The NWS office earlier reported a radar-confirmed tornado entering the Gordo area and urged residents to seek shelter. Users on X, formerly Twitter, shared photos of damage at a Lake Tuscaloosa-area gas station and in the Walker County town of Sipsey.

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.