At least five tornadoes have been confirmed due to bad weather Saturday along the Gulf of Mexico coast in Mississippi and Alabama.
No casualties were reported as crews continue damage assessments.
The National Weather Service reported Sunday that three tornadoes were recorded in Jackson County, Mississippi, each with maximum winds estimated to be between 100 and 110 mph (160 and 175 kilometers per hour).
Two faint tornadoes with winds of 72 mph (115 km / h) or less have been reported in Alabama, one in Theodore and the other south of downtown Mobile. Surveyors were still looking for tornado evidence in Alabama on Sunday, where more funnel clouds were captured on video or photos.
A tornado in Vancleave, Mississippi, tracked 1.25 miles (2 kilometers), damaging trees, a home, and some outbuildings. Another tornado that tracked 2.8 miles (4.5 kilometers) of damaged trees at Moss Point before crossing a swamp and a highway. And a 1-mile (1.6-kilometer) tornado knocked over utility poles in a Big Point park.
Surveyors concluded that the damage to Gautier High School was caused by straight-line winds. Wind damage has also been reported further west, in Pass Christian and Diamondhead, Mississippi.
Although tornadoes are rare in most of the United States in late fall and winter, they are more common along the Gulf of Mexico coast during those seasons when cold fronts collide with warm Gulf air.
In Alabama, several people have photographed a funnel-shaped cloud crossing a highway that crosses Mobile Bay, between Mobile and Spanish Fort. No damage was reported at that location.
