Published on: September 2, 2012 at 5:04 PM

The tornado watch has been extended to include Cullman County.

There is a tornado warning for extreme northern Jackson County in North Alabama and a severe thunderstorm warning for Franklin County.

NEW WARNING
A new severe thunderstorm warning has just been issued for Limestone and Madison Counties until 5:30 p.m.

The line of storms extends from Winchester TN to north of Huntsville to west of Decatur to east of Russellville to Vina in Franklin County. The storms are all moving eastward, but the storms are showing a tendency to sink slowly southward.

The models indicate that the storms will build southwestward across Northwest Alabama and push southeastward overnight.

Tornado watches continue now for North Alabama until 10 p.m. and parts of Northwest Alabama until 11 p.m.