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The National Weather Service has finished its survey of the deadly tornado that ripped through southeastern Kentucky last week.
Damaging winds, excessive rain and isolated tornadoes are all possible. Make sure you stay weather aware and have a way to receive severe weather alerts. Seek shelter if a warning is issued. A Tornado Watch has been issued for Adair, Grayson, Green and Hart counties until 11 p.m.
A multi-day severe weather event continued on Tuesday as tornado warnings were issued in at least five states.
Once debris gets sucked into the vortex, it's lofted tens-of-thousands of feet in the air. At the top of a storm, the air diverges. That debris is then subject to the upper level winds, which carry the debris far away from the storm center.
Gov. Andy Beshear praised the Trump administration’s response to a deadly tornado in his state, even as he worried about cuts at NWS.
A couple from Laurel County in Kentucky is recovering in a local hospital after a possible EF-3 tornado tore through their home and ripped their arms off as they held each other through the storm.
Tornadoes that swept through parts of Kentucky Friday night killed 18 people in Kentucky and left several others critically injured. The storms that hit Kentucky came from a weather system
In Louisville, storms are expected to arrive sometime between 5-8 p.m. Maps issued by NWS Louisville at 12:03 p.m. showed southwestern Kentucky, including Bowling Green, under a greater than 10% risk for tornadoes of at least EF-2 strength within 25 miles.