At 3:49 a.m. on Saturday, the National Weather Service released a tornado watch in effect until 10 a.m. for Autauga, Bibb, Calhoun, Cherokee, Chilton, Clay, Cleburne, Coosa, Dallas, Elmore, Etowah, Greene, Hale, Jefferson, Lowndes, Marengo, Montgomery, Perry, Pickens, Randolph, St. Clair, Shelby, Sumter, Talladega, Tallapoosa and Tuscaloosa counties.