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With a dozen tornadoes confirmed so far, NWS still surveying storm damage

With a dozen tornadoes confirmed so far, NWS still surveying storm damage
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By National Weather Service
May. 31, 2024 | PADUCAH
By National Weather Service May. 31, 2024 | 09:56 AM | PADUCAH
The National Weather Service office in Paducah says it will continue to send out storm survey teams this weekend. This is after they have already surveyed and confirmed a dozen tornadoes during two rounds of storms last weekend.

A team will head for Indiana on Friday to check out a possible tornado from Fort Branch to Somerville. On Saturday, they'll check out storm damage in Marshall and Calloway counties to see if a tornado or straight line winds were the cause.

On Thursday the weather service mapped out an overview of the twelve confirmed tornadoes and a timeline of how they moved across the region:

The first three tornadoes touched down in southeast Missouri between 6:15 and 7:15 a.m. with wind speeds between 115 and 140 miles per hour. They were also long-track storms of 20, 27 and 47 miles on the ground.

At 8:15 a.m. the first Kentucky tornado formed between Fancy Farm and Mayfield. The EF-1 peaked at 100 mph on its 5-mile path.

Thirty-five minutes later, another EF-1 tornado touched down south of Cadiz for six miles.

At 9 a.m. a separate EF-2 tornado traveled from Trigg County into Christian County for 19 miles. It had peak winds of 115 mph.

The final tornado of the morning tracked across Muhlenberg and McLean counties for ten miles. It was an EF-1 at 90 mph.

Sunday evening's squall line came in from the northwest after breaking out with storms near St. Louis. At 6:38 p.m. in southern Illinois, the Lake of Egypt tornado occurred north of Goreville. The EF-3 with 150-mph winds caused extensive damage on its brief 5-mile path.

At 7:25 p.m. in southeast Missouri, an EF-1 tracked across the Madison and Bollinger county line.

At 8 p.m. the I-69 tornado began its one hour, fifteen-minute trek from Eddyville past Princeton to Dawson Springs and Charleston. Peak winds of 160 miles per hour destroyed dozens of buildings in Lyon, Caldwell and Hopkins counties. One fatality was related to the storm.

Meanwhile at 8:25 p.m. an EF-1 tornado crossed the Wabash River from Illinois into Indiana. It traveled 22 miles with peak winds of 110 mph.

The final confirmed tornado continued from Muhlenberg County through Butler County to Warren County and Bowling Green. It took 53 minutes to travel 41 miles with winds up to 110 mph.

You can see the NWS wrap on the storms on their official website .
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