NOAA’s Storm Prediction Center has expanded a Level 3 out of 5 (or enhanced) risk for severe weather for most of north and part of central Alabama tonight (areas in orange in the map at the top of this post). A large part of south, central and east Alabama will also have a Level 3 risk on Monday.

Several rounds of showers and thunderstorms pass through Alabama overnight into Monday morning bringing locally heavy rainfall and frequent lightning. Some storms will be intense after midnight threatening severe wind gusts over 60 miles per hour, large hail, and tornadoes. Check the video for the latest forecast.

These areas face a significant threat of potentially destructive winds that could cause widespread power outages and tree damage.

Worst part of the storm should hit Middle Tennessee after 10 p.m. Sunday with winds, rain and chance of tornadoes

The weekend will finish off on a very active note as severe storms look to impact the area late Sunday night. SATURDAY NIGHT: A steady light rain will be around for the evening with showers continuing overnight.

At least one person was killed Sunday after severe weather battered the central U.S. The storms, which spanned from the southern Great Lakes region to as far south as Texas and Louisiana, packed destructive wind gusts,

EDT the National Weather Service released a tornado warning in effect until 5:30 p.m. EDT for Branch County. “At 5:06 p.m., a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado was located near Albion,

Storms will move SW to NE. This is not a 100% coverage of rain-- some locations could miss the rain. The severe threat is highest between Monday, 1 p.m., and 7 p.m. for Central and Southside Virginia.

Severe weather is forecast to hit the Columbia area of South Carolina on Monday, according to the National Weather Service. The Midlands are under an enhanced risk for severe weather Monday, with a damaging wind and tornado threat,