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A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STORM SURVEY TEAM IN COORDINATION WITH
LARUE COUNTY EMERGERGENCY MANAGEMENT SURVEYED DAMAGE IN SOUTHERN
LARUE COUNTY FROM STORMS THAT OCCURRED ON WEDNESDAY EVENING. IT WAS
DETERMINED THAT A BRIEF EF-1 TORNADO THAT WAS EMBEDDED WITHIN A
LARGER AREA OF STRAIGHT-LINE WINDS TOUCHED DOWN 1.3 MILES SOUTHEAST
OF UPTON, TRAVELED EAST FOR JUST OVER 2.5 MILES, AND THEN LIFTED 3
MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF UPTON. THE EF-1 TORNADO HAD A MAX WIND OF
AROUND 100 MPH, AND A MAX PATH WIDTH OF AROUND 200 YARDS.
THE TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN AT SOLID EF-1 STRENGTH JUST NORTHWEST OF
THE INTERSECTION OF WELDON LOOP ROAD AND WATKINS ALVEY ROAD WHERE A
SMALL BARN WAS COMPLETELY DESTROYED, AND DEBRIS WAS SCATTERED IN
MANY DIRECTIONS ALMOST A HALF-MILE TO THE NORTHEAST. IN ADDITION, A
SMALL LEAN-TO SECTION OF ANOTHER BARN WAS THROWN BACK TO THE
NORTHWEST, CLEAR EVIDENCE OF CYCLONIC ROTATION. HARDWOOD TREES JUST
DOWNSTREAM FROM THE BARN WERE ALSO SNAPPED AND LAYING IN A
CONVERGENT PATTERN, OFFERING MORE SUPPORT FOR TORNADIC WINDS.
THE TORNADO CONTINUED ROUGHLY EASTWARD ALONG WELDON LOOP ROAD WHERE
IT DID SOME LIGHT DAMAGE TO A BARN ROOF AND BROUGHT DOWN LARGE LIMBS
FROM A HARDWOOD TREE. THIS DAMAGE OCCURRED NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF
JOHNSON ROAD AND WELDON LOOP ROAD, AND WAS IN THE EF-0 STRENGTH
RANGE. THE TORNADO CONTINUED TO THE ENE ALONG WELDON LOOP ROAD AT EF-
0 STRENGTH AS IT CAUSED MINOR ROOF DAMAGE TO A HOUSE, AND DAMAGED A
GREENHOUSE NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF WHEELER AND WHELDON LOOP ROADS.
THE TORNADO FINISHED THE LAST HALF MILE OF ITS PATH ALONG UPTON
TALLEY ROAD WHERE IT UPROOTED OR SNAPPED SOFTWOOD TREES, DAMAGED
BARNS, AND DID MINOR FASCIA AND SHINGLE DAMAGE TO A COUPLE OF HOMES.
THE TORNADO LIFTED ABOUT A QUARTER MILE PAST THE UPTON TALLEY AND
LANNY HEATH ROADS INTERSECTION.
IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT THIS BRIEF TORNADO OCCURRED WITHIN A LARGER
AREA OF STRAIGHT-LINE WIND DAMAGE WHERE SOME OLDER BARNS WERE
DESTROYED AND NUMEROUS SOFTWOOD AND HARDWOOD TREES WERE SNAPPED OR
UPROOTED. HOWEVER, THE DAMAGE WAS MAINLY LAYING IN AN EAST-NORTHEAST
DIRECTION CONSISTENT WITH OVERALL STORM MOTION AND A STRAIGHT-LINE
WIND SIGNATURE. IT WAS CONSIDERED TO MAKE THIS DAMAGE PART OF THE
OVERALL TORNADO, HOWEVER THE PATH WIDTH WOULD HAVE BEEN OVER A HALF
MILE WIDE, WHICH IS UNLIKELY FOR BRIEF SPIN-UP TORNADOES EMBEDDED IN
A QLCS.
IT SHOULD ALSO BE NOTED THAT MORE SPORADIC, AND OVERALL WEAKER,
STRAIGHT-LINE WIND DAMAGE CONTINUED EASTWARD ALONG A CONSISTENT PATH
ACROSS SOUTHERN LARUE COUNTY. MOST OF THIS DAMAGE WAS CONSISTENT
WITH WINDS BETWEEN 60 AND 70 MPH TOWARD AND JUST NORTH OF THE
MAGNOLIA COMMUNITY AND POINTS EASTWARD. A SECOND EF-0 TORNADO DID
TOUCH DOWN NEAR MOUNT TABOR AND POINTS EASTWARD AND IS COVERED IN
ANOTHER PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT ALREADY ISSUED. (Other Survey Summery Below)
First Tornado:
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE IN COORDINATION WITH
LARUE COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT CONFIRMED AN EF0 TORNADO IN SOUTH-
CENTRAL LARUE COUNTY. THE TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN JUST WEST OF LOGAN
DESPAIN ROAD, CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE METAL ROOF OF A FARM
OUTBUILDING, AND COMPLETE DESTRUCTION OF A LEAN-TO ATTACHMENT ON THE
SIDE OF THE SAME FARM OUTBUILDING. THE TORNADO THEN CROSSED
GREENSBURG ROAD NEAR BROWNFIELD CREEK, HEADING TOWARDS MOUNT TABOR
ROAD. ONE HOME ON MOUNT TABOR ROAD SUFFERED MINOR ROOF DAMAGE, AND
THE HOME ACROSS THE ROAD HAD SEVERAL HEALTHY PINE TREES SNAPPED AS
THE TORNADO CONTINUED ON ITS PATH. THE TORNADO CONTINUED EAST-
NORTHEAST ON THE NORTH SIDE OF MOUNT TABOR ROAD, CAUSING SEVERAL
HARDWOOD TREES TO FALL IN THE DIRECTIONS OF NORTH OR NORTHEAST.
CYCLONIC CURVATURE OF THE FALLEN TREES WAS MADE EVIDENT WHEN NWS
LOUISVILLE FLEW THEIR DRONE OVER THAT AREA. SOME ROOF DAMAGE AND
BARN DOOR DAMAGE OCCURRED ABOUT 450 YARDS WEST OF THE INTERSECTION
OF MOUNT TABOR ROAD AND BENNETT ROAD. THE TORNADO CONTINUED JUST
NORTH OF MOUNT TABOR BAPTIST CHURCH AND CROSSED MOUNT TABOR ROAD
ONCE AGAIN ABOUT 175 YARDS NORTH OF BENNETT ROAD. WHEN DOING SO, THE
EF0 TORNADO CAUSED SOFTWOOD TREE DAMAGE AND LIFTED AND DESTROYED A
CARPORT. THE TORNADO THEN CONTINUED TOWARDS HINTON'S ORCHARD AND
FARM MARKET. THE ORCHARD HAD PARTIAL LOSS OF ITS METAL ROOF ON THE
WESTERN SIDE OF THE BUILDING. THE PROPERTY ALSO HAS SEVERAL
GREENHOUSES DAMAGED. THE TORNADO THEN CROSSED CAMPBELLSVILLE ROAD
AND DISSIPATED A SHORT DISTANCE LATER. WINDS WERE CONSISTENTLY
ESTIMATED TO BE BETWEEN 75-85 MPH ALONG THE DAMAGE PATH.
EF SCALE: THE ENHANCED FUJITA SCALE CLASSIFIES TORNADOES INTO THE FOLLOWING CATEGORIES: EF0...WEAK.....65 TO 85 MPH EF1...WEAK.....86 TO 110 MPH EF2...STRONG...111 TO 135 MPH EF3...STRONG...136 TO 165 MPH EF4...VIOLENT..166 TO 200 MPH EF5...VIOLENT..>200 MPH NOTE: THE INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS PRELIMINARY AND SUBJECT TO CHANGE PENDING FINAL REVIEW OF THE EVENT AND PUBLICATION IN NWS STORM DATA.
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