At least two people in Kentucky were killed Saturday when severe thunderstorms blew through the state, Gov. Matt Bevin tweeted.
“We have lost two fellow Kentuckians today due to severe weather events in the western part of our state, he wrote. “The potential for similar weather continues to move into Kentucky overnight. Please take weather watches/warnings seriously, and stay safe.”
Bevin didn’t say where the people were killed.
A 79-year-old woman died in her home in southwestern Kentucky, the Logan County Sheriff’s Office said.
The county’s emergency management office said some structures, including barns and grain bins, were damaged.
Robertson County, on the other side of the border with Tennessee, also had reports of damage.
The National Weather Service has issued a tornado watch for parts of Kentucky and Tennessee until 2 a.m. CT (3 a.m. ET).
