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Storms bring wind damage, then plummeting temperatures

A thin line of severe storms on Sunday evening was enough to cause several instances of wind damage across the quad state.

The strong cold front brought some rain, a tornado watch and severe thunderstorm warnings ahead of the front, but gusts over 50 miles per hour were the primary hazard. Clusters of tree damage in southern Illinois may have to be surveyed by the National Weather Service for the possibility of any tornadoes.

.The gusty cold front moved from southeast Missouri and southern Illinois around 6pm into western Kentucky by 7 pm, with a wake of damage reports turned in to the National Weather Service.

In McCracken County, several trees were blown down across roads including Chester Hack Drive and Bloom Avenue, Oaks Road, McKendree Church Road, Said Road, McIntosh Road and Bachman Street , . Tree limbs fell across power lines on Kenmar Road

In Graves County, a home had a portion of its roof removed. A tree blocked KY 94 near Cuba.

In Hickman County along Highway 51 between KY 780 and KY 1529, trees fell on two homes, and metal from a lean-to was blown onto a third residence. 
            
In Crittenden County, a fence and some trees were blown down in Marion.

In Pope County, a tree came down across Grasty Road.

Near Mt. Vernon, Illinois, the roof of a pole barn was blown onto a neighboring house. That house also had a 2x4 through its roof.

In Dexter, Missouri, campers were moved 25 to 50 feet across a dealership parking lot, and a building lost a portion of its roof.

Now overnight a blast of cold air has been pouring into the region, dropping temperatures by over 40 degrees in about 12 hours. Temperatures will struggle to warm above freezing today and Tuesday. Wind chills in the teens could go as low as single digits above zero.

Temperatures will recover to the more seasonal mid-40s by Wednesday.


MAP: shows the stormy cold front approaching on Sunday evening (NWS Paducah)
 
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