Multiple rounds of thunderstorms moved across the region last night and early this morning, causing some damage in Todd County.
A tornado warning was in effect for southeastern Todd County from about 4:45 until 5 a.m. and there are some reports of trees and power lines down across multiple parts of the county.
B. White Road and Pond River Road have reopened in Todd County after crews cleared trees, but efforts continued to clear trees that are blocking Hermon Road and Old Railroad Lane.
A home reportedly sustained significant damage to the roof on Pond River Road, according to Emergency Management Director Daniel Smith.
Todd County’s only traffic light at US 68 and KY 181 in Elkton has been out this morning, so motorists should be prepared to treat it as a four-way stop.
Deputy Emergency Management Director Perry Knight reported a semi trailer that was being used for storage at a construction site on Blue and Gray Park Road near KY 181 was overturned by the storm and out buildings were also damaged on Blue and Gray Park.
Crews remain out assessing damage this morning.
The only damage reported to Christian County ECC was a tree that fell across Nelson Drive near Fairview Drive overnight, which has since been addressed.
A barge on the Ohio River had a close call about 8:30 last night, with the captain telling WPSD TV that a tornado crossing the Ohio River from Livingston County to Illinois came close enough to his boat that it ripped the flagpole off the bow.
In Calloway County, a tree was blown onto a house about 3:40 this morning. Calloway County Schools are closed Monday due to damage and power outages.
Pennyrile Electric has been working to repair several outages and has the situation down to only 78 members in Todd County, one in Christian and 84 in Logan County.
There were no immediate reports of injuries anywhere associated with the storm.
While rain showers and gusty winds will continue for the first part of the day, the severe threat has passed the Pennyrile region of Western Kentucky and is now in Tennessee.