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.

Residents in 49 Kentucky counties are urged to find alternate ways to receive severe weather alerts through Wednesday.

As a second round of severe weather is expected to hit Kentucky, the central region will not have access to a common alert system used by the National Weather Service. Emergency updates normally issued over the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ’s weather radios will be offline Tuesday night for scheduled upgrades.