Storms swept through western and southern Mississippi over the weekend, killing at least six people and wrecking homes.

In Tylertown, trees were leveled and the roof of a home was destroyed.

Dakota Henderson, a Wayne County resident, rode out a storm in the hallway of his home.

"I could hear it. I told my wife, I said, 'Hang on baby, we fixing to get hit,'" he said. "The roar got louder, and then all of a sudden that wind busted through that door and all that stuff came down the hall."

Gusty winds and "a tornado or two" are possible today in the Baltimore and Washington, D.C., area and especially west of the Blue Ridge Mountains, according to the National Weather Service field office for Baltimore and Washington.

The Blue Ridge Mountains run through Maryland, Virginia, Tennessee, North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia. To the west of the mountain range are West Virginia, Kentucky and Tennessee.

A coroner identified the person who was killed by severe weather in Winterboro, Alabama, as Harry Leon Fain.

Fain, 83, lived in a mobile home in the central Alabama community. Officials released no additional details.

One other death was reported in Plantersville, Gov. Kay Ivey said earlier today.

Over 380,000 utility customers were without power across the East Coast, the South and the Midwest at 4:15 p.m. ET, according to PowerOutage.US.

More than 150,000 are in Pennsylvania. Elsewhere on the East Coast, over 17,000 utility customers are without power in New York.

In the Midwest, around 45,000 are without power in Missouri, 36,000 don't have power in Ohio, and over 12,000 don't have power in Michigan.

In the South, almost 43,000 utility customers don't have power in West Virginia, 26,200 don't have power in Virginia, and 24,300 don't have power in North Carolina.

Over 12,000 utility customers don't have power in Georgia, and 6,000 don't have power in Alabama.

The weather service’s Storm Prediction Center issues a tornado watch in an area up to 10 hours ahead of a storm when conditions suggest possible tornadoes. People in that area, which usually covers several counties or states, should be prepared for a potential warning.

Local forecast offices issue a warning when weather radar indicates a tornado is coming or has already been seen. That typically encompasses a smaller area such as a city or county. People in the area need to take action, such as moving to a shelter on the lowest floor of a building and avoiding windows.

Tornado emergencies, the weather service’s highest alert, are issued when a tornado has touched down in an area and catastrophic damage has been confirmed. They are rare, but they require immediate sheltering in place.

Thunderstorms, damaging winds and possibly an isolated tornado were forecast for the western New York region by the National Weather Service in Buffalo.

This system is expected to move west to east between noon and 5 p.m. ET, the weather service said.

Damage consistent with an EF2 tornado was found in the community of Fitzhugh in Woodruff County, Arkansas, according to the National Weather Service field office in Little Rock.

The tornado was estimated to have peak winds of 120 mph.

EF2 tornadoes have 111 to 135 mph winds, according to the Enhanced Fujita Scale.

"Additional surveys will continue through this afternoon and in the coming days," the weather service said.

The Texas A&M Forest Service responded to 11 new wildfires in the state yesterday, according to an update.

The fires burned 9,115.5 acres, according to the agency.

"Firefighters will continue working on several active fires today, taking advantage of better weather conditions to increase containment," the agency said.