News

Coming off the heels of a round of deadly tornadoes in May, the National Weather Service anticipates a round of severe storms could hit the southern portion of Kentucky on June 7.
PADUCAH, Ky. (KFVS) - The National Weather Service in Paducah released its tornado statistics for the year so far. According ...
For decades, the National Weather Service has collected a slew of data on tornadoes touching down in Kentucky, tallying stats from fatalities and crop losses to the length and width of each path.
Drone footage captured the scale of destruction on Wednesday, July 2, after a deadly tornado swept through rural parts of southeast Kentucky in May. This video, filmed by Johnnie Nicholson, shows ...
So far, 2025 has seen the second most tornadoes touched down in a year, tying a record with 2024 across the 58-county region; ...
Strong thunderstorms that blew through Ohio on Wednesday, June 18, also spawned several tornadoes. Here's where they hit.
MERCER COUNTY, Ky. (LEX 18) — The National Weather Service confirmed that an EF1 tornado hit Mercer County on Friday, May 30. The NWS says there was damage to the tops of several trees on Handy ...
A storm system heading to Kentucky is expected to create potentially severe weather Thursday through Saturday, according to the National Weather Service. The storms will develop along a stalled ...
Four tornadoes struck Jacksonville, damaging homes, a sports complex and powerlines, as part of a larger Illinois storm ...
Severe weather with gusty winds, lightning, hail and rain are expected Friday afternoon. Tornadoes are not expected, according to the National Weather Service.
A 2024 study on the National Land Cover Database (which is based on Landsat observations) has found that tornado damage to forests in the southeastern U.S. is on the rise, despite a slight decrease in ...
The risk for severe weather on Wednesday was highest in an area that includes southeast Missouri eastward across much of Illinois and Indiana, western Ohio and northern Kentucky. There’s a chance for ...