LATEST FORECAST | STORM SHELTERS | INTENSE PHOTOS AND VIDEOS | DAMAGE REPORTS | POWER OUTAGES | STATE OF EMERGENCY | 米兰体育 13 LIVE DOPPLER RADAR | UPLOAD YOUR WEATHER PHOTOS | WAYS TO STAY SAFE | GET WEATHER NOTIFICATIONSA rare Level 5 High Risk has been issued between Mississippi and Alabama on Saturday.Learn how to turn on 米兰体育 13 weather alerts in the video player above.This is only the third time since 2006 and likely only the third time in their history that a High Risk of severe weather was issued on Day 2, according to the NWS Storm Prediction Center.The upgraded risk was issued at 1:30 p.m. CST on Friday.Typically, the Storm Prediction Center will issue a High Risk on Day 1, which would begin at 1 a.m. CST on Saturday.When has this happened before? The NWS Storm Prediction Center said this happened on April 14, 2012 and April 7, 2006.During the 2012 event, the NWS said there were more than 100 tornado reports throughout the Midwest.Meanwhile, on April 7 and 8 in 2006, tornadoes touched down in several Alabama counties, including Winston, Jefferson, Talladega and Marion Counties. The NWS said one woman died in Marion County after she ran into a downed tree on State Highway 187. Fallen trees also left a person hurt there, according to the NWS. Tornadoes also hit other states on April 7, 2006, including Tennessee and Kentucky.Emergency Management Agencies across Alabama are preparing for the threat of severe weather Friday and Saturday. Take a look at an Alabama tornado shelter below.
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A rare Level 5 High Risk has been issued between Mississippi and Alabama on Saturday.
Learn how to turn on 米兰体育 13 weather alerts in the video player above.
This is only the third time since 2006 and likely only the third time in their history that a High Risk of severe weather was issued on Day 2, according to the NWS Storm Prediction Center.
The upgraded risk was issued at 1:30 p.m. CST on Friday.
Typically, the Storm Prediction Center will issue a High Risk on Day 1, which would begin at 1 a.m. CST on Saturday.
When has this happened before?
The NWS Storm Prediction Center said this happened on April 14, 2012 and April 7, 2006.
During the 2012 event, the NWS said there were throughout the Midwest.
Eric Francis
THURMAN, IA - APRIL 14: Damage from an apparent tornado is seen April 14, 2012 in Thurman, Iowa. The storms were part of a massive system that affected areas from Northern Nebraska south through Oklahoma. (Photo by Eric Francis/Getty Images))
Meanwhile, on April 7 and 8 in 2006, in several Alabama counties, including Winston, Jefferson, Talladega and Marion Counties.
The NWS said one woman died in Marion County after she ran into a downed tree on State Highway 187. Fallen trees also left a person hurt there, according to the NWS.
Tornadoes also hit other states on April 7, 2006, including and .
Scott Olson
BRADFORD, TN - APRIL 4: Possessions lay piled up on the floor of a trailer home after it was destroyed by a tornado April 4, 2006 in Bradford, Tennessee. At least 23 people in Tennessee, including a family of four in Bradford, were killed as tornados cut a path across the state on April 2, 2006. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)
Emergency Management Agencies across Alabama are preparing for the threat of severe weather Friday and Saturday. Take a look at an Alabama tornado shelter below.
