According to the SPC: “The HIGH risk area almost always means a major severe weather outbreak is expected, with great coverage of severe weather and enhanced likelihood of extreme severe (i.e., violent tornadoes or extreme convective wind events over a large area).”

The storms came amid the Trump administration’s big layoffs at the National Weather Service and its parent agency.

The National Weather Service announced that teams would be surveying two areas of North Alabama for storm damage Monday.

Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey later confirmed at least three deaths and noted that there were reports of damage in 52 of the state's 67 counties as the assessment continues.

At least seven tornadoes hit Alabama on Saturday, and that number will likely climb even higher later today. The National Weather Service plans to continue looking at storm damage and has several areas that will be visited by storm survey teams today (Monday).

The National Weather Service office in Birmingham said it is investigating 16 storm tracks in central Alabama to see if tornadoes caused the damage. The tracks are in Autauga, Dallas, Chilton, Perry,