Pickens, Lamar counties experience damage following Alabama storms

The shelter remained open on Wednesday morning.

McAllister attributes this to the region, which was categorized as having a significant risk for severe weather by the agency, having a “better wind-flow energy”. More than 14,000 Alabama Power customers were without power, mostly in Birmingham, the utility reported. A federal prison there and several homes were damaged. None of the inmates nor the staff suffered any harm and the inmate housing units were running on their normal power source.

The area around Alabama and MS, where thousands of tornadoes hit.

National Weather Service damage surveys Wednesday will confirm the actual number of tornadoes across the Southeast.

Officials say the tornado struck the town of McMullen in Pickens County Tuesday evening and destroyed 13 homes.

An EF-1 tornado was also confirmed in Fayette County near the Ashcraft Corner/Belk communities, and another tornado confirmed in Beaverton in Lamar County.

Damage assessments show 31 homes destroyed or sustained major damage and 48 with minor damage.

Tuesday’s high temperature of 67 degrees could come at a price.

On-air meteorologist Reynolds Wolf, far right, speaks with Mayor Jason Shelton as the Weather Channel film crew get ready to broadcast live Tuesday afternoon from Park Heights on Main Street. Other snowfall reports include 10 inches in Madelia, 9 inches in Rosemount and 8.5 inches in New Ulm.

The greatest threat is from winds that will be strong enough to cause damage to trees and structures.

According to Livescience, “tornadoes are often associated with the jet stream, which is a band of strong winds high above the atmosphere that can a huge influence weather patterns by jostling air masses around”.

Homes in MS were also damaged, and multiple tornadoes were reported there. He says it appears to have been on the ground about five miles.

But as people in tragedies do, they picked up one another when they needed them most.

There were no immediate reports of injuries.

It comes as a powerful snowstorm buried parts of Colorado and Nebraska in more than a foot of snow into Tuesday.