Storm damage has been reported across Alabama from severe weather on Saturday.

Severe storms are being blamed for at least two deaths in Dallas County near Plantersville.

Damage to homes and businesses is being reported in multiple areas.

Some of the places that reported damage on Saturday are Gordo in Pickens County, Sipsey in Walker County, Lake Tuscaloosa in Tuscaloosa County, Maplesville in Chilton County, Plantersville in Dallas County, Calera in Shelby County and Troy in Pike County.

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And there are others as well.

The National Weather Service offices across the state will be looking at reports and possibly sending out storm survey teams to asses the damage.

The weather service in Birmingham — which at one point had to take shelter from a tornado-warned storm that targeted its own office in Calera — said it would be sending out three survey teams today.

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Forecasters said there were 15 to 17 tracks that will need to be studied so it could be a few days before all that work can be completed.

Today the survey teams plan to be in Dallas, Chilton, Talladega, Coosa, Shelby and Bibb counties. Additional surveys will be needed over the next several days, the weather service said.

The weather service in Huntsville also issued several tornado warnings on Saturday, both early Saturday morning and through the day.

Meteorologists plan to go to southeastern Cullman County on Monday to look at damage near the Arkadelphia community.

There were injuries in addition to the two deaths on Saturday.

One of those was from a lightning strike. The weather service got a report from Franklin County officials that a woman was struck by lightning in Russellville around 4 a.m. Saturday during the initial wave of storms.

Flash flooding was also reported in many areas on Saturday.

Muscle Shoals got 6.01 inches of rain on Saturday, shattering the record for March 15, which was 3.94 inches in 1973.

The weather service survey teams will head to the affected areas and assess storm damage.

If a tornado is confirmed then, based on the damage, it will be given a preliminary rating using the Enhanced Fujita Scale, which runs from EF-0 to EF-5.

The weather service will send out periodic updates on the survey teams’ progress.