As of 7:00 a.m., forecasters had issued a tornado watch for central Alabama, including Demopolis, Prattville, and Talladega, among dozens of other cities.

First Alert AccuTrack shows a partly cloudy sky across Central Alabama with a few isolated showers and storms lifting northward west of I-65. An isolated strong or severe storm can’t be ruled out in our northwest counties,

We tagged Sunday as an "Impact Day" because, for most of the state, a line of storms will bring soaking rain and gusty winds. A few individual severe storms could pose a threat of strong wind gusts over 58 miles per hour, flash flooding, hail and a limited threat of tornadoes.

About 22 million people are at risk for severe storms Sunday, stretching from central North Carolina southwestward to the central Gulf Coast, according to the Storm Prediction Center.

Any storm that becomes severe could produce damaging winds up to 60 mph, large hail up to quarters, and an isolated tornado.

Significant severe weather and life-threatening flash flooding continue to impact much of the mid-South up through the Ohio River Valley.

After four straight days with a barrage of persistent severe storms and flooding rainfall for parts of the mid-South and mid-Mississippi Valley, the threat finally shifts east Sunday into portions of the Southeast.

A tornado outbreak is expected to rip parts of Oklahoma, Arkansas, Missouri, and Illinois on Wednesday. The National Weather Service (NWS) issued a rare ‘high risk severe weather outlook, warning millions in the Midwest and South.