There are currently 18 active tornado warnings across Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana (5:26pm E)

[Viva_La_Revolution]

Source: CNN Weather tweet

CNNweather CNN Weather Center
by cnnbrk
Tornado warning for Birmingham, Alabama. Large tornado on the ground headed into southwest Birmingham. This is a very dangerous situation!


http://radar.weather.gov/Conus/full_loop.php

[blaze]

1. Holy crap!!

Hold on friends!!

[Viva_La_Revolution]

2. Google tornado, then pick real-time feed...

several spotted, tons of alerts and sirens going off.

MiaRaven‎ Debris ball still showing up on radar. Sign of a large tornado. Maylene, Alabaster, Montevallo, Calera, Shelby Co Airport - take cover NOW

athensgaweather‎ SPC might be issuing a watch for North GA. It will likely be a tornado watch. Updates when information becomes available. Stay tuned.

[uppityperson]

11. that is incredible, stay low

[jdlh8894]

3. Springtime in Dixie! Gotten' used to it. n/t

[madrchsod]

4. it`s quite a storm

http://www.chicagoweathercenter.com/radar/national/

northern il has had sub normal temps and average to above average rain. the forecast is another week of the same.

ya, there`s no climate change.....

[Viva_La_Revolution]

5. A total of 42 tornado reports for the day as of 6pm CDT.

TWCBreaking TWC Breaking
A total of 42 tornado reports for the day as of 6pm CDT. Another 19 reports yesterday.

[AngryOldDem]

6. And all the people camping out at Talladega...

I heard Jim Cantore on the NBC News say there's no available shelter.

[yodermon]

8. just saw his tweet (Jim Cantore)

jimcantore:
45,000 peope in tents and campers at@TalledegaSuperS for races. This is a serious situation !! <via Twitter>

[AngryOldDem]

9. Just checked the NWS site for that area.

That area is under a warning. Statement with warning says people at "outside events" should seek shelter...okay, WHERE?

There should be some provision for bad weather events at places like this where people are camping out.

[ReggieVeggie]

7. wow!

I used to live in Montgomery. I've seen some serious storms there.

[uppityperson]

10. Stay low and keep safe. Here's "todays tornadoes" and NWS warning pages

http://www.spc.noaa.gov/climo/reports/110415_rpts.html


http://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/watch/