Several deaths have been reported in Alabama with severe storms producing several tornadoes. The video from myfoxal.co shows a tornado moving through the city of Cullman Alabama about 2:50 pm cdt. At one time during the afternoon Wednesday there were more than 25 tornado warnings in effect at the same time in Alabama.

UPDATE AS OF 6:15 am: Tornadoes have slashed across Tuscaloosa and Birmingham between 5 and 6 pm central time. As ofearly Thursday morning More than 170 people had been killed in Alabama and four other states because of the tornadoes. The Tuscaloosa tornado could rate as high as EF4 or EF5.

SEVERE WEATHER
Update: Violent storms smack the South, killing dozens

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) – The death toll from severe storms that
roared across the South has risen to 173 across five states with
Alabama and Mississippi each reporting increases in the number of
deaths in their states.
Alabama’s emergency management agency says their death toll has
gone up to 128, while Mississippi officials are reporting 32 dead
in that state.
Another 11 have been killed in Georgia and one each in Tennessee
and Virginia.
The fierce storms spawned tornadoes and have wiped out homes and
businesses, forced a nuclear power plant to use backup generators
and even prompted the evacuation of a National Weather Service
office.