At 2:33 PM on Tuesday, July 30, 2024 Adair and Russell Counties were placed in a severe thunderstorm warning issued by the National Weather Service. Throughout the area, tree limbs were blown out causing multiple power outages. One barn was completely destroyed from wind 50-60 MPH in the Fairplay Communtiy of Adair County.

Daniel Wilson, with the Storm Alert Center, was on the scene and says one wall and the back doors were blown out of the open face barn leaving it barely standing.

On Wednesday, July 31, 2024 training thunderstorms moved primarily over the Sano community prompting multiple flood warnings in Adair and Russell counties due to water over bridges and roadways. Adair County Emergency Management Director Mike Keltner worked all day locating flooded roadways and checking on bridge conditions.

Around 8:26 AM on Wednesday, Eli and Russell Springs Volunteer Fire Departments responded to a house fire in eastern Russell County on David Roy Road. It is believed that lightning caused the fire at the home of Ted and Vickie Cain. The residence sustained considerable fire, smoke and water damage.

(Photos Courtesy of Daniel Wilson)