The NWS Newport/Morehead City NC released a tornado watch at 7:38 p.m. on Sunday in effect until Monday at 1 a.m. The watch is for Beaufort, Craven, Duplin, Greene, Jones, Lenoir, Martin, Onslow and Pitt counties.

The National Weather Service has issued a new tornado watch from Sunday night until 1 a.m. Monday. The watch applies for Durham, Wake, Orange, and surrounding counties. The National Weather Service issued a tornado watch for Durham, Wake and surrounding counties for Sunday until 2 p.m.

On Sunday at 1:53 p.m. the NWS Wilmington NC issued a tornado watch in effect until 2 p.m. The watch is for Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, New Hanover, Pender and Robeson counties.

"Get to the sturdiest structure you have access to and remain in place until the storms pass," the NWS told residents in Alabama on Saturday night, when multiple tornado warnings were issued. At least 250,

Severe storms swept across the southern and midwestern United States over the weekend, killing at least 34 people, including 12 in the state of Missouri and injuring dozens more. Tornado watches are currently in effect for parts of Florida,