The Alabama Power outage map shows hundreds of Wiregrass customers without power after severe overnight storms.
Estimated repair times are not available for most of the outages.
Wiregrass Electric Cooperative also reports several outages.
The Dothan Utilities map indicates a handful of outages as well.
A tornado watch is in effect for Wiregrass counties until 9 a.m. Central time.
Counties affected: Houston, Henry, Dale, Geneva, Coffee; (GA) Early; (FL) Bay, Holmes, Jackson, Washington, Walton.
(Check the National Weather Service to confirm watches for other Florida and Georgia counties.)
DALE COUNTY: 4:26 PM Ozark – Dale County 911 have dispatched fire – EMS and Dale County Sheriff Department to a working structure fire.
The fire location is 314 Lakefront Road, Ozark Alabama. Think this address is Whispering Lakes Subdivision between Midland City and Ozark.
Reports to Ozark – Dale County 911 a trailer is on fire in front of the lake. Reports are half of the structure is already gone at the time of dispatch.
Dale County Sheriff Deputies are on the scene and as of this writing do not know what fire departments and EMS that are responding or on the scene.
Anyone with additional information or scene pictures text 334-790-1729.
UPDATED @ 5:30 PM
Responding to the structure fie, Newton Volunteer Fire, Pinckard Volunteer Fire and Ewell Volunteer Fire, Pinckard Police Department and Dale County Sheriff Department.
At the time of dispatch half of the structure was reported gone. The fireman were quick on the scene and aggressive attack which saved some of the structure. It was reported to have been an abandoned structure.
The City of Dothan and the Southeast Alabama Coalition for the Homeless (SEACH) are opening a warming station Saturday evening ahead of severe storms and low temperatures.
The warming station will be at the First Baptist Church Family Life Center, behind the main church building.
It will open Saturday, Feb. 15 at 6 p.m. and remain open until Monday, Feb. 17 at 9 a.m.
The Family Life Center doors will be locked each night at 9 p.m. Meals and cots will be provided.
Call 211 for more information.
A driver led law enforcement on a chase from Florida up Highway 231 into Houston County before spikes were deployed to stop the vehicle.
A white pickup led multiple agencies on a chase hitting speeds over 100 miles an hour reportedly from Bay County into Alabama’s Houston County.
Law enforcement used spike traps to stop the vehicle, knocking out all four tires, but the vehicle continued at top speed before stopping across the old Florida Microfilm.
Rescue units checked on the suspect, but the suspect was reportedly not taken to the hospital.
A Eufaula man was killed early Friday morning after he crashed during a police chase, according to the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency.
Lamar T. Jenkins, 44, was killed with he lost control of his vehicle and hit a utility pole, the vehicle busting into flames. He was ejected from the vehicle on U.S. 431 near mile 63 in Eufaula.
Troopers say Jenkins was attempting to flee the Eufaula Police Department and Barbour County Sheriff’s Office.