Mayfield, with a population of about 10,000, is in Graves County, which borders Tennessee. Mayfield is south of Paducah, a town in Western Kentucky with an estimated population of about 25,000 people. On Thursday, the National Weather Service tweeted that the portion of the tornado that traveled through through Western Kentucky was given a preliminary damage rating of EF4.ĮF 3, or higher?: EF3, or higherEarly estimates of the strength and size of the main Kentucky tornado What county is Mayfield, KY in? The storm traveled over 220 miles from Arkansas into Kentucky. The Paducah office also said an aerial assessment of damage appeared to show an 'historic long track tornado' that was at least three-quarters of a mile wide in Kentucky as it went from southwest of Cayce in Fulton County to at least Beaver Dam in Ohio County. View Gallery: Kentucky tornadoes: See photos of the damage across the state More: Here's how the National Weather Service decides a tornado's rating More than 12,300 Louisville Gas & Electric customers were without power as of 8:30 p.m., according to LG&E's power map. All four tornadoes touched down in Western Kentucky.Įven counties that weren't hit by tornadoes were impacted by storms. Three other tornadoes were reported in Kentucky overnight, though those storms are believed to have been smaller than the one that hit Mayfield. Kentucky tornado donations: How to donate to Kentucky tornado relief funds, blood drivesīowling Green, the home of Western Kentucky University, also saw extensive damage - the school canceled commencement ceremonies scheduled for Saturday in the aftermath of the storm.

More than 100 people were working at a candle manufacturing plant during the storm, Beshear said, and a roof collapse at the facility resulted in 'mass casualties.' press conference covering the devastation. Its path stretched more than 220 miles, Beshear said at a 5 a.m. In Kentucky, it struck Mayfield directly before moving northeast through Benton, Princeton and Beaver Dam before weakening in Breckinridge County.

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