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At a Glance Storms in the Deep South produced dozens of tornado reports on Monday.

One person was killed in Vernon Parish, Louisiana, and two others in Town Creek, Alabama.

A long-track tornado barreled across northwest portions of Alexandria, Louisiana.

People were reportedly trapped in homes northeast of DeRidder, Louisiana.

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A severe weather outbreak rolled across parts of Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama on Monday afternoon and evening, killing at least three people. There were reports of major damage from multiple tornadoes.

As of Monday evening, the NOAA Storm Prediction Center had received at least 27 preliminary reports of tornadoes. Several of these were already confirmed by the National Weather Service.

The police chief of Town Creek, Alabama, reported that a husband and wife were killed and at least four others were seriously injured on Monday night when an apparent tornado smashed into town, according to the Associated Press .

In Louisiana, Vernon Parish chief deputy Calvin Turner confirmed that one person was killed in a storm-damaged home on Monday afternoon.

<img class="styles__noscript__2rw2y" src="https://s.w-x.co/util/image/w/AP19350819298602.jpg?v=at&w=485&h=273" srcset="https://s.w-x.co/util/image/w/AP19350819298602.jpg?v=at&w=485&h=273 400w, https://s.w-x.co/util/image/w/AP19350819298602.jpg?v=ap&w=980&h=551 800w" > This photo provided by Heather Welch show a tornado in Rosepine, La., Monday, Dec. 16, 2019. With a path length estimated at more than 60 miles, this tornado moved across two parishes in central Louisiana.

The National Weather Service office in Lake Charles tweeted that a tornado with an estimated path length of 63 miles moved through Vernon and Rapide parishes on Monday afternoon.

This large and extremely dangerous tornado barreled into northwest portions of Alexandria, Louisiana, about 12:30 p.m. local time. The National Weather Service declared a tornado emergency for the area, which is home to about 47,000 people. A tornado emergency means there is a severe threat to human life and catastrophic damage is imminent or ongoing.

Severe damage was reported at Hope Baptist Church and School on Louisiana Highway 28 south of the airport in Alexandria, KALB reported. No one was injured.

<img class="styles__noscript__2rw2y" src="https://s.w-x.co/util/image/w/AlexandriaChurch.jpg?v=at&w=485&h=273" srcset="https://s.w-x.co/util/image/w/AlexandriaChurch.jpg?v=at&w=485&h=273 400w, https://s.w-x.co/util/image/w/AlexandriaChurch.jpg?v=ap&w=980&h=551 800w" > A tornado destroyed the Hope Baptist Church and School building in Alexandria, Louisiana, on Monday, December 16, 2019. No one was injuried. (Brian Emfinger/Live Storms Media)

Highway 28 was closed from Stovall Road to the Walmart in Alexandria because of tornado damage, according to the Alexandria Police Department. No serious injuries had been reported, the department tweeted, but some buildings had heavy damage.

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<img class="styles__noscript__2rw2y" src="https://s.w-x.co/util/image/w/VernonParishNew.jpg?v=at&w=485&h=273" srcset="https://s.w-x.co/util/image/w/VernonParishNew.jpg?v=at&w=485&h=273 400w, https://s.w-x.co/util/image/w/VernonParishNew.jpg?v=ap&w=980&h=551 800w" > A tree lies across a home east of Rosepine, Louisiana, on Monday, December 16, 2019, after a tornado blew through Vernon Parish. (Facebook/Vernon Parish Sheriff's Office)

Vernon Parish Chief Deputy Calvin Turner told The Associated Press, “We've got damage at lots of places. We've got a church where the fellowship hall is torn all to pieces. Some homes are hit. Right now we're having trouble just getting to places because of tress that are down."

In neighboring Beauregard Parish, people were trapped in homes northeast of DeRidder, Louisiana, Chief Detective Jared Morton of the Beauregard Sheriff’s Office told WAFB. He also said “major damage” was reported along the Beauregard/Vernon line and to businesses along U.S. Highway 171.

At least two homes were destroyed in Webster Parish , KTBS reported. Parish Sheriff Gary Sexton also said trees were blocking parts of at least three highways in the parish east of Shreveport, Louisiana. KTAL reported that a mobile home was destroyed in the parish. The family that lived there was not at home when the storm hit.

More than 14,000 customers in Louisiana were without electricity as of 3 p.m. local time, according to poweroutage.us. Another 6,000 homes and businesses had no power in Mississippi.

In Mississippi, damage was reported from a tornado in Edwards, about 24 miles west of Jackson, Mississippi. The damage was near Mt. Moriah Road and Highway 467 , WLBT reported. There were reports of trees falling on homes and across several roads.

The National Weather Service said a tornado touched down shortly before noon in Newman, Mississippi, 12 miles east of Vicksburg.

About 2:45 p.m. a possible tornado touched down north of Liberty, Mississippi, in Amite County. The NWS said there were reports of injuries, damaged houses and people trapped in downed power lines.

Later on Monday evening, a persistent supercell thunderstorm produced a number of tornado reports over a path from far southern Mississippi into southwest Alabama. These reports may have come from one or more long-tracked tornadoes.

At around 5 p.m., a tornado was spotted and indicated on radar near Columbia in far south Mississippi.

The Douglas Graham Group Home in Sumrall, Mississippi, suffered extensive damage from a confirmed tornado produced by this storm. Seven people were injured at the group home, said Lamar County emergency management director James Smith, according to the Hattiesburg American. All of the injuries were minor, said Smith.

A tornado was also confirmed as the storm passed near Laurel around 6:15 p.m.

Scattered damage was reported in the Columbia and Laurel areas.

Further north in Mississippi, another storm produced damage at Guntown, a few miles from Tupelo, including significant damage to a church on the town's northern side and an 18-wheeler blown off the road on Highway 45. It remains unclear whether this was caused by a tornado or straight-line winds.