Alabama weather: Where are the storm shelters in Tuscaloosa County?

With the threat of severe weather this weekend, Tuscaloosa County has at least 33 storm shelters available.

The Tuscaloosa County Emergency Management Agency’s website, www.tuscaloosacountyema.org/storm-shelters, maintains an update map of all the shelter sites, with the shelter’s marker turning green as the shelter opens.

Here’s a list of Tuscaloosa County’s storm shelters with each site’s address:

  • Big Sandy Elementary School, 12058 Upper Hull Road 
  • Brookwood High School, 12250 George Richmond Parkway 
  • Brookwood storm shelters, 15689 Highway 216 
  • Buhl Elementary, 11968 Buhl School Road 
  • Carroll’s Creek Volunteer Fire Department, 115 Lary Lake Road (Pet friendly) 
  • Coaling storm shelters, 15150 U.S. Highway 11 N 
  • Coaling storm shelters, 11281 Stephens Loop 
  • Coaling storm shelters, Stone Gate mobile home park, 15100 Stone Gate Drive 
  • Coker storm shelter, 11549 Eisenhower Drive 
  • Echola storm shelter, 14908 Echola Road 
  • Echols Middle School, 2701 Echols Ave. 
  • Hagler storm shelter, 15451 Hagler Coaling Road 
  • Holt community storm shelter, 2000 41st Court 
  • Holt Elementary, 10001 Crescent Ridge Road NE 
  • Holt High School, 301 44th Court NE 
  • Lloyd Wood Education Center, 2300 26th Ave. 
  • Montgomery VFD shelter, 16780 Mormon Road 
  • Mount Olive VFD, 13322 Mount Olive Road 
  • Myrtlewood Elementary, 14661 Gainsville Road 
  • Salvation Army, 2902 Greensboro Ave. 
  • Samantha Northside Park, 13003 Northside Road 
  • Sipsey Valley Middle School, 15817 Romulus Road 
  • Tuscaloosa city area: Alberta School of Performing Arts, 2700 University Blvd. E 
  • Tuscaloosa city area: McDonald Hughes Center, 3101 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. (Pet friendly) 
  • Tuscaloosa city area: Northridge High School, 2901 Northridge Road 
  • Tuscaloosa city area: Paul W. Bryant High School, 6315 Mary Harmon Drive 
  • Tuscaloosa city area: Skyland Elementary School, 408 Skyland Blvd. E 
  • Tuscaloosa city area: Tuscaloosa Career and Technology Academy, 2800 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. 
  • Tuscaloosa city area: Tuscaloosa Magnet School, 315 McFarland Blvd. E 
  • Tuscaloosa city area: University Place Elementary School, 2000 First Ave. 
  • Vance storm shelter, 18348 U.S. Highway 11 N 
  • Vance storm shelter/Wallace Tingle Park, 17058 Tingle Tangle Road 
  • Yellow Creek VFD, 16040 Yellow Creek Road (Pet friendly) 

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