LOS ANGELES - Southern states were hit by tornadoes Thursday amid a dangerous severe weather outbreak which also brought large hail, damaging winds and flash flooding across the region.Calhoun County Emergency Management Agency confirmed five deaths in Calhoun County in Alabama Thursday afternoon, after severe weather ripped through the area.
The latest spate of bad weather comes just one week after a significant tornado outbreak in the South spawned numerous violent twisters in multiple states.NOAA's Storm Prediction Center (SPC) issued a rare "high risk" severe weather forecast for Thursday from northern parts of Mississippi and Alabama into sections of south-central Tennessee."Thursday's threat could be as severe, or even worse, than.