS, EUTAW, FAYETTE, FORT DEPOSIT, GREENSBORO, HALEYVILLE, HAMILTON, HOOVER, JASPER, LINDEN, LIVINGSTON, LOWNDESBORO, MARION, MILLBROOK, MONTGOMERY, MOUNDVILLE, PELHAM, PRATTVILLE, ROCKFORD, SELMA, SULLIGENT, TUSCALOOSA, UNIONTOWN, VERNON, WETUMPKA, AND YORK.