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A storm system this morning brought high winds and thunderstorms across the area, with thunderstorm warnings and tornado warnings declared in Breckinridge, Grayson, Meade, Hardin, Nelson, and LaRue counties between 7 a.m. and 10 a.m.

That storm system resulted in a tornado touching down around Chaplin in Nelson County.

“We sent out a team, they went out and did a survey on it,” said Meteorologist Kevin Farina with the National Weather Service in Louisville. “Looks like they’re going to rate it as an EF-1, 95 miles per hour on the wind speeds there. EF-1 is almost 100 mile per hour winds. You can see trees down, of course damage to housing, but typically on your lower end of tornado damage.”

The chance for severe weather this afternoon has prompted closings across the commonwealth. Governor Andy Beshear has closed all state office buildings, the LaRue County Courthouse is closed, and classes have been canceled this afternoon at the University of Louisville and the University of Kentucky.

Farina says a smaller system is working its way through the area now, but the chance for storms continues through the evening.

“There’s some stuff just east of Bowling Green now that’s moving to the northeast that had some warnings on it,” Farina said. “Back behind that though there’s not much going on at the moment. The cold front is not expected to come through until this evening so we could still see some thunderstorms develop before evening.”

The city of Radcliff is advising residents of malfunctioning weather sirens located near Dawley Park ,the Walmart Neighborhood Market, and Hill Street. Residents should keep an eye on forecasts and stay alert.

Keep it tuned to Quicksie and The Wolf for more weather updates.