A tornado warning was issued by the National Weather Service on Saturday at 7:50 p.m. in effect until 8:30 p.m. for Calhoun, Clay, Cleburne and Talladega counties.

Jeff Smitherman, the director of an Alabama emergency management agency, joins ABC News live to discuss the high-risk alert for potential tornado outbreaks in Alabama and Mississippi.

WVTM 13 meteorologists are tracking a severe weather outbreak in Alabama Saturday with the chance of tornadoes, hail, damaging winds and tornadoes.

Jim Coker, with emergency management in Alabama's Jefferson County, urges safety and preparedness with severe weather barreling toward Alabama.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. ( WBRC) - Storm crews with Alabama Power are working to restore service after severe weather impacted thousands of customers in central Alabama. As of midnight Sunday, Alabama Power says over 13,000* customers are still affected.

Violent tornadoes and high winds have decimated homes, wiped out schools and toppled semitractor-trailers as a monster storm that killed at least 32 people ripped its way across the central and southern U.

Eleven storm-related fatalities were reported in the Missouri counties of Ozark, Butler, Wayne and Jefferson, the state highway patrol said. Three people were confirmed dead in Independence County, Arkansas, the state's emergency management division said. Four were reported dead in Texas, officials said Saturday.

Eight people were killed in Kansas after the weather front brought high winds and a dust storm Friday afternoon, lowering visibility and causing a pileup involving dozens of vehic