Tornado Outbreak Kills at Least 31 as Threat Continues For South on Tuesday: State-by-State Updates

A multi-day severe weather event was expected to continue Tuesday across parts of the South, bringing a threat of damaging winds, hail and devastating tornadoes to the region for a third consecutive day."Don't be a victim (Tuesday) ... make sure you have your guard up. We could see violent storms again today," said Dr. Greg Postel, storm specialist for The Weather Channel.Dozens of tornadoes flared up across the South Monday, inflicting widespread damage across Alabama and Mississippi that contributed to the deaths of more than a dozen individuals. Preliminary reports from the National Weather's Storm Prediction Center indicate 80 reports of tornadoes from 3 p.m. CDT Monday through 2 a.m. Tuesday, though the number of confirmed tornadoes could be different as surveys are conducted by the NWS.At least nine people were killed in Mississippi from the wave of tornadoes that scarred the state, seven of which died in Winston County. Two people were killed in Limestone County, Ala. after a tornado swept through the area Monday evening, Limestone County officials told the Associated Press. In total, at least 31 people have been killed, and countless more injured, from the severe storms that started in the Midwest Sunday and continue to push into the South into Tuesday.