Buckle down tonight

[john4]

Storms heading east throughout Kentucky tonight. Spotty tornado's, hail, and strong winds are accompanied with this storm. Several "super cells" are associated with this line of storms, so be carefull tonight.

Here, were still mending our barn roof from the last line of storms. Ahhhh, spring time in Kentucky.

[AteUp]

Guys these storms are no joke if they haven't hit you yet. OK in my neighborhood but lots of damage around us north and south. Be aware if you are in the path. Lots of lightning also.

[quackrstackr]

Guess you guys made it through okay? I'm glad those two cells hung south of the state line.

Sounds like the Ballard/McCracken line had a tornado rip through.

We had a little bit of wind here for a few minutes, but barely got any rain. It was bone dry within 30 minutes of passing.

[naturalelite]

It showed toranado warnings in christian, logan, and jefferson counties earlier and looks like BG is fixing to get it so looks like we got about two hours before it gets here.

[AteUp]

I-64 is closed in IN between Leavenworth and Corydon because of overturned trailers and debris.

[trust me]

We just had a big electrical storm move through an hour or so ago. That's why I'm awake right now. And the night ain't over. Radar shows a big system growing and coming up from Tenn right now.

[AteUp]

AP reports cars overturned in Lewisburg in Logan Co. Several members live near there.

http://www.whas11.com/topstories/stories/WHAS11_top_severeky.88fa4aa0.html

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) -- Severe storms and several tornadoes ripped through western and central Kentucky Sunday night, taking down trees, power lines and buildings.

Dozens of roads were closed when power lines fell on them and the National Weather Service reported damage to houses and buildings from straight-line winds and fallen trees.

The National Weather Service said tornadoes likely touched down in Logan, Warren, Christian, Hancock and eastern Jefferson County.

“It’s all speculative, but it’s as good as you’re going to get at night,” said Mike Callahan, a hydrologist for the National Weather Service in Louisville.

No deaths or major injuries were reported as of Sunday night.

Callahan said there were reports of overturned cars in Lewisburg, a town in Logan County.

A Christian County police dispatcher said a few injuries had been reported from car accidents that happened during the severe weather, but no further details were available.

Kentucky State Police spokesman Stuart Recke said damage to homes was widespread, but no major injuries were reported. The worst damage was just north of Hopkinsville, he said.

“We’re just checking to make sure all people are accounted for,” he said.

Callahan said the storms came in two waves, starting Sunday afternoon. The more severe storms in the second wave had mostly passed through by late Sunday night.

Callahan predicted there would be plenty of clean-up work to be done Monday.

“It’s going to be a mess,” he said.

[AteUp]

We just had a big electrical storm move through an hour or so ago. That's why I'm awake right now. And the night ain't over. Radar shows a big system growing and coming up from Tenn right now.

Yeah, that one looks bad too.
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[turk2di]

Eased thru Henderson pretty meekly, but just south it was meaner!

[Buford]

No 'lectricity this morning...trees down...trains were stopping too. Wonder what for?

[PhilpotHunter]

Got pretty nasty in Owensboro. Downed trees, power lines. Roof of the local cable company ended up in the middle of highway 60, and multiple gas pumps knocked over around town

[john4]

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19 Dead in Our Area from Storms in Tennessee and Missouri


Monday, April 03, 2006
UPDATE: NEWBERN, Tenn. (AP) - The death toll from overnight storms in
northwest Tennessee rose this morning to at least 19. Dozens more have been injured and at least four of those are critical.
Gibson County Assistant Emergency Management Agency Director James Brown in Trenton said this morning there are 8 known deaths in his county. Kurt Pickering of the Tennessee Emergency Management Agency says Dyer County authorities have reported 11 deaths to the state agency.
Most the deaths from the storms were along a 25-mile path stretching from Newbern, about 80 miles northeast of Memphis, east to Bradford. The National Weather Service said the storm had spawned tornadoes in five West Tennessee counties.
In Newbern, a line of mature trees were all snapped off at about 9 feet above the ground and a metal carport could be seen twisted and wrapped around a tree.
Safety Department spokeswoman Melissa McDonald said this morning the Highway Patrol has send extra personnel, including a nine-person special operations unit three dogs that are trained to search for people and cadavers.

EARLIER STORY

High winds and twisters tore through the Midwest and South on Sunday, killing 18 people, including 15 in northwestern Tennessee.

Twelve people were killed in Dyer County, Tennessee, Sheriff Jeffrey Holt said.

"Numerous homes" were destroyed amid widespread property damage when a tornado swept through the area on Sunday night, Tennessee Emergency Management spokesman Kurt Pickering said.

Three other people died nearby in Gibson County, Pickering said.

"Our resources were just overwhelmed," county emergency official Bryan Cathey told The Associated Press.

A twister carved a path through a cluster of homes near the Jimmy Dean Foods plant north of the Gibson County town of Newbern, where several victims died, according to The Associated Press. The plant, which makes breakfast sausages and other food products, also sustained some damage, a security guard told AP.

The storms, which rumbled through Arkansas, Missouri, Kentucky and Illinois, claimed three other lives.


Straight-line winds -- not a twister -- toppled a mobile home in Essex, Missouri, killing 42-year-old man, Stoddard County Sheriff Carl Hefner said.

In Fairview Heights, Illinois, a man was killed when high winds flattened a clothing store, police said. That city is near St. Louis, Missouri.

A man was killed when a tree fell on him during a heavy storm near Ballwin in St. Louis County, Missouri, a county police spokesman told CNN.
In Caruthersville, Missouri, heavy damage to homes and businesses has been reported, but no deaths.

Several people have been rescued after being trapped in their homes but others were still trapped early Monday, according to a dispatcher with the Pemiscot County Sheriff's Department in Missouri.

The town's power was out and officials expected it would not be restored for several days, he said.

Tornadoes left heavy damage along a path that began in northeast Arkansas and continued into southeast Missouri and northwest Tennessee.

Emergency officials sealed off Marmaduke, Arkansas, on Sunday evening as they worked to cope with tornado damage that the National Weather Service described as heavy.

In the southwest Kentucky city of Hopkinsville, "numerous homes" were destroyed, power lines were down and gas lines had erupted, the National Weather Service said.

A tornado touched down in Lewisburg, Kentucky, overturning cars and damaging buildings and homes, the weather service said.

Tornadoes in at least seven counties across central Illinois Sunday evening caused heavy damage in some communities, but no serious injuries or deaths have been reported, according to emergency officials and the National Weather Service.

A long front of severe weather stretched "pretty much from north to south" in Illinois, although the most powerful cell appeared to follow an eastward path along Interstate 72, according to Illinois Emergency Management spokeswoman Patti Thompson.

The town of Taylorville in Christian County, Illinois, received significant damage to dozens of homes and businesses, according to Taylorville Emergency Management Director George Michael Crews.

"We do not have any life safety concerns," Crews said, with only minor injuries reported.

The American Red Cross was on the scene helping residents find shelter for the night, he said.

The National Weather Service also reported tornado touchdowns in the Illinois counties of Champaign, McLean, Macon, Piatt, Sangamon and Kankakee. Initial damage reports in those counties were limited to utility poles and trees down, in addition to roof damage.

Severe thunderstorms also struck Indianapolis, Indiana, as thousands of fans departed a free John Mellencamp concert that was part of the NCAA's Final Four weekend, AP reported. Concertgoers scrambled for cover as tornado sirens sounded and sheets of heavy rain lashed the sidewalks and streets, according to television reports.

In Ohio, the storms ripped off the roof and chimney from a home in Warren County northeast of Cincinnati, AP reported. Downed trees and power lines were widespread.
"In every county in southwest Ohio, there has been some type of damage," AP quoted Myron Padgett, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Wilmington.

[plowboy]

Went from Hopkinsville to Princeton this morning, bout a three mile stretch on highway 91 where there ain't nuthin still standing unhurt. Trees, power poles, fences down, houses and barns demolished. Terrible.:(