Posted on 10/18/2007 6:37:14 PM PDT by Strategerist
0534 PM FUNNEL CLOUD 10 SW OWENSBORO 37.66N 87.25W 10/18/2007 DAVIESS KY EMERGENCY MNGR
FUNNEL CLOUD REPORTED NEAR THE COMMUNITY OF ST. JOSEPH. UPDATE AT 815PM...CONFIRMED MULTIPLE INJURIES REPORTED THROUGH NWS OFFICE IN LOUISVILLE.
0800 PM TORNADO NORTONVILLE 37.19N 87.46W 10/18/2007 HOPKINS KY LAW ENFORCEMENT
UNCONFIRMED. SEVERAL BUILDINGS RECEIVED SEVERE DAMAGE. TIME APPROXIMATE.
0745 PM TORNADO 10 NW HOPKINSVILLE 36.96N 87.62W 10/18/2007 CHRISTIAN KY EMERGENCY MNGR
UNCONFIRMED TORNADO REPORTED NEAR THE PENNYRILE FOREST STATE RESORT PARK. CONFIRMED DAMAGE WITH INJURIES. TOTAL INJURIES UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME
0058 UNK 10 SW OWENSBORO DAVIESS KY 3766 8725
WIDESPREAD DAMAGE REPORTED IN AND NEAR THE COMMUNITY OF WEST LOUISVILLE. EM OFFICE INUNDATED WITH CALLS. ONE MOBILE HOME DESTROYED. NO REPORTS OF INJURIES AT THIS TIME. (PAH)
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 831 PM CDT THU OCT 18 2007
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR... HANCOCK COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KENTUCKY...
* UNTIL 900 PM CDT...
* AT 830 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A TORNADO 14 MILES WEST OF HAWESVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... HAWESVILLE BY 900 PM CDT...
THE PADUCAH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE HAS REPORTED NUMEROUS REPORTS OF DAMAGE NEAR OWENSBORO. THIS IS THE SAME STORM HEADED TOWARD HANCOCK COUNTY. TAKE COVER NOW! TORNADOES AT NIGHT CAN BE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT WAIT UNTIL YOU SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO. IT MAY BE TOO LATE.
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Mods seem to have made it pretty clear they're fairly allergic to weather stuff in breaking so I didn't bother, though I think this belongs there. May be a lot of people in threatened areas unaware of this outbreak even taking place.
It just under 2 years ago that Hopkinsville, KY and Marshall County KY got hit with an F4 tornado. Prayers up for all in the path of these storms.
I’m in my basement right now with my family in Southwest Michigan. No storms yet but the lightning is incredible on the horizon. The alert sirens have gone off here.
wow
0844 PM TORNADO 10 W HOPKINSVILLE 36.85N 87.67W
10/18/2007 CHRISTIAN KY EMERGENCY MNGR
UNCONFIRMED TORNADO NEAR THE COMMUNITY NEAR JULIAN MOVING
TOWARDS DOWNTOWN HOPKINSVILLE.
Yall take care,,
Prayers
It has been an interesting evening here in SW Indiana. No storms, but a pretty neat lightning show all around us. The storms have been mostly in Ky. with damage in Sebree, West Louisville(near Owensboro), Ky. and these areas. Some damage now reported in Owensboro, Ky area and possibly downtown Owensboro. Local weather reports just put out a new tornado warning for near Hopkinsville, Ky.
The local wx guys are getting ready to give it up. Most of the storms are now moving into Eastern Indiana and Central Kentucky.
Thank you for the update. My parents and brother are in Kalamazoo. I’ll be watching this.
Just had a report of a tornado on the ground in Marcellus, MI about 15 miles from me, still no real action yet here though.
Thanks for posting. I'd been checking a few radar sites off and on all evening but was unaware of the severity until your post.
Hope the Appalachians take out some of the punch of this storm system or else I'm under the gun tomorrow.
In case you all haven’t seen this yet:
http://www.wunderground.com/tornado/?show=recent
It’s a little wonky still and takes some fidgeting to get things centered correctly (if you are zoomed out too far at first it shows all the current tornado reports in Southern Indiana, instead of Western KY), but it does seem to give a fairly accurate view of current events.
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS
HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN KALAMAZOO COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN
* UNTIL 1030 PM EDT
* AT 955 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 4
MILES SOUTH OF SCHOOLCRAFT...OR ABOUT 8 MILES NORTH OF THREE
RIVERS...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
VICKSBURG BY 1005 PM EDT
CLIMAX BY 1030 PM EDT
There are now tornado warnings from Mississippi to Michigan - I’m having trouble even remotely watching all the radars or keeping track of them.
Apparently the Budget Inn in Owensboro KY was very badly hit.
From another board..
“report from a friend of state troopers in Hopkinsville following a tornado on the ground doing extensive damage to a residential neighborhood jsut north of downtown hopkinsville”
This is Kentucky.
My sister and her family live in Battle Creek, so I’m watching too. I live between Jackson and Chelsea — nothing but a lot of wind so far, but there’s lots of lightning off to the west. We’re under a tornado watch until ...
Oh crap. Tornado warning now for NW Jackson County and the surrounding area.
It’s going to be a long night.
Gulp . . . fortunately they’re not in that path of that tornado. Let’s hope there aren’t more.
No ground truth reports yet but there’s a warning and certainly looks from radar there may be a tornado heading right for Michigan State University.
Do you know if they expect the box move to the east at all? We are just a bit outside the box in Ohio.
http://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/outlook/day1probotlk_0100_torn.gif
Western Ohio is included in the risk area for strong tornadoes through 8AM tomorrow.
Going to be a bit before storms arrive there though.
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