One particular person was killed and eight others had been injured after a twister touched down in Alabama on Thursday. Hale County Emergency Administration director Russell Weeden confirmed three individuals are in important situation and 5 have minor accidents.
Simply earlier than 3 p.m. EST, the Nationwide Climate Service confirmed that a twister was on the bottom in Hale County. It later reported a number of different tornadoes within the state.
Earlier Thursday, the NWS had issued a number of twister watches and warnings for giant parts of the state. It tweeted that the storm shifting into the Birmingham space had a "historical past of manufacturing tornadoes."
Because the storm moved throughout the state Thursday afternoon and night, the NWS continued to replace its warnings, tweeting, "Take shelter NOW!" Elements of Alabama stay beneath a twister warning.
The Nationwide Climate Service's climate prediction heart tweeted that elements of Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Tennessee, North and South Carolina, Virginia, Kentucky and West Virginia may see flash flooding and extreme climate by Thursday night time.
In the meantime, a winter storm is sweeping throughout parts of the the U.S., bringing ice and snow to a number of states.