LIVE UPDATES: Severe weather threatens the South
Severe thunderstorms, including the threat of tornadoes, have returned to the South. Follow live updates from the FOX Weather team.
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Storms to continue to move eastward into overnight hours
As the storms continue to track east, isolated reports of damaging gusts or a brief tornado remain possible.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 5 a.m. ET.
The National Weather Service says that while some of these storms have previously produced a tornado, the storms are mainly producing rain showers but an uptick in intensity cannot be ruled out.
Confirmed large and extremely dangerous tornado in Alabama
At 10:12 p.m., a confirmed large and extremely dangerous tornado was spotted near Calera, AL, moving east at 35 mph, the National Weather Service said.
The NWS Birmingham continued a Tornado Warning for the storm in Chilton and Shelby Counties in Alabama until 10:45 p.m. CT.
Debris was spotted and power flashes were seen as the tornado moved through.
Tornado Watch until 5 ET
A Tornado Watch has been issued for parts of Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina and South Carolina until 5 AM EST.
The National Weather Service says that they plan to survey damage from a likely tornado that occurred Wednesday afternoon.
Once they complete their survey on Thursday, they will release their findings.
The National Weather Service said Wednesday evening that as the line of storms continue to track eastward, they will likely extend their Tornado Watch to include northern Georgia and the Carolinas.
Storms moving out of Tennessee and Alabama may continue to pose a damaging wind and brief tornado threat into the overnight hours.
A Tornado Warning for south-central Tuscaloosa County is in effect until 9:15 p.m.
A Tornado Warning for south-central Tuscaloosa County is in effect until 9:15 p.m.
At 8:35 PM CST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado was located near Moundville, or 16 miles south of Tuscaloosa, moving east at 45 mph, the NWS says.
New counties included in Tornado Watch
The National Weather Service has expanded the Tornado Watch to include several more counties in Alabama. The watch now includes the cities of Tuscaloosa and Birmingham. The watch is in effect until 10pm CT.
Tornado Warning
FOX Weather 3D Radar is tracking the tornado warned storm northwest of Birmingham in Walker County, Alabama. Towns in the path of the storm include: Sumiton, Cordova, Sipsey, Rocky Hollow, Lynns Park and Empire.
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A wall cloud and funnel cloud were spotted Wednesday evening near the town of Richmond, Mississippi.
4 Day Forecast
Another storm system will start impacting the Mississippi Valley and parts of the South on New Year's Eve and into New Year's Day. Severe weather will be a possibility for some of the same areas that saw storms this evening.
Fox Weather 3D Radar
FOX Weather 3D Radar is tracking the tornado warned storm southwest of Tupelo, Mississippi. Towns in the path of the storm include: Trebloc, Woodland, Sparta, McCondy, Anchor, Egypt and Buena Vista.
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Tornado Watch
A Tornado Watch has been issued for parts of Georgia, Alabama and Tennessee until 10 p.m. CDT. A watch means be prepared for the possibility of tornadoes.
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Futurecast
Storms embedded in the system impacting the Southeast are moving northeastward at over 50 mph. That means that the main line of storms will move through the majority of Tennessee by 6:30 CDT.
Tornado warning area in Arkansas.
The NWS in Little Rock has issued a Tornado Warning for areas including Dumas, Mitchellville and Watson until 3:30 p.m. CST.
High rainfall rates up to 1.5 to 2 inches per hour could also trigger flash flooding in parts of the Tennessee Valley and southern Appalachians on Wednesday.
Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Tennessee now under a tornado watch.
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