Tornado Hits Henderson County

Tornado Hits Henderson County: A tornado was reported south of Henderson, KY around 5:00pm local time this afternoon. A picture of this tornado was captured and posted on Twitter as seen below…

Southern Henderson ky NOW pic.twitter.com/WPySrzP3aN

— Grimlock (@bluzmman) August 17, 2014

Here’s some radar data around the time of the reported tornado earlier:

@Wayne_C_Hart This cell I believe. pic.twitter.com/A3LY47nY3p

— Tim Crabtree (@OWB_WXSpotter) August 17, 2014

Damage photos show evidence of a potential touchdown. Although the photos and damage do align, the NWS office out of Paducah will conduct a storm survey on Monday and make the official call:

Tornado path…N. Pleasant Valley Road in Robards, Ky. Pic from Beth Heady. pic.twitter.com/RnqOWLHC8J

— Byron Douglas (@Byron14News) August 18, 2014

Some Damage from quick spin up today. No injuries reported. @NWSPaducah #kywx #tristatewx @kennygarrett pic.twitter.com/ApTiXbZM1W

— Henderson EMA (@hendema) August 17, 2014

416 heading west #tristatewx pic.twitter.com/hJkOdnMY3L

— Grimlock(@bluzmman) August 17, 2014

Radar data on another cell in Muhlenberg County just a few minutes ago as it received Tornado Warning status:

Rotation evident on tornado warned cell impacting E Muhlenberg Co. Take shelter now. #kywx pic.twitter.com/PWlPGPIVp9

— Landon Hampton  (@WxOrNotBG) August 17, 2014