An updated tornado warning was released by the National Weather Service on Saturday at 1:41 p.m. in effect until 2 p.m. for Marion County.

Multiple people have died amid an outbreak of severe weather across the South that forecasters warn could include "violent" tornadoes, high winds, thunderstorms and flash flooding on Saturday. Two people died and others were injured in a suspected tornado that touched down in the Bakersfield area of southern Missouri,

Forecasters expect the thunderstorms to swamp the South and move toward the East Coast on Saturday night into Sunday. Although the tornado threat is expected to decrease, the East Coast will likely face hail and potentially damaging wind gusts.