Published on: December 24, 2008 at 5:44 PM

The storm is passing downtown Tuscaloosa…winds gusted to 51 mph with extremely heavy rain…

The storm is outrunning the warning…but folks east of Tuscaloosa…including Coaling, Vance, Brookwood should go into safe shelter as the storm approaches from the west…it could down trees or flip trailers…

Stay off roads as storms move through…visibilities severely reduced along the threat of high winds…