How many tornadoes hit Alabama? More storm surveys planned today

The number of tornadoes from Saturday’s severe weather in Alabama stands at 12, and it could climb today.

The National Weather Service in Birmingham has plans for more storm surveys in parts of central Alabama, which was hard-hit by severe storms on Saturday.

The storms have been blamed for three deaths, two in the Dallas County town of Plantersville, which was hit by an EF-3 tornado, and one in Talladega County’s Winterboro, which was hit by an EF-2 twister.

The weather service plans to look at storm damage in Walker and Coosa counties today. Another survey is planned for Sumter County on Wednesday.

Saturday’s tornadoes include one EF-3, four EF-2s, four EF-1s and three EF-0s.

All of the tornadoes except one were in central Alabama. The other was in north Alabama.

Here are the tornadoes confirmed by the weather service so far:

• Gordo tornado (Pickens County): EF-2, more details to come.
• Lewiston tornado (Greene County): EF-1, more details to come.
• Lexington tornado (Lauderdale County): EF-1, top winds 108 mph. Path length 2.29 miles; path width 63 yards. No injuries. Tornado touched down at 2:21 p.m. Saturday near Lexington.
• Allenville Road tornado (Hale/Perry counties): EF-0, top winds, 80 mph. Path length 21.72 miles; path width 500 yards. No injuries. Tornado touched down at 6:39 p.m. Saturday near Gallion in Hale County and lifted near Morgan Springs in Perry County.
• Deer Creek Road tornado (Bibb County): EF-0, peak winds 80 mph. Path length 7.63 miles; path width 75 yards. No injuries. Tornado touched down at 7:39 p.m. Saturday near the Talladega National Forest in Bibb County and lifted near Ashby. 
• Calera tornado (Chilton/Shelby counties): EF-1, peak winds 90 mph. Path Length 9.70 miles; path width 250 yards. No injuries. Tornado touched down at 7:57 p.m. near Minooka Park in Chilton County and lifted near Camp Branch in Shelby County.
• Lawler Drive tornado (Shelby County): EF-1, peak winds 90 mph. Path length 2.55 miles; path width 150 yards. No injuries. Tornado touched down at 8 p.m. Saturday near Montevallo in Shelby County and lifted near American Village. 
• Winterboro tornado (Talladega County): EF-2, peak winds 120 mph. Path Length 3.63 miles; path width 500 yards. One death and one injury. Tornado touched down at 8:42 p.m. Saturday in Winterboro in Talladega County and lifted nearby. The tornado did significant damage to the Old Winterboro High School building and gym. One person was killed when a single-wide manufactured home was destroyed near Bob White Road.
• Plantersville tornado (Dallas/Autauga/Chilton counties): EF-3, peak winds 140 mph. Path length 24.25 miles; path width 1,000 yards. Two deaths and two injuries. The tornado touched down at 8:50 p.m. Saturday near Valley Creek Junction in Dallas County and lifted near Clanton in Chilton County. More details still to come.
• Rock Creek Road tornado (Tallapoosa County): EF-2, top winds 120 mph. Path length 20.44 miles; path width 800 yards. No injuries. The tornado touched down near Dare Park in Tallapoosa County and lifted near Daviston.
• Pike County tornado (Pike and Bullock counties): EF-2, top winds 130 mph. Path length 21.29, path width 1,400 yards. No injuries. The tornado touched down at 11:02 p.m. Saturday on Pike County Road 2228 south of Troy and lifted in Bullock County west of Perote.
• Snapper Creek tornado (Chambers County): EF-0, top winds 80 mph. Path length 3.80 miles; path width 100 yards. No injuries. The tornado touched down at 11:59 p.m. Saturday near Snapper Creek and lifted before reaching County Road 83.

See the preliminary report on the tornadoes from the weather service in Birmingham here.

See the report on the north Alabama tornado here.