Thursday’s severe storms have cost lives and caused widespread damage across Alabama.

The National Weather Service will spend days surveying storm damage and confirming how many tornadoes touched down in the state.

There has already been one tornado confirmed.

The weather service in Huntsville said it was able to do a storm survey earlier today and confirmed an EF-1 tornado with top winds estimated at 104 mph rolled through parts of Morgan, Lawrence and Limestone counties in northwest Alabama.

The weather service said the tornado was on the ground for 30.4 miles and was 325 yards wide at its peak.

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One person was injured by the storm.

The tornado touched down at 8:09 a.m. today and was on the ground for 36 minutes.

The storm crossed into Alabama from Mississippi and quickly strengthened into a supercell in western Lawrence County, the weather service said.

A tornado touched down just west of County Road 101 and did a lot of tree damage. It headed east and crossed County Road 117, where several residences had minor roof damage. A home had roof damage, and a metal workshop was nearly destroyed in this area.

The tornado may have peaked as it headed east of CR 117 toward Moulton. It then may have briefly lifted before it caused isolated damage in downtown Moulton, including the high school baseball fields and Lawrence Medical Center.

The tornado crossed Highway 24 and damaged a motel near Highway 24 and County Road 157. The tornado then caused sporadic damage as it likely lifted and dropped through Trinity in western Morgan County.

The tornado did minor roof damage to a home at Kimberly Pines. It also blew a tractor-trailer off the road and tipped it over. It also flipped several large campters at Jay’s Landing.

An injury was reported at a recycling facility nearby. The storm then approached Ingalls Harbor and caused some damage along the shoreline near Highway 20. The tornado then crossed the Tennessee River and caused damage on the campus of Calhoun Community College. The tornado continued northeast, causing minor damage, before lifting near Fennel Road and Fennel Lane.

The weather service in Birmingham said it will spend the coming days looking at damage in multiple locations in central Alabama, including Dallas and Autauga counties. Five people have been reported dead in the Kingston community of Autauga County, and damage was reported throughout the Selma area.

The weather service will issue updates about the storm survey teams’ progress over the coming days.