Several states, including Mississippi, Tennessee, and Alabama have issued tornado watches as blizzard and winter-storm warnings remain in effect from Nebraska to northern MI.
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The storm has been moving in a northeastern direction from Geiger to Aliceville to Carrollton.
Collinsville, Mississippi was reported to be one of the towns hardest hit, with a number of residences completely destroyed, and damage to the First Baptist Church. Keep in mind WBRC will provide a special newscast at 4 p.m. focusing on the severe weather threat and tracking the storms.
A college, a church and a federal prison – were damaged on Tuesday from tornadoes that tore across MS and Alabama.
A tornado touched down in Aliceville, Alabama, near the MS border.
At least one “large and extremely risky tornado” developed in Pickens County, Alabama, the National Weather Service said.
According to police, the federal correctional facility in Aliceville was damaged by the tornado and the administrative buildings were left “in bad shape”, reports FOX 6.
A tornado tracked across Pickens County on Tuesday afternoon.
The Pickens County tornado destroyed 13 homes, including 10 mobile homes, along Martin Luther King Jr.
The most recent apparent twister knocked down some trees and damaged vehicles and buildings at Fort Stewart in southeast Georgia on Wednesday evening, spokesman Kevin Larson said. Law enforcement officials believed a tornado had passed through, but Weather Service meteorologists in Memphis said late Wednesday they couldn’t confirm a touchdown, The Jackson Sun reported. Forecasters said winds blowing up to 60 miles per hour were possible. The storms took down trees and power poles and damaged structures.
About 75 people were displaced according to the Alabama Red Cross.
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The National Weather Service Prediction Center says there could be weaker thunderstorms in southeastern states Thursday.
