Published on: January 6, 2009 at 3:41 PM

Tornado warning continues for eastern DeKalb and Cherokee Counties.

This warning does include Cedar Bluff, Centre and Collinsville.

The most dangerous part of the storm is west of Centre. It still shows signs of rotation.

The storm over St. Clair County has become better organized from Ashville down to moody. It shows signs of strong winds. It has signs of rotation northeast of Moody.

A little further south along the line, storms are intensifying from southern Jefferson County into Shelby, Bibb, Perry, southern Hale and Marengo Counties. A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR DALLAS, GREENE, HALE, MARENGO, PERRY AND SUMTER COUNTIES UNTIL 400 PM CST.

A tornado watch continues until 7 p.m. for a large swath of Alabama generally either side of I-59 for a couple of counties.

These storms are capable of producing strong winds.

Numerous flash flood warnings are in effect for North Central into East Alabama. Cherokee County was just added to the list…the FF Warning goes until 745 p.m. for them.

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Willis Dr. Vestavia Hills tree on house and tree across roadway. Also, Jefferson co. closed Litteton Sayre Rd. and Alexander Rd. due to flooding. Tree down in Shelby County on Eastern Valley Rd.