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Tornado struck Saloma community at 3:30 Saturday morning By Taylor County Emergency Management Director, Ronnie Dooley Shared by Larry Smith, General Manager, 99.9 The Big Dawg December 11, 2021 -- Approximately 3:30 AM EST, a devastating tornado touched down in NorthWestern Taylor County and proceeded to move NorthEast across the Northern part of Taylor county. Areas affected included Quisenberry Road, Sanders Road, Feather Creek Road, Pleasant Hill Church Road, Kindness Road, & Finley Ridge Road before moving into Marion County. This tornado displaced 70 families. Their homes were heavily damaged/completely destroyed. Emergency service personnel responded but was hampered by numerous large diameter trees being down before the disaster scene could be reached. During the times of 3:30 AM to 4:30 AM EST, the decision was made to activate the emergency operations center. Several families were rescued from their homes & basements. The top levels of residences were completely gone. Multiple rescues were made from several residences in the vicinity of the Feather Creek Road & Pleasant Hill Church Road intersection. In addition, 250-300 trees were downed. 12 people were transported to Taylor Regional Hospital by EMS. Other patients arrived at the hospital by personal vehicle. In addition, there was 1 fatality from the Quisenberry Road area (just north of Saloma), of a middle aged female. Taylor County Emergency Management activated the emergency operation center at the Taylor County Volunteer Fire Department. Resources, as well as mutual aid, was coordinated through the operations center with the command post set up at Saloma Baptist Church. The emergency operations center made a request to Kentucky Emergency Management to activate the Kentucky National Guard for the area. The emergency operations center was activated at 5 AM EST. Situational reports were made from the command center to the operational center every hour. At 11 AM, the situation was changed from search and rescue efforts to damage assessment after all persons were accounted for. By 12 PM EST, the request for Kentucky National Guard was cancelled as the situation was deemed controlled. At 1 PM EST, the emergency operations center was deactivated. By 2 PM EST the command post was deactivated. All emergency service crews were released by 3 PM EST. Residents were allowed to return to the area. A Tornado Warning was issued by the National Weather Service approximately 30 minutes prior to the tornado striking the area. The CODERed alert system, proved effective & valuable in saving lives during the issuance of the tornado warning. Taylor County Emergency Management would like to applaud our community for the way everyone came together in unison to help support and help during this devastating time. WVLC & WCKQ were valuable assets in assisting with referring manpower services. Mutual aid was provided by Shepherdsville, Georgetown, Adair County, & Breeding Fire Departments for their assistance with search & rescue operations. In addition, Adair County, Green County, & Larue County Road Departments assisted with debris removal from roadways. The National Weather Service will be conducting a damage survey in the affected areas Sunday, December 12, 2021. Agencies responded: *Campbellsville Fire & Rescue *Taylor County Fire Department *Taylor County Emergency Management *CTCEMS *Adair County EMS *Green County EMS *Marion County EMS *Taylor County Sheriffs Department *Campbellsville Police Department *Kentucky State Police *Campbellsville/Taylor County E-911 *Shepherdsville Fire Department *Georgetown Fire Department *Columbia/Adair County Fire Department *Breeding Fire Department *Adair County Road Department *Green County Road Department *Larue County Road Department *Taylor County Coroner's Office *Taylor County Schools *Campbellsville Independent Schools *99.9 The Big Dawg - WVLC *104.1 Q-104 - WCKQ *Barry Smith, Taylor County Judge Executive *Diane Ford-Benningfield - Campbellsville Mayor *Senator Max Wise *Taylor County Magistrates *Campbellsville City Council Persons *Citizens of Taylor County *Local Churches *Crystal Sallee - Taylor County Emergency Management Public Relations Assistant - Ronnie Dooley - Director of Taylor County Emergency Management This story was posted on 2021-12-13 07:36:58
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