Published on: January 6, 2009 at 2:57 PM

Tornado Warning for Blount, Etowah Counties until 3:15 PM CST

* AT 252 PM CST…THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR ALTOONA…OR 7 MILES EAST OF ONEONTA…MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

Communities from Altoona and Walnut Grove to Mountainboro as well as Attalla and Reece City need to take cover as this storm approaches.