5 killed in Alabama after tornadoes plague the Deep South

By Alex Sosnowski , AccuWeather senior meteorologist

November 30,2016, 3:50:44PM,EST

 

 

Multiple people were killed and several others injured after a tornado swept through Jackson County, Alabama, shortly after midnight on Wednesday.
Thousands were still without power in Alabama as of 7 a.m. EDT Wednesday.
The tornado was part of a severe storm system plaguing parts of the Deep South since early this week.
Tornadoes and heavy winds caused other damage throughout the South.

A funnel cloud was spotted in Leesburg, Mississippi, on Tuesday, November 29. (Twitter photo/Linsey Smith via Storyful)
A National Weather Service spotter reported a tornado northeast of Tullahoma, Tennessee, with debris and pea-sized hail around 9 p.m. on Tuesday night. Multiple tree and and power lines were reportedly down.
Near Preston, Mississippi, two mobile homes were damaged, according to local emergency management.
For a portion of the lower Mississippi Valley, this was the second night in a row of severe weather.
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A surge of warm and humid air on Tuesday set the stage to allow a few of the strongest storms to produce a tornado.
The first few severe storms began to erupt during Tuesday afternoon.
Since most of the severe weather is occurring after dark, the danger factor was elevated.

Severe storms in the south destroyed a house near Underwood Mountain, Alabama. (Twitter photo/Colbert EMA)