Madisonville, Kentucky Mayor Kevin Cotton provides FOX Weather with information about the “day after the day after (FOX Weather/Courtesy of Brandon Clement / LSM.” YouTube Tips ⓘ
Mayor Kevin Cotton, mayor of Madisonville, the county seat of Hopkins County, Kentucky described “the day after the after” the December 10-11, 2021 tornado outbreak in the United States …
More than 100 people are missing.
Thousands of people displaced.
Over 500 homes affected by damage and destruction.
Rescue and recovery continues in Dawson Springs.
Two-thirds of Dawson Springs is destroyed.
Facts about the area …
The population in 2010 of Madisonville, Kentucky — located in Kentucky’s Western Coal Field region — was about 19,591.
The population in 2010 of Dawson Springs, Kentucky — located in southwestern Hopkins County and known as a tourist destination at Pennyrile Forest State Resort Park — was about 2,764.
The population in 2010 of Hopkins County was about 46,920. The county’s agricultural and industrial enterprises produce soybeans, corn, and tobacco, coal, oil and natural gas. Coal mines operate in the southern part of the county and agriculture businesses operate in the northern part of the county.
Temperatures overnight Saturday/Sunday were in the upper 20s.
Reporting from Dawson Springs, @AshBTV says one man is glad he was working and not at home when the tornado passed through. pic.twitter.com/OEOEUcFTR8
— Spectrum News 1 Kentucky (@SpectrumNews1KY) December 11, 2021
Dawson Springs, Ky is 70 miles away from #Mayfield and was also devastated by the #Tornado #WX pic.twitter.com/kBwBxcxURi
— WxChasing- Brandon Clement (@bclemms) December 11, 2021
On Saturday morning, an Indiana woman found a picture in her driveway.
She later found out the family photo came from Dawson Springs, Kentucky, a town heavily damaged by the tornado. https://t.co/fPmmlHkx3U
— LEX 18 News (@LEX18News) December 12, 2021
Dawson Springs, Kentucky. 11 people killed here by the massive tornado Friday night… scores more injured. #Tornadoes pic.twitter.com/4aM9vZY5sC
— David Winter (@DavidWinterTV) December 12, 2021
Dawson Springs has a long road ahead of them. A portion of the small town was leveled in the Dec. 10th tornado. https://t.co/hlosAr01lo
— 44News (@my44news) December 12, 2021
Terrible images slowly coming out of Dawson Springs, Kentucky this afternoon after a large destructive tornado moved through the area overnight…
Permission: Matt Peyton#KYwx #Tornado #Kentucky #DawsonSprings pic.twitter.com/Ezm4Pch9Ja
— Live Storm Chasers (@LiveStormChaser) December 11, 2021
Highway F at Stub Rd in St. Charles Co. tornado ripped house off foundation, three people rescued by firefighters from debris field 200 yards away. full storm coverage at https://t.co/3hQVrpz9o4 @stltoday #stlwx pic.twitter.com/OA5jsy1Hjk
— David Carson (@PDPJ) December 11, 2021
Video shows the destruction in Dawson Springs, Kentucky after a tornado outbreak, which is actually about 70 miles northeast of Mayfield — not north (FOX Weather/Courtesty of Brandon Clement / LSM). YouTube Tips ⓘ
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This pretty much sums it up in :19. #Mayfield #MayfieldTornado #KyWx #WX pic.twitter.com/IcPL4XGtPS
— WxChasing- Brandon Clement (@bclemms) December 11, 2021
Dawson Springs in Kentucky has been devastated by the tornado that has ripped through the state. Up to 100 people may have been killed.
Latest here: https://t.co/4ZfGBcUMKf pic.twitter.com/tCdRpzXjwh
— Sky News (@SkyNews) December 12, 2021
Some of the worst destruction from the Kentucky tornado was centered in Mayfield, a town of nearly 10,000 people. At least 110 people were huddled inside a candle factory in the area when a tornado ripped through. https://t.co/1VRJZXLBWw pic.twitter.com/Mh3i3oEzZa
— The New York Times (@nytimes) December 11, 2021
The most intense damage I have found in #Mayfield. The entire path in the town is less than 2% of the total path length. Homes with only slabs remaining. #Tornado #wxtwitter pic.twitter.com/nXxoxNBVhY
— WxChasing- Brandon Clement (@bclemms) December 11, 2021