Kentucky residents who faced the unimaginable when a tornado destroyed their homes less than three years ago once again were targeted by deadly severe weather this week. Still recovering from the deadly Mayfield tornado of 2021, the towns of Barnsley and Dawson Springs experienced a Tornado Emergency on Sunday evening. This was part of a multiday deadly severe weather outbreak that unfolded during Memorial Day weekend.
AT LEAST 26 KILLED ACROSS 5 STATES DURING MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND SEVERE WEATHER OUTBREAKDawson Springs resident Mark Minton told FOX Weather he and his family lived in their home for only two years before the 2021 tornado hit. It took 10 months to rebuild, he said."It's like throwing a dart at a globe, pulling the dart out, spinning the globe, throwing it and hitting the same hole twice," Minton said. "It seems near impossible for it to happen twice.