AFTERNOON NEWS 04/26

CHRISTIAN COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT DIRECTOR RANDY GRAHAM SAYS THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER IS FORECASTING ANOTHER SEVEN INCHES OF RAIN FOR CHRISTIAN COUNTY BEFORE THE WEEK IS DONE AND THAT MORE SEVERE WEATHER IS ON THE WAY.
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THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HELD A CONFERENCE CALL TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND SAID ALL TYPES OF SEVERE WEATHER ARE POSSIBLE IN THIS PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION.
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AN EIGHT FOOT SECTION OF WALL WAS BLOWN IN AT PELLA WINDOWS IN MURRAY OVERNIGHT, ACCORDING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE, WHICH ALSO SAYS HUNDREDS OF TREES WERE UPROOTED OR BLOWN ONTO ROADWAYS AND HOMES IN CALLOWAY COUNTY.
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CHRISTIAN COUNTY MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL AND THE DISTRICT OFFICE WERE WITHOUT POWER FOR A BRIEF PERIOD THIS MORNING AFTER ANOTHER TREE FELL IN THE CITY, THOUGH POWER TO THAT AREA HAS NOW BEEN RESTORED ACCORDING TO AUSTIN CARROL OF HES.
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WHOP NEWS IS ATTEMPTING TO GAIN MORE INFORMATION ON A REPORT FROM FORT CAMPBELL REGARDING DAMAGE TO A HANGAR AND TWO HELLICOPTERS AT CAMPBELL ARMY AIRFIELD DURING THE OVERNIGHT STORMS.
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