Meteorologists with the NWS Paducah office have also confirmed several tornadoes in its region the afternoon and evening of May 16. Three tornadoes impacted western Kentucky, including an EF-3 tornado in Morganfield with winds of 155 mph, an EF-2 tornado in Allegre and an EF-2 tornado in Casky.

The office in Jackson, Ky., is one of several left without an overnight forecaster after hundreds of jobs were recently cut from the National Weather Service.

FRANKFORT, Ky. (WBKO) - 19 Kentuckians are dead after severe thunderstorms and a tornado hit the commonwealth last week. The majority of those deaths came from Laurel County, where Gov. Andy Beshear gave an update on the severe weather.