Severe storms cause scattered damage across region; now the cold blows in

Sixty-mile per hour wind gusts were common in storms that raced across western Kentucky and southern Illinois on Sunday evening.

Several tornado warnings were issued, meaning that radar indicated storms where rotation could have been a tornado. The weather service will study their collected data to determine if any tornadoes touched down.

Early storm damage reports came in to the National Weather Service from Missouri, Illinois and Kentucky.

Two trees were blown down in Hickman County's Oakton community.

Calloway County measured hail of nearly 3/4 inch diameter.

In southern Illinois, many trees and power lines were knocked down northwest of Carbondale. A roof was damaged west of Marion.

In Evansville, wind gusts were estimated at 68 mph.

The earliest storm activity actually brewed up by 10 am on Sunday morning along the I-64 corridor of southern Illinois.

After the storms raced past, the temperature in Paducah plummeted more than 20 degrees in an hour.

A wind advisory remains in effect until 7 am Monday. Gusty northwest winds of 35-45 mph will continue to drive temperatures down to the 30s on Monday afternoon, and bottom out with single digit wind chills on Tuesday morning before they eventually rebound to 70 by Thursday.