The storm

I live north of Evansville, in Vanderburgh County, and we saw very little in the way of storms. We just received a trace of rain and some wind. The real storm was in Southeastern Evansville, Newburgh, Boonville, and eastern Henderson, Ky. So far there has been 19 deaths due to the storm that occured at around 2:00 am. Lots of destruction everywhere down there.

DRS,

Anyway you can look up Woody's address in the phone book and go check on him?.....I think you are pretty close to him?

Woody does live in Newburgh, but I'm not sure what part he lives in. Most of the casualties happened in the South East part of Vanderburgh County at a mobile home park. As of 7:00 pm. 22 deaths have been confirmed and 17 were from the mobile home park. I think most of Newburgh is still without power. Take time and say a prayer not only for Woody, but all the people this storm has caused problems for.

Thank you Camby for posting. I asked Dawn if she had anyway of checkin on Woody and she has no power or phone at this time. Not to mention being very distrought and in shock about whats happened. She told me she would try to find out about Woody. Power has been restored to boonville cept where the direct path was, thanks again Camby, very much Sir'

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Tornado Rips Through Ky., Ind.; 22 Killed
By DEANNA MARTIN, Associated Press Writer
51 minutes ago

EVANSVILLE, Ind. - A tornado with winds exceeding 158 mph tore a path of devastation through western Kentucky and southern Indiana as residents slept early Sunday, reducing dozens of mobile homes to splinters and turning entire blocks of buildings into piles of rubble. At least 22 people were killed and 200 others injured.

Rescuers who arrived at the hard-hit Eastbrooke Mobile Home Park shortly after the tornado struck reported seeing children wandering in the debris, looking for their parents, and parents searching for missing children. Children's bicycles and other toys were strewn amid mattresses, chairs and insulation.

The tornado, the deadliest to hit the state since 1974, hit a horse racing track near Henderson, Ky., then crossed into Indiana around 2 a.m.

"It was just a real loud roar. It didn't seem like it lasted over 45 seconds to a minute, then it was calm again," said Steve Gaiser, who lives near the Eastbrook Mobile Home Park in Evansville.

At least 17 people were killed in the mobile home park, according to Eric Williams of the Vanderburgh County Sheriff's Department.

More people were believed to still be trapped in the debris, and National Guard units were called in to help with search-and-recovery efforts.

"They were in trailer homes, homes that were just torn apart by the storm, so they're just now getting in there trying to find people," Deputy Vanderburgh County Coroner Annie Groves said. "It's just terrible."

Five other people were confirmed dead in neighboring Warrick County, east of Evansville, where the Ohio River city of Newburgh was hit. No deaths were reported in Kentucky.

Indiana homeland security spokeswoman Pam Bright said about 100 of the 350 or so homes at the Evansville mobile home park were destroyed and 125 others there were damaged.

Larry and Christie Brown rode out the storm inside one mobile home.

"Man, it was more than words can say," Larry Brown said. "We opened the door and there wasn't anything sitting there."

Chad Bennett, assistant fire chief in Newburgh, told CNN that sirens sounded, but most people did not hear them because it happened in the middle of the night.

The tornado developed in a line of thunderstorms that rolled rapidly eastward across the Ohio Valley.

Ryan Presley, a weather service meteorologist in Paducah, Ky., said a single tornado touched down near Smith Mills in western Kentucky, jumped the river and cut a 15- to 20-mile swath through Indiana's Vanderburgh and Warrick counties.

The tornado appeared to be at least an F3 on the Fujita scale, which ranges from F0, the weakest, to F5, the strongest. An F3 has winds ranging from 158 mph to 206 mph, and the tornado that hit on Sunday may have been even stronger, Presley said.

Warrick County Sheriff Marvin Heilman said the victims included a woman who was eight months' pregnant, her husband and a young child in the rural town of Degonia Springs. A teenage girl was also killed near Boonville, and her father was critically injured, he said

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