A Tornado Watch has been issued for many parts of Kentucky and southern Indiana for the until 10 a.m. EDTThe weekend starts with a system the WHAS11 Weather Impact Team has been tracking since Friday night.

Violent storms affect Indiana and Kentucky, with risks of tornadoes, big hail, and strong winds. Thousands were left without electricity, with more than 27,000 power outages recorded in Indiana. Officials warned of hazardous weather conditions,

PADUCAH, Ky. (WSIL) -- A Particularly Dangerous Situation Tornado Watch has been issued for the entire WSIL viewing area. The National Weather Service issued the alert just after 7:30 p.m. on March 14. The watch will continue through 3 a.m. This is in effect for all of southern Illinois, southeast Missouri, western Kentucky and northwest Tennessee.

Millions of Americans across the country are on alert for a severe weather outbreak as violent, long-track tornadoes with damaging winds of up to 80 mph and large hail are expected across the Midwest and South with the cross-country storm moveing east.

Violent tornadoes and high winds decimated homes, wiped out schools and toppled semitractor-trailers as a monster storm that killed at least 32 people ripped its way across the central and southern U.

Unusually vicious and damaging weather across multiple U.S. states spawned violent tornadoes, blinding dust storms and fast-moving wildfires over the weekend, leaving at least 39 people dead. In the latest tally of the destruction,