Everything is gone. Everything she had. But we still have her.” That is how Glennis Black described the wreckage of what had been her mother’s home in the aftermath of a tornado that destroyed at least two homes off Killingsworth Cove in the Madison County community of Gurley on Tuesday night.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. ( WBRC) - The National Weather service has confirmed a total of six tornadoes that traveled through Alabama Tuesday night, and two of them were in central Alabama. According to NWS, an EF-1 struck Calhoun County and in Cleburne County with winds reaching up to 95 MPH.

Residents across Alabama have been warned to "take cover now" amid a tornado emergency - as weather forecasters fear for communities including Belle Mina and Hampton Cove

Following Tuesday’s storms, the NWS will be surveying storm damage across North Alabama. They plan to conduct surveys in Colbert, Jackson, Lawrence, Limestone, and Madison counties.

Glennis Black reflects on loss and gratitude as she salvages precious memories from the rubble after an EF-2 tornado impacts her childhood home.

At 6:46 p.m. on Tuesday, the National Weather Service released a tornado watch in effect until Wednesday at 1 a.m. for Bibb, Blount, Calhoun, Cherokee, Clay, Cleburne, Etowah, Fayette, Greene, Hale, Jefferson,

A tornado emergency has been issued for parts of northern Alabama as a large and destructive tornado tears through the area - with residents being told to seek shelter immediately.

At its most violent point, the tornado completely destroyed a mobile home, throwing its frame 150 to 200 yards from its original location. The family living there had evacuated to

Things get a bit more interesting on Tuesday. The Storm Prediction Center outlines an enhanced risk for severe weather in northwest Alabama on Tuesday evening and Wednesday morning. A slight risk stretches across the I-20/59 corridor.

A video shared from Grant, Alabama, shows vivid lightning shooting from the clouds during a tornado-warned thunderstorm on May 20, 2025.