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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE, KY
318 PM EDT TUE JUN 3 2025 /218 PM CDT TUE JUN 3 2025/
..NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 05/30/2025 TORNADO EVENT
BURGIN TORNADO
RATING: EF1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 100 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 1.51 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 50 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 05/30/2025
START TIME: 07:22 AM EDT
START LOCATION: 1 N BURGIN / MERCER COUNTY / KY
START LAT/LON: 37.7744 / -84.7657
END DATE: 05/30/2025
END TIME: 07:25 AM EDT
END LOCATION: 2 NNE BURGIN / MERCER COUNTY / KY
END LAT/LON: 37.7803 / -84.7398
SURVEY SUMMARY:
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COMPLETED A STORM SURVEY AND
DETERMINED THAT AN EF1, 100 MPH TORNADO OCCURRED JUST NORTH OF
BURGIN, KY (TO THE EAST OF HARRODSBURG IN MERCER COUNTY,
KENTUCKY) FRIDAY MORNING, MAY 30TH, 2025. DAMAGE WAS FIRST
OBSERVED ALONG HANDY LANE WHERE SEVERAL TREES HAD DAMAGE TO THE
TOPS OF TREES. THE DAMAGE CONTINUED ALONG HANDY LANE WHERE A
HOUSE HAD SOME OUTBUILDING DAMAGE AND A GARAGE DOOR WAS BLOWN IN.
SOME HEALTHY TREES ALSO HAD EXTENSIVE VERY LARGE BRANCHES
SNAPPED. MAXIMUM WIND SPEEDS ALONG HANDY LANE WERE ESTIMATED TO
BE AT 100 MPH, EF1 STRENGTH.
THE TORNADO CONTINUED ACROSS SHAKERTOWN ROAD (KY 33) AND DAMAGE
WAS OBSERVED ALONG ISON LANE WHERE TREES WERE UPROOTED AND A BARN
ROOF WAS BLOWN OFF. THE TORNADO CONTINUED ACROSS FARMLAND BEFORE
ADDITIONAL DAMAGE WAS OBSERVED TO TREES WITH LARGE BRANCHES
SNAPPED ALONG HOGUE LANE. ESTIMATED MAXIMUM WIND SPEEDS ALONG
THIS PORTION WAS EF1, 95 MPH STRENGTH. NO ADDITIONAL DAMAGE WAS
OBSERVED BEYOND HOGUE LANE.
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WOULD LIKE TO THANK MERCER COUNTY
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT FOR THEIR ASSISTANCE IN PROVIDING LOCATIONS
AND PICTURES OF THE TORNADO DAMAGE, AS WELL AS THE MANY RESIDENTS
WHO SUBMITTED PHOTOS, VIDEOS, AND EYEWITNESS ACCOUNTS OF THE
STORM.
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.
..CORRECTED TIME OF TOUCHDOWN BASED ON RADAR
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