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Update: TVA reports the Kentucky Hydro-Gilbertsville-Benton City-Murray 69KV line affecting the western Kentucky power outages was energized as of noon today. The total outage time was 7 hours and 35 minutes.
Roughly 13,000 west Kentuckians are still without power this morning following a line of strong storms the National Weather Service of Paducah (NWS) reports may have produced three tornadoes.
NWS Meteorologist Michael York said storm survey teams dispatched to the Hazel area in Calloway County, an area northwest of Fulton and a third area in Hickman County extending from Oakton to just outside of Quinton. He said initial reports indicate three paths of destruction that, based on preliminary reports, were likely EF-1 tornadoes.
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The National Weather Service (NWS) of Paducah aims to promote severe weather safety with a week-long educational campaign.
The Spring Severe Weather Safety and Preparedness campaigns cover Kentucky, Missouri, Illinois, and Indiana.
As part of the safety and preparedness week event, Kentucky will also hold a statewide tornado drill on Wednesday, March 3 at 10 a.m. CST.
Rachel Trevino, a meteorologist at the NWS of Paducah, said spring severe weather usually takes place starting in March and continues through May or early June. The most severe weather is expected in April and May. She also said this year looks to be on track to produce the traditional weather patterns for the area.
The National Weather Service of Paducah said the region should brace for another round of wintery weather arriving Wednesday, with accumulation of snow
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A lead forecaster with the National Weather Service of Paducah said a major winter weather storm could dump up to a foot of snow across multiple states through Monday night making travel “treacherous” to nearly impossible.
National Weather Service Lead Forecaster Chris Noles in a virtual call Sunday said the region should see 1-3 inches of snowfall Sunday night, with snowfall of increasing intensity starting late Monday morning that could reach a rate of an inch per hour. Noles said the storm could dump at least six inches of snow and up to a foot in some parts of the region through Monday night, with drier and unusually cold conditions compounding visibility issues.