Alabama’s PDS tornado watch is the second PDS watch of the day. Parts of Mississippi and Louisiana were put under a PDS watch earlier on Saturday.

PADUCAH, Ky. (WSIL) -- A Particularly Dangerous Situation Tornado Watch has been issued for the entire WSIL viewing area. The National Weather Service issued the alert just after 7:30 p.m. on March 14. The watch will continue through 3 a.m. This is in effect for all of southern Illinois, southeast Missouri, western Kentucky and northwest Tennessee.

A Particularly Dangerous Situation Tornado Watch has been issued until 8 p.m. for nearly all of North Alabama.

Millions of Americans across the country are on alert for a severe weather outbreak as violent, long-track tornadoes with damaging winds of up to 80 mph and large hail are expected across the Midwest and South with the cross-country storm moving east.

A powerful storm system sweeping through the central and southern United States has resulted in the deaths of at least 33 people.

A dynamic storm that prompted foreboding predictions of dangerous weekend weather spawned tornadoes, dust storms and wildfires that killed at least 39 people and destroyed hundreds of homes and businesses.