Published on: February 6, 2008 at 4:53 AM

The thunderstorm activity is slowly going downhill early this morning.

Several tornadoes touched down late last night and early this morning across West and Central Alabama. There have been a few injuries and damage but nothing widesprad.

The velocity couplets were very impressive, but we really won’t know what has happened until daylight with we can get out and check damage.

Tornado warning continues for Marengo County until 5 a.m. A sliver of Hale County is in this warning. Danergous storm east of Linden. Lightning counts increasing according to the NWS. Be careful as this storm approaches.

Tornado warning continues for Walker County until 5 a.m. This storm has been absorbed into the large line of thunderstorms and it is not as strong as it once was. A funnel cloud was reported at 4P47 a.m. from the Walker County EOC.

The NWS Huntsvile maintains a tornado warning for DeKalb, Jackson and Marhall Counties.

A severe thunderstorm warning is in effect until 515 a.m. for Cullman. The winds have shifted the west and the dewpoints are falling.