April 24, 201016 yr A Tornado Watch has been issued for much of Western Kentucky until 9 pm cdt. This includes Louisville, Owensboro, Elizabethtown, Campbellsville, Bowling Green, and Hopkinsville.
April 24, 201016 yr It's really looking like we may be in for a long evening weather wise here in the Commonwealth. Everyone please be safe tonight.
April 24, 201016 yr Author This reminds me some of the outbreak of 1974. I hope I'm wrong though. Kentucky Weather Center
April 24, 201016 yr Author There are Severe Thunderstorm Warnings for most of extreme Western Kentucky right now. This around the Paducah area.
April 24, 201016 yr Looking at the radar in the western part of the state, there seems to be individual storms firing up... Not good.
April 24, 201016 yr Author One thing I forgot to add to my original post. This is not your usual Tornado Watch. It is a PDS Watch. This means it is a particularly dangerous situation. The National Weather Service rarely issues a watch like this.
April 24, 201016 yr Author The worst of the storms won't be reaching Kentucky until later this evening. This rain is just the beginning.
April 24, 201016 yr Author Chris Bailey's Kentucky Weather Center has some great radar images of this event. Kentucky Weather Center
April 24, 201016 yr Author This is a very intense line of storms with tornado warnings stretching from Hopkinsville area down across the entire state of Tennessee.
April 24, 201016 yr Author There is a tornado on the ground near Pembroke or 9 miles northeast of Oak Grove. It is moving northeast at 45 mph.
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