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FREE ACCESS, WITH VIDEO Youth group has narrow escape from Saturday tornado
(Local News ~ 07/12/21)
A youth group at First Pentecostal Church of Dexter took shelter just minutes before an EF-2 tornado struck the city of Dexter, leaving a 5.5-mile long path of destruction. The group of teenagers had just heard the tornado sirens sound and gone downstairs when wind speeds of up to 120 miles per hour exploded a large window at the front of the church shortly after 8 p.m., according to Pastor Jeff Wells...
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Unusual wet weather brings area’s first July EF-2 tornado in 50 years
(Local News ~ 07/12/21)
An unusually wet weather pattern has settled over the region, bringing with it heavy rains and even an out-of-character tornado. Worse, there’s potential for more rain in the forecast. “You’re pushing 4 inches since last Thursday night,” said National Weather Service Meteorologist Rachel Trevino from the NWS Paducah office...
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WITH VIDEO: Pastor recalls harrowing tornado experience, chainsaw crews in town
(Local News ~ 07/12/21)
A youth group at First Pentecostal Church of Dexter took shelter just minutes before an EF-2 tornado struck the city of Dexter, leaving a 5.5-mile long path of destruction. The group of teenagers had just heard the tornado sirens sound and gone downstairs when wind speeds of up to 120 miles per hour exploded a large window at the front of the church shortly after 8 p.m., according to Pastor Jeff Wells...
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