The National Weather Service confirms a tornado hit parts of Birmingham, Alabama Friday evening.
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“Between 3 and 4 inches of rain fell in the Birmingham area in about 3 hours Friday”, AccuWeather Meteorologist Mike Doll said.
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There were no reports of deaths after the twister touched down at around 5:30 p.m. local time (6:30 p.m. ET).
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Edwards said several houses were damaged, trees were toppled and power was knocked out in the area.
Holmes said reports of tornado activity in Bibb County, also southwest of Birmingham, have not been confirmed.
‘Santa brought us a good one, didn’t he?’ Bobby Watkins said as he and his wife took a walk amid the destruction in rural Benton County, Mississippi, where four people – including a married couple and two neighbours on the same street – were confirmed dead and their homes destroyed.
Meteorologist Krissy Hurley with the National Weather Service in Nashville says a flash flood watch is in effect for parts of southeastern, central and eastern Tennessee until Saturday morning.
In neighbouring Kentucky, the National Weather Service in Louisville says a flash flood watch has been issued for central and eastern parts of the state through mid-afternoon.
Storms earlier in the week produced deadly tornadoes in Tennessee, Mississippi and Arkansas.
Barbara Perkins was told Thursday by an insurance agent that her storm-damaged home in Falkner, Mississippi, was a complete loss.
The unseasonably warm, severe weather also was responsible for seven deaths in MS and one in Arkansas.
Six people were killed in Tennessee, including three who were found in a auto submerged in a creek, according to the Columbia Police Department.
Dozens of people were injured in the storms, some seriously, said Greg Flynn, spokesman for the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency.
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He managed to climb inside and fetch some Christmas gifts that had been under his tree, but his neighbours weren’t so fortunate. But Perkins – who survived the storm hunkered down inside a closet with her husband – said she was happy just to be alive.
