TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — The University of Alabama will suspend normal operations from 5 p.m. Thursday until midnight due to the threat of severe weather.
Classes and campus activities scheduled for the Tuscaloosa campus area during this time are canceled.
Campus libraries, the Student Health Center and recreation centers will close at 5 p.m. and reopen at their normal times Friday.
The Ferguson Center will close at 5:30 p.m., and buses will run until 6 p.m.
Lakeside and Burke dining halls will remain open until 8:30 p.m.
Please remain aware of changing weather conditions and watch for any further updates if the situation worsens. Follow @UA_Safety on Twitter for weather updates and other safety-related information.
Severe weather can develop quickly and without warning, so please identify the best available shelter area, and be prepared to move to safety if severe weather occurs.
We are now under a tornado watch, so please be alert for rapidly changing conditions that may require you to move quickly to safety.
If a tornado warning is issued, you should avoid traveling and seek shelter immediately. If you are not able to make it to one of our tornado shelters, please go to the lowest level of the nearest building until you are notified the warning is over.
Because of the potential for severe weather, campus tornado shelters at North Campus Storm Shelter, East Campus Storm Shelter and the Magnolia Parking Deck are available to all students, faculty and staff. The Magnolia Parking Deck can accept pets with their owners.
Shelters are now open. A map of the shelters is available at https://ready.ua.edu/shelters/.
Please be familiar with UA’s severe weather guidelines at https://ready.ua.edu/severe-weather-guidelines. Stay tuned to local weather sources as long as the potential for severe weather lasts.