IS AN ALERT DAY AS WE’VE GOT THE THREAT FOR SOME SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THAT WILL BE ROLLING THROUGH AS WE HEAD THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS. THROUGH ABOUT LUNCHTIME. THEN I THINK ONCE WE GET INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS,

NOAA’s Storm Prediction Center has expanded a Level 3 out of 5 (or enhanced) risk for severe weather for most of north and part of central Alabama tonight (areas in orange in the map at the top of this post). A large part of south, central and east Alabama will also have a Level 3 risk on Monday.

At least 80 million people − from the Midwest to the South to the East − were in the path of turbulent weather Sunday into Monday.

Worst part of the storm should hit Middle Tennessee after 10 p.m. Sunday with winds, rain and chance of tornadoes

The weekend will finish off on a very active note as severe storms look to impact the area late Sunday night. SATURDAY NIGHT: A steady light rain will be around for the evening with showers continuing overnight.

At least one person was killed Sunday after severe weather battered the central U.S. The storms, which spanned from the southern Great Lakes region to as far south as Texas and Louisiana, packed destructive wind gusts,

EDT the National Weather Service issued an updated tornado warning in effect until 7:15 p.m. EDT for Clinton and Gratiot counties.

A severe thunderstorm warning was released by the National Weather Service on Sunday at 9:37 a.m. in effect until 10:15 a.m. for Baldwin County. The storms could bring wind gusts of up to 60 mph and nickel-sized hail (0.

An updated severe thunderstorm warning was released by the National Weather Service on Sunday at 6:15 p.m. EDT in effect until 6:30 p.m. EDT for Barry, Calhoun and Kent counties.

The National Weather Service released a tornado watch at 11:18 p.m. on Sunday in effect until Monday at 5 a.m. for Colbert, Cullman, Franklin, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Limestone, Madison and Morgan counties.

A tornado watch was in effect for much of Illinois, including the Chicago area, and Indiana Sunday afternoon. The tornado watch has since been dropped for all of Illinois, but remained in effect for all of Northwest Indiana as of 3:11 p.

Indianapolis and Central Indiana could be in for severe weather Sunday afternoon, with thunderstorms, hail and damaging winds possible.

EDT the National Weather Service released a tornado warning in effect until 5:30 p.m. EDT for Branch County. “At 5:06 p.m., a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado was located near Albion,

Severe storms were expected to hit Chicago Sunday evening. Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere/Sun-Times Share Hail and massive wind gusts pelted the Chicago area as severe thunderstorms rumbled through Sunday afternoon.

The tornado watch is in effect till 7 p.m. for Chicago, the surrounding south and west suburbs and northwest Indiana. The National Weather Service warns of tornadoes, hail the size of ping-pong balls and 70 mph winds.