Published on: January 7, 2007 at 2:23 PM

No warnings are in effect at the current time.

The line of storms extends now from DeKalb County in NE Alabama down t hrough western Etowah County to western St. Clair County then across northeastern and southern Jefferson County into Bibb County.

It then breaks and picks back up in Perry County into Dallas and eventually Clarke Counties.

I am getting some thunder here in Trussville.

We recorded a wind gust to 45 mph with very heavy rain in downtown Birmingham at our Skycam site.

The storms will continue to move into an area of fairly high dewpoints and perhaps a little better shear as they move east of I-65, so residents of East Central Alabama must remain alert.

A tornado watch continues in effect until 8 p.m. CST.