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So far, the National Weather Service in Birmingham has confirmed that nine tornadoes touched down across Alabama. Luckily, the storm’s impact on the greater Valley area was minimal.

Kathy Hornsby, Deputy Director of the Chambers County EMA said no fatalities or injuries were reported. The EMA has also not received any reports—nor found any through social media—of structural damage.

“However, numerous downed trees, blocked roadways, fallen power lines, and outages demanded swift action. Our dispatchers handled every call with remarkable speed, accuracy, and professionalism, all while showing immense compassion in a time of heightened urgency,” Hornsby said in a statement to the VT-N.

The National Weather Service in Birmingham is still investigating the storms that touched down across Alabama.

They will be visiting the Chambers County area in the next few days to gather findings.

However, initial radar findings indicate that a tornado might have touched down just north of Cusseta on County Road 173, according to the BNWS.

In the northwest corner of the county, an extension of the Tallapoosa County storm made its way into Chambers but Meteorologist-in-charge Chris Darden said he does not believe the tornado touched down there.

“In the immediate aftermath of the tornadoes, it felt as though we were all holding our breath, bracing for 9-1-1 lines and emergency notifications to flood in. But after making calls, reaching out to NWS and others, and monitoring social media, we came to a profound realization—we were going to be okay,” Hornsby said. “Our residents, the very heartbeat of our communities, were safe. Only then could we finally breathe a sigh of relief.”

Darden said that this past weekend’s storm will likely be declared a tornado outbreak, as it is clear already that several of them touched down in Alabama alone.

The storm which spanned the southeast and into the midwest of the country was made up of dozens of storm systems. Alabama Governor Kay Ivey confirmed that three have died across the state, with 52 of the 67 counties being impacted.

As of now, over 40 have been confirmed dead total in the tri-state storms, according to USA Today.

“To get this kind of system with so many prolific tornadoes, you’ve got to have the perfect sort of balance of wind shear and instability a lot of times,” Darden said.

Most of the time, there is either plenty of wind shear or a lot of moisture, according to the meteorologist.

March and April are the prime times of year for these severe storms because the waters in the Gulf of Mexico are warming up, creating moisture, yet the mid-latitude systems are still active. The combination of moisture and strong fronts meeting creates the ideal conditions for severe tornadoes.

“It’s unusual to get kind of the perfect combination,” Darden said.