KENTUCKY ( FOX 56 ) — It’s been 19 years since an unusually warm Nov. 5 day in the Tri-State area would lead to a line of lethal supercell storms that would kill 24 people and injure 238 more.
According to the National Weather Service (NWS), residents of the tri-state woke up to a warm, humid morning with temperatures in the upper 50s to lower 60s. In fact, Evansville, Indiana, would experience near record-setting heat, peaking at 77 degrees, just one degree short of the 78 that was recorded in 1975.
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By around 6 p.m., an approaching cold front in Missouri had spawned a broken line of storms, but the threat of severe weather continued to grow as the line approached the primed Tri-State area.
The NWS noted that the line of storms was expected to congeal and intensify into a fast-moving squall line as it approached the region.