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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH, KY
844 PM CDT FRI MAY 10 2024 /944 PM EDT FRI MAY 10 2024/
...NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR THE MAY 8, 2024, TORNADO EVENT IN DAVIESS
COUNTY, KENTUCKY...
UPDATE
UPDATED PUBLIC INFORMATION STATION TO INCLUDE THE
CORRECT TIMES AND LOCATIONS OF THE TORNADOES.
OVERVIEW...OVERVIEW
A DAMAGE SURVEY TEAM FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE OFFICE IN PADUCAH, KY, FOUND TWO EF-0 TORNADOES AND ONE EF-1
TORNADO OCCURRED IN WESTERN DAVIESS COUNTY, KENTUCKY, DURING THE EVENING
OF MAY 8, 2024.
.NEAR ST. JOSEPH, KY
RATING: EF-0
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 80 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 2.72 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 50 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 05/08/2024
START TIME: 09:39 PM CDT
START LOCATION: 2 NW ST. JOSEPH / DAVIESS COUNTY / KY
END DATE: 05/08/2024
END TIME: 09:42 PM CDT
END LOCATION: 1 NE ST. JOSEPH / DAVIESS COUNTY / KY
SURVEY SUMMARY:
NUMEROUS LARGE TREE LIMBS DOWNED ALONG THE DAMAGE PATH. A FEW HOG
BARNS SUFFERED ROOF DAMAGE. ONE HOUSE HAD A SMALL AREA OF
SHINGLES REMOVED.
.NEAR WEST LOUISVILLE, KY
RATING: EF-0
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 85 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 3.14 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 300 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 05/08/2024
START TIME: 09:41 PM CDT
START LOCATION: 3 WNW WEST LOUISVILLE / DAVIESS COUNTY / KY
END DATE: 05/08/2024
END TIME: 09:46 PM CDT
END LOCATION: WEST LOUISVILLE / DAVIESS COUNTY / KY
SURVEY SUMMARY:
A FEW LARGE BARNS AND OUTBUILDINGS HAD PORTIONS OF THEIR ROOFS
REMOVED WITH ONE OUTBUILDING ALSO LOSING A PORTION OF AN EXTERIOR
WALL. A FEW WOODEN POWER POLES WERE DAMAGED OR LEANING SLIGHTLY.
A CARPORT WAS LIFTED AND TOSSED INTO THE TOP OF A NEARBY TREE.
NUMEROUS LARGE TREE LIMBS WERE DOWNED ALONG THE DAMAGE PATH, AND
ONE TREE IN VERY SOGGY SOIL WAS UPROOTED.
.NEAR ROME, KY
RATING: EF-1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 95 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 0.88 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 100 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 05/08/2024
START TIME: 09:49 PM CDT
START LOCATION: 1 NNW ROME / DAVIESS COUNTY / KY
END DATE: 05/08/2024
END TIME: 09:50 PM CDT
END LOCATION: 1 E ROME / DAVIESS COUNTY / KY
SURVEY SUMMARY:
ONE FARM OUTBUILDING WAS SEVERELY DAMAGED, WITH HEAVY MACHINERY
TOSSED OR PUSHED INTO NEARBY OPEN FIELDS. A GRAIN BIN AND
OUTBUILDINGS WERE ALSO DAMAGED. TWO LARGE TREES WERE SNAPPED AT
THE BASE, IN ADDITION TO SEVERAL DOWNED LARGE LIMBS.
EF SCALE: THE ENHANCED FUJITA SCALE CLASSIFIES TORNADOES INTO THE
FOLLOWING CATEGORIES:
EF0.....65 TO 85 MPH
EF1.....86 TO 110 MPH
EF2.....111 TO 135 MPH
EF3.....136 TO 165 MPH
EF4.....166 TO 200 MPH
EF5.....>200 MPH
NOTE:
THE INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS PRELIMINARY AND SUBJECT TO
CHANGE PENDING FINAL REVIEW OF THE EVENTS AND PUBLICATION IN
NWS STORM DATA.
SURVEYORS: DWS/KS
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