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Heavy Rain in the Southeast; Wintry Mix from the Plains through the Ohio Valley

A storm system will bring a number impacts to the central and eastern US. Heavy rain and thunderstorms are expected in the Gulf Coast and Deep South. Further north, a wintry mix may produce a glaze of ice from the Ozarks/Mid-South east through the Ohio Valley. Accumulating snow is expected from the central Plains east into the Upper Ohio Valley/Lower Great Lakes. Read More >

April 3, 2007
County:  Taylor
EF-Scale:  EF0
Deaths:  0
Injuries:  0
Path width:  25 yards
Path length:  1.3 miles (skipping)
Time:  8:01pm EDT
Notes:  This small tornado first destroyed a 2-car garage 0.4 miles south of KY 744 on Smith Chapel School Road.  It skipped northeast, damaging trees and two homes.  It lifted just north of KY 744.  Wind speeds were estimated around 85 mph.

April 3, 2007
Counties:  Casey
EF-scale:  EF1
Deaths:  0
Injuries:  0
Path width:  200 yards
Path length:  13 miles (skipping)
Time:  8:23pm EDT
Notes:  The tornado touched down four miles northwest of Dunnville and skipped along ridgetops to the east-southeast, exiting Casey County at Mintonville.  The worst damage, near the upper bound of EF1 around 105 mph, was done to a well-constructed home west of Mintonville.