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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
402 PM EDT WED SEP 16 2026
..NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR AUGUST 11 2026 TORNADO EVENT
EF0 TORNADO CONFIRMED NEAR HUME IN BOONE COUNTY, KY.
RATING: EF0
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 85 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 2.85 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 150 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 08/11/2026
START TIME: 03:51 PM EDT
START LOCATION: 6 WSW WALTON / BOONE COUNTY / KY
START LAT/LON: 38.8293 / -84.7138
END DATE: 08/11/2026
END TIME: 03:54 PM EDT
END LOCATION: 5 ENE PATRIOT / BOONE COUNTY / KY
END LAT/LON: 38.8661 / -84.7349
SURVEY SUMMARY:
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS CONFIRMED AN EF0 TORNADO NEAR
HUME IN BOONE COUNTY, KENTUCKY.
THE FIRST EVIDENCE OF DAMAGE WAS ON WEBB ROAD, WHERE A TREE WAS
DOWNED ON A TRAILER. ADDITIONALLY, A RESIDENCE AND BARN NEAR THE
WESTERN EDGE OF WEBB ROAD BOTH SUSTAINED SOME ROOF DAMAGE.
SATELLITE IMAGERY DEPICTED TREE DAMAGE ALONG A PATH MOVING SOUTH-
SOUTHEAST FROM THIS LOCATION, WITH THE MOST SIGNIFICANT TREE
DAMAGE OBSERVED SOUTH OF MOUNTAIN BALLPARK. THE NARROW SWATH OF
TREE DAMAGE EXTENDED ABOUT A MILE SOUTH- SOUTHEAST OF US ROUTE 42,
WHERE THE TORNADO LIKELY DISSIPATED.
ADDITIONAL DAMAGE WAS OBSERVED IN FAR SOUTHERN BOONE COUNTY ON
BROWN ROAD, AND IN FAR WESTERN GALLATIN COUNTY. DAMAGE IN THESE
LOCATIONS WAS DETERMINED TO HAVE BEEN FROM STRAIGHT-LINE WINDS OF
UP TO 70 MPH.
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE BOONE COUNTY
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY, GALLATIN COUNTY EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT AGENCY, AND KENTON COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY
FOR THEIR COORDINATION AND SUPPORT.
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 EVENT AND PUBLICATION IN
NWS STORM DATA.
HATZOS/KC
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