![]() There was very minor tree damage as much of the tornado was highly elevated. A 2 x 4ft from the barn was thrown 60 yards to the north- northwest and was impaled into the 2nd story of an adjacent house. The barn foundation moved 18 inches to the east. The most significant damage was to a 100 x 50ft barn with damage thrown 200-250 yards back to the southwest. The weak tornado was very elevated and next hit power lines on the east side of the road. A barn along E Sullivan Rd was damaged where some of the roofing was found 400 yards away. NWS Storm Survey Teams found EF-0 tornado damage across northern Hart County. The National Weather Service would like to thank White Squirrel Weather and the WKU meteorology students for their assistance with the storm survey. Thornton Furniture had the most damage from the straight-line winds with roofing and facade damage. The tornado lifted just before the Marriott TownePlace Suites on Cave Mill Rd, and then there was sporadic straight-wind damage all the way to Ashton Parc Apartments off of Shive Lane. The tornado was slightly elevated off the ground and was very intermittent. Clear evidence was found of a weak tornado that formed with winds estimated between 80 and 85 mph. Trees were snapped and uprooted facing to the north, northeast, and east southeasterly direction. The damage became more concentrated with gutters, shingles, roof, and soffit damage. Along Cave Mill Road fences were blown down, minor shingle damage to homes occurred, and many pine and cedar trees were snapped and topped.Īt the intersection of Curtis and Cave Mill Rd, there was a change in the damage pattern. NWS Storm Survey Teams found an area of straight line winds of 70 to 75 mph, beginning at the Hunting Creek subdivision off of Cave Mill Road. The National Weather Service would like to thank the Logan County Emergency Management for assistance with providing locations for the damage survey from this tornadic storm. The tornado continued to the northeast with damage observed to the west of Dennis Corinth Road to trees and barns. The tornado then did some damage along Ellis road with roof damage observed at another barn.Īn isolated tree snap occurred near the junction of Franklin Road (route 100) and Airport Road before the tornado crossed rural fields near the Russellville-Logan County Airport. A barn had a silo completely destroyed with major damage to 2 other silos, and drone footage confirmed several trees uprooted with branches snapped beyond this barn. At this point, the tornado appeared to strengthen with consistent damage just north of Ellis Road. The tornado then crossed rural areas west of Nashville Road (Highway 431).Īt Nashville Road, a barn had roof damage observed with another outbuilding shifted off the foundation. Damage continued toward Williams Store where significant tree damage occurred with several large trees either snapped or had large branches broken. The tornado then turned to the northeast causing minor damage to a porch covering at BL Shackelford Road. ![]() The strongest damage occurred as a nearby barn was completely demolished with estimated wind speeds at 110 mph for strong EF-1 winds. Several trees had large limbs down, and a hardwood tree was uprooted nearby. The tornado continued along JB Shackelford Road in mostly rural open farm fields before damage occurred along Johnson Young Road (Route 739). Minor roof damage occurred near this location. After a gap of more than 2 miles, the tornado redeveloped and caused damage along Watermelon Road. This confirmed tornado was a continuation of the parent circulation that caused the tornado southwest of Olmstead KY that crossed the Todd/Logan county line. The National Weather Service would like to thank the Logan County Emergency Management for assistance with providing locations for the hardest hit locations from this tornadic storm. The tornado ended at around 12:21 PM EST along with no further damage observed past Olmstead Road. Some trees had large limbs downed, while others had snapped trunks along Kenny Stratton Road west of Lickskillet. The tornado continued along rural open farm fields before damaging a mix of hard and softwood trees. This rating was changed from a previously reported EF-1 rating due to the nature of surrounding damage observed. Near this location is where the max wind speeds were observed at 85 mph, or high end EF-0. The tornado continued across mostly rural fields before striking a barn along Joe Riley road where major roof damage was observed as well as moderate tree damage. ![]() Small tree limbs were broken along Keysburg Road (KY Route 102). The tornado first crossed the Todd/Logan county line about a mile south of Allensville around 12:17 PM EST. This confirmed tornado was a continuation of a tornadic storm that crossed from Todd County Kentucky to Logan County Kentucky. ![]()
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