Friday, April 22, 2011

Breckinridge/Meade County, KY Tornado April 19-20


Breckinridge and Meade County EF-0
DAMAGE TYPE: TORNADO

BEGIN TIME: 1154 PM EDT
   END TIME: 1204 AM EDT

BEGIN POINT: 7.3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PAYNEVILLE
  END POINT: 4.3 MILES WEST OF BRANDENBURG

WIND SPEED: 65-80 MPH

PATH LENGTH: 11 MILES
PATH WIDTH: 50 YARDS

   INJURIES: 0
FATALITIES: 0

NARRATIVE: NWS STORM DAMAGE SURVEY PRELIMINARILY CONFIRMS AN EF-0
TORNADO SPANNING ACROSS BRECKINRIDGE AND MEADE COUNTIES. THE TORNADO
TOUCHED DOWN IN BRECKINRIDGE COUNTY...WHERE DAMAGE SUPPORTED
EVIDENCE OF APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH WINDS. DUE TO THE TERRAIN AND THE
NATURE OF THE STORM THAT HAD PRODUCED THE TORNADO...IT APPEARS TO
HAVE LIFTED IN SEVERAL LOCATIONS ALONG THE PATH LINE. THE STRONGEST
WINDS OF APPROXIMATELY 80 MPH APPEAR TO HAVE OCCURRED AT A HOUSE IN
AN ELEVATED LOCATION ALONG SIROCCO ROAD. HERE...A CARPORT THAT WAS
ATTACHED TO THE HOUSE BLEW ACROSS THE FIELD BEHIND IT...TREES WERE
SNAPPED AND/OR UPROOTED...A BARN DOOR WAS BLOWN IN...AND SHINGLES
WERE BLOWN OFF OF THE ROOF OF ANOTHER NEARBY HOUSE.

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