Published on: September 2, 2012 at 6:04 PM

Our storms over North and Northwest Alabama are sagging southeast.

Right now, they are lined up across Franklin and southern Lawrence Counties across Morgan and into Madison and Jackson Counties.

There is a tornado warning for Franklin County for a storm near Phil Campbell. There are another couple of tornado warnings for Madison and Jackson Counties. There has been strong indications of a hook echo in Madison County along with some rotation. Now the storm entering Jackson County seems to be bowing out, indicating that there is a high danger of damaging winds.

The storms are starting to sag into northern Winston County and will do the same in Marion County shortly. The NWS Birmingham going with significant weather alerts for now. The storms will also sag into Cullman County.

John Talbot reports that the Newburg FD in Winston County is reporting intense lightning.

Severe thunderstorm and tornado watches cover a large part of West, Northwest and North Alabama right now.