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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE, KY
317 PM EDT WED MAR 18 2026 /217 PM CDT WED MAR 18 2026/
..NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 03/15/26 TORNADO EVENT
WARREN COUNTY TORNADO
RATING: EF1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 90 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 2.22 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 40 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 03/15/2026
START TIME: 10:06 PM CDT
START LOCATION: 2 WSW RIVERSIDE / WARREN COUNTY / KY
START LAT/LON: 37.1497 / -86.5781
END DATE: 03/15/2026
END TIME: 10:09 PM CDT
END LOCATION: 1 NNW RIVERSIDE / WARREN COUNTY / KY
END LAT/LON: 37.1723 / -86.5511
SURVEY SUMMARY:
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONDUCTED A STORM SURVEY ON
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 18TH FOR THE STORMS THAT OCCURRED ON SUNDAY
NIGHT, MARCH 15TH. A TORNADO WAS DETERMINED TO HAVE OCCURRED IN
WARREN COUNTY WITH MAX WINDS OF 90 MPH (EF1).
DAMAGE WAS FIRST OBSERVED ALONG PISGAH RIDGE NEAR WHITE ROAD
SOUTH OF RICHARDSON ROAD. A NEARBY RESIDENCE HAD MINOR SHINGLE
DAMAGE, BUT SEVERAL FARM OUTBUILDINGS HAD SIGNIFICANT ROOF DAMAGE.
WHILE MOST OF THE DAMAGE HAD A NORTHEAST DIRECTION WITH THE STORM
MOTION, THERE WAS EVIDENCE OF ROTATION. ONE BARN ROOF WAS LOFTED
TO THE NORTHEAST, HOWEVER THERE WERE WOOD PLANKS THAT WERE IMPALED
INTO THE GROUND IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION TO THE SOUTHWEST. ALSO,
A NEARBY SHED WAS LEANING TO THE NORTHWEST, WHICH WAS TOWARD THE
TORNADO CIRCULATION PATH. THE TORNADO CONTINUED UPHILL TOWARD MORE
FARM OUTBUILDINGS WHERE A ROOF WAS LOFTED TO THE NORTH AND TO THE
EAST, WHICH WAS SLIGHTLY OFFSET FROM THE NORTHEAST STORM MOTION
AND EVIDENCE OF ROTATION. MAX WIND SPEEDS IN THIS LOCATION WERE
ESTIMATED TO BE 90 MPH.
THE TORNADO CONTINUED TO THE NORTHEAST ALONG RICHARDSVILLE ROAD
AND DAMAGE WAS OBSERVED AT A RESIDENCE. A CARPORT AWNING OVERHANG
ROOF WAS DAMAGED AND LIFTED TO THE NORTHEAST, HOWEVER NEARBY TREE
DAMAGE OCCURRED TO THE NORTHWEST TOWARD THE CENTER OF THE TORNADO
CIRCULATION. WINDS AT THIS LOCATION WERE BETWEEN 80 AND 90 MPH.
THE DAMAGE CONTINUED TO THE NORTHEAST ALONG JAMES ELKINS ROAD
WHERE SEVERAL TREES HAD SNAPPED DAMAGE. THE NEARBY BARN HAD
ROOFING MATERIAL LOSS, AND THE BUILDING WAS SHIFTED AND LEANING TO
THE NORTHEAST AFTER BEING HIT BY THE TORNADO. THE ROOF DAMAGE WAS
LAYING IN SEVERAL DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS AND THE SNAPPED TREE
DAMAGE HAD EVIDENCE OF BREAKING AND TWISTING WITH THE PASSING OF
THE TORNADO. THE TORNADO CONTINUED ACROSS HALL ROAD AND TOWARD
KARL YOUNG ROAD WHERE DAMAGE TO A HOME AND NEARBY OUTBUILDINGS
OCCURRED. THE HOMEOWNER MENTIONED THAT THE TORNADO HAD PICKED UP A
ZERO TURN MOWER AND PLACED IT BACK DOWN ON TOP OF THE SHED ROOF
DAMAGE. A NEARBY BARN WAS DESTROYED AS WELL. DEBRIS WAS LOFTED
INTO A NEARBY FIELD TO THE NORTH AND NORTHEAST OF THE LOCATION.
SEVERAL WOOD PLANK AND PLYWOOD IMPALEMENTS WERE NOTED FACING NORTH
AND WEST, WHICH WAS CONTINUED EVIDENCE OF ROTATION. BEYOND THE
FIELD NORTH OF KARL YOUNG ROAD, NO ADDITIONAL DAMAGE WAS
OBSERVED.
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WOULD LIKE TO THANK WARREN COUNTY
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT FOR THEIR ASSISTANCE ON THE STORM SURVEY, AS
WELL AS THE HELPFUL HOMEOWNERS WHO ALLOWED ACCESS TO THEIR
PROPERTIES.
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.
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