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Tuscaloosa County, Ala., issues local emergency for Vassie Drive

Tuscaloosa County Emergency Management Agency issued a Severe IPAWS Local Area Emergency for Vassie Drive, Alabama, on Wednesday evening; the alert text was blank.

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Tuscaloosa County Emergency Management Agency in Alabama issued an Integrated Public Alert and Warning System Local Area Emergency at 7:49 p.m. EST Wednesday for an area listed as Vassie Drive1.

IPAWS listed the sender as AL_Tuscaloosa_County_Emergency_Management_Agency, with severity Severe, urgency Immediate and certainty Observed1. The wireless message body was empty1.

The listing did not name a hazard, give instructions, or describe how many people or which roads were involved1. The notice was listed to expire at 3:49 a.m. EST Thursday1. Whether the emergency was later explained or canceled was not in the alert1.

Sources

  1. AL_Tuscaloosa_County_Emergency_Management_AgencyLocal Area Emergency

Read the original at AL_Tuscaloosa_County_Emergency_Management_Agency ↗

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