Tornado watches and severe weather advisories have been issued by the National Weather Service (NWS) for thousands of people across Alabama and Georgia on Saturday. NWS Birmingham, Alabama, confirmed that a tornado watch and several weather advisories remain in effect through Saturday afternoon for central Alabama and parts of Georgia.

A tornado warning is issued when a tornado is either sighted or indicated on radar, meaning there is imminent danger to life and property.

The National Weather Service (NWS) issued a tornado warning for parts of Oklahoma on Thursday morning, as twisters touched down amid severe thunderstorms in the state. A “damaging” tornado was detected four miles southwest of Etowah, moving northeast at 45 mph, the NWS said before 8 a.m. CST.

Debris and damage were found after a tornado touched down Thursday morning in Purcell. Around 7:30 a.m., radar confirmed tornado debris near North Fourth Street east of Highway 77. KOCO 5 Field Meteorologist Michael was in Purcell shortly afterward, showing some fences knocked down and limbs on the ground.

A radar-confirmed tornado ripped across Interstate 35 and part of Purcell, Oklahoma Thursday morning, knocking down power lines as a powerful line of thunderstorms barreled their way across the Southern Plains.

Several tornadoes touched down in parts of Oklahoma on Thursday morning. See where NWS confirms the most damage.

Multiple buildings were damaged when a reported tornado tore through a central Illinois community on Sunday afternoon.

The National Weather Service in Shreveport has confirmed that an EF-1 tornado touched down a few miles south of Coushatta in Red River Parish on Jan. 10 around 12:04 a.m.

Owners of a Laurel business heavily damaged in Friday's tornado were assessing that damage and counting their lucky stars Saturday.

With a wind speed of up to 80 mph, a brief tornado traveled for about one-third of a mile in Boyle Heights, a neighborhood on L.A.'s Eastside, just after 10 a.m.

Some of the worst damage inflicted this week came in Oklahoma, where a series of tornadoes felled trees, caused power outages and damaged homes