The National Weather Service received muliple reports of damage from a line of thunderstorms that moved though west Kentucky on Wednesday afternoon.
Trees were reported uprooted along US 62 in the Ballard County community of Lovelaceville.
Trees were also downed along US Highway 641 south of Benton and in the Oak Level Road area near the Marshall/Graves County.
The National Weather Service also received reports of structural damage to barns and trees west of Benton on Wadesboro Road.
Rick Shanklin, with the National Weather Service office in Paducah, said he will be out with a damage assessment team today.
He said the team will be out in the Wadesboro Road area in Marshall County.
According to the severe weather summary on the National Weather Service website, the storm happened when an unstable airmass moved in ahead of a mid-level disturbance.
Temperatures in the upper 80’s and lower 90’s caused tropical-like dewpoints in the upper 70’s.
That’s when the thunderstorms started to develop.
The main threat was damaging winds and scatted small hail.
Additionally, all of western Kentucky will be under a heat advisory from the National Weather Service until 7:00 pm.
Air temperatures approaching 97 degrees combined with higher humidity will produce heat index values to around 105 this afternoon.
Prolonged exposure to the heat could cause heat stress leading to heat exhaustion or heat stroke.
Check on pets and livestock, and provide them with water and shade.
Forecasters are calling for a bit of a break from the hot weather for Friday into the weekend, with highs around 88.
The normal high for this time of year is 86.
However, by Monday temperatures could sneak back above 90 degrees.