(RNN) - Jittery residents of the state of Alabama braced for the specter of a possible tornado Thursday, just three days after tornadoes killed two people and injured 100 more.
At least one tornado and conditions that could produce one were reported in central Alabama between 2:30 and 3 p.m. ET.
WSFA-TV was tracking "weak rotation" over Troy, AL, around 3 p.m. ET, but no tornado watch or warning was issued.
There were no reports of damage, but residents weren't taking any chances.
Dozens of schools and daycares were closed early in anticipation of a wall of storms moving to the east across at least four states. Damaging winds and tornadoes, along with flash floods, are expected to impact the southern Great Plains region and lower Mississippi today, according to the National Weather Service website.
On Monday, 10 tornadoes touched down in Perry and Chilton counties in Alabama, including one EF-2 twister that left a 40-mile path of destruction, the NWS reported.
An EF-3 touched down in St. Clair and Jefferson counties. Two people died in those storms.
On Thursday, Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley visited a storm shelter in Maplesville, AL, that housed more than 100 people as storms battered the community Monday.
Maplesville resident Tommy Little said the tornado lifted the roof off his house, and he is just happy to be alive.
"We thank the lord that we survived. We'll just take one day at a time, that's all we can do," Little said.
Thursday's weather - an eery mix of tepid air, high humidity and warm winds - was a bitter reminder of last April's storms, when 321 people were killed between April 25 and 28 during one of the worst single-day tornado outbreaks ever recorded.
April 2011 is listed as the worst tornado month on record, with 753 confirmed tornadoes, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
The very next month, on May 22, 2011, 157 people were killed by an EF-5 tornado in Joplin, MO.
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Jittery residents of the state of Alabama braced for the specter of a possible tornado Thursday, just three days after tornadoes killed two people and injured 100 more.
At least one tornado and conditions that could produce a tornado were reported in central Alabama between 2:30 and 3 p.m. ET.
Residents of Maplesville, AL, are still cleaning up after Monday's destruction. (Source: WSFA)
Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley tours a storm shelter that was put to good use Monday. (Source: FEMA)
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