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Tornados All Over Arkansas, West Ky Next

Back about 20 years ago or so, when I lived in Illinois, a similar storm system came through and this small town had one cop car and a small force. Anyway, one weekend a big storm was coming through with hail and the policeman on duty ran his cop car to the towns only car wash to protect the car. His bosses would be proud. While he was in carwash, a tornado struck collapsing the carwash and destroying his car.
 
It’s FINALLY settling down a bit in Hopkinsville and the rest of WKY. SE Christian and Todd are going to be feeling it for a bit longer. But it’s way calmer west of Elton than it was.

Murray peeps, you ok? Murray got very very very lucky tonight.
 
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Back about 20 years ago or so, when I lived in Illinois, a similar storm system came through and this small town had one cop car and a small force. Anyway, one weekend a big storm was coming through with hail and the policeman on duty ran his cop car to the towns only car wash to protect the car. His bosses would be proud. While he was in carwash, a tornado struck collapsing the carwash and destroying his car.
Was the cop ok? But man that is some Tom and Jerry shit right there.
 


This from a different perspective was on link above earlier.
Damn that was some violent rotation. Still crazy we haven't had an EF-5 rated tornado since 2013. Hopefully we don't but something is fishy with ratings the last 10 years or so. I remember watching the 2011 Super Outbreak where we had four EF-5'S in one day, really prob 3 more could've been rated that on that day. Then Joplin was horrific, then the El-Reno, not to be confused with the later 2013 tornado that killed storm chasers, was over two miles wide and had recorded vortices at 295mph. It was ruled an EF-5 then later downgraded to an EF-3.

Of course it's the anniversary of the OG super outbreak of April 3rd and 4th 1974. 3 EF-3 tornadoes hit the county I was born in and killed 6 people. I've been obsessed with tornadoes every since my parents told me their experiences that day and especially night. Mom actually drove right through the storm path, at night in her Camaro 5 minutes after it went through. Hell I wouldn't be born for another 10 years but she said she's never been so terrified as she was driving home with near constant lightning, illuminating the fast moving clouds.

And I shit you not it just thundered here for the first time tonight as I finished this. Hope all you guys are safe. I love these storms but I hope no tornado hits anything other than an open field if it has to. The torcon rating of 9 earlier was insane.
 
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I've been watching this live feed. The tornado sightings and warnings are coming through at a rate I have never seen.
Talking baseball sized hail in some areas. Yikes.

I'm in NKY, looks like it's going to be a long night for us. Ugh.
I'm in Northern KY too my daughter text me this morning " did you all get a tornado" I said I guess not I slept through the night. I only woke up a couple of times when I heard thunder. She said there was a tornado warning in my county of Grant and Pendleton. I never heard any of that.
 
Been up off and on since 1a.m. No power for past 5 hours. Tried to go to the gym at 4:00 and no power there either. About 100K customers without power in NKY, Ohio, Indiana.

One of my kids was supposed to have a field trip to GABP today...poor guy was looking forward to it. Looks like hoping for reschedule is best outcome. Five of county schools have no power. Fortunately up here (NKY) I think tornados were dodged...hoping the best for all impacted.
 
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Looks like the tornado part of the storm in Louisville has moved on to the east now. Hopefully nothing actually touched down.
They said a quick one hit Dixie hwy and moved east toward Shelbyville and Frankfort man that was a fast moving storm 80 mph I live in north garrard co outside of burgin and two tornadic cell hit just northwest of me Salvisa and south of me Stanford
 
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