Hundreds of trees, powerlines down regionwide Sunday morning

Hundreds of reports of property damage and flooding poured in to law enforcement, the National Weather Service and KYTC after a powerhouse line of severe storms rolled through the Quad State on Sunday morning.

Radar indicated a tornado at Herndon, Kentucky near Hopkinsville at about 9 a.m.

The National Weather Service also indicated the possibility of a tornado 2 miles northwest of Sedalia in Graves County, where two people were reported to be trapped in a home.

Several other possible spin-up tornadoes were indicated on radar from southeast Missouri into western Kentucky during the course of the storms.

Reports began in southeast Missouri before 7 a.m. of significant damage, including to a Taco Johns building in Scott County, and a roof ripped off a home in Dexter, MO.

I-24 was briefly closed in Lyon County when a large tree was blown into the roadway.  US 62 was reported to be closed for a time between Lake City and Kuttawa by several downed trees. 

US 62 in Carlisle County was closed by floodwaters at the West Fork Creek Bottoms between KY 121 and Bardwell. US 641 north of Eddyville was blocked by a large tree on Sunday night.     

The storms crossed into Kentucky by 8 a.m. when Ballard County checked in with trees down and flooding, including at Kevil. Then three miles away in McCracken County, a tree was reported blown onto a house.

An hour later, a house in Lynn Grove in Calloway County also had structural damage after a tree was blown onto it.

Hickman County Emergency Management reported that their emergency warning siren in Fulgham was hit by lightning Sunday morning. They assure residents that the siren can still be activated manually if needed.

A weather spotter in Benton clocked 70-mph winds. That measurement was repeated at locations all over western Kentucky during the storms.

Trigg County received the brunt of winds approaching 100 miles per hour according to radar. By 10 a.m., the hospital in Cadiz had no power and no generator after multiple downed trees brought down power lines in the city. Similar damage was reported county wide.

In Murray, North 16th Street is still closed by flooding which began by 9:30 a.m. 

In Paducah, flooding is reported on Jackson Street. 

Reports of trees down ranged from southeast Missouri across western Kentucky from Fulton, Arlington and Milburn to Princeton, Kirksey and points east.