On Saturday at 7:47 p.m. a tornado watch was released by the National Weather Service in effect until Sunday at 3 a.m. for Barbour, Bullock, Chambers, Cherokee, Clay, Cleburne, Lee, Macon, Pike, Randolph,

FOX 35 Storm Team Meteorologist Laurel Blanchard talks about tornadoes, which are one of the main weather impacts heading towards Central Florida on Sunday. The National Weather Service (NWS) says tornadoes are spawned from powerful thunderstorms,

The National Weather Service has issued a tornado watch for parts of metro New Orleans — specifically the River Parishes and the northshore — through 6 p.m. Saturday. The weather service said numerous strong tornadoes,

At least 12 fatalities have been reported in Missouri, according to the Missouri State Emergency Management Agency. The deaths come as a massive storm system moving across the country unleashed winds that damaged buildings, whipped up deadly dust storms and fanned more than 100 wildfires.

The most dangerous threat was in parts of Louisiana and Mississippi, where intense long-duration tornadoes were striking on Saturday, forecasters said.

The National Weather Service issued tornado watches for more than 2 million people on Saturday. An "outbreak" of tornadoes and severe thunderstorms is expected through Saturday night in Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, western Georgia, southern Tennessee, the Florida Panhandle and southern Arkansas.

A severe storm system capable of producing tornadoes, including long-track, strong wind gusts over 70 mph and large hail is causing damages and power outages across Alabama.