7 years ago a wild Morning outbreak of tornadoes occured across West KY and surrounding states.
One super cell in this outbreak produced tornadoes in SE MO, S IL, and W KY.
- the first tornado of the night started in Dixon Springs IL around 1:50am and moved into the Joy community of Livingston County after 2am. It was rated an F3 on the original Fugita scale. The worst damage was in Illinois and 1 injury occurred.
- In Crittenden County KY two tornadoes touched down between 2:30am and 2:45am. Both F1's one in Sheridan community and another Northeast of Marion with minor damage in both of them.
- The biggest tornado in West KY started in East Crittenden County touched down at 2:50am. and moved into SW Webster county hitting the town of Providence KY head on (this town would get a hit by an F1 during the Memorial Day Weekend Outbreak of 2004) 26 injuries occured in or near Providence with one critcal injury most in a moblie home park that was devasted. It went into Hopkins county and dissipated around Hanson. The worst damage was in Providence KY (webster county) and Nebo KY (north Hopkins County)
In Mid TN An F3 touches down in Rutherford County in which siginficant damage is reported 8 miles of Murfressboro TN and 20 injuries occured.
In West KY and Mid TN no tornado deaths occured out of this outbreak, but some states weren't so lucky.
http://www.crh.noaa.gov/pah/storm/aprtor.php
^^PAH info^^
http://www.nws.noaa.gov/om/severeweather/index.shtml
^^ Severe WX Awareness^^
http://www.srh.noaa.gov/ohx/weatherfacts.php
^^ TN fact of the day^^
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