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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH, KY
858 PM CDT SUN MAY 18 2025 /958 PM EDT SUN MAY 18 2025/
...NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR THE MAY 16, 2025, TORNADO EVENT IN
CHRISTIAN COUNTY AND TODD COUNTY, KENTUCKY...
OVERVIEW
AN NWS DAMAGE SURVEY TEAM FOUND THAT TWO SEPARATE
EF-2 TORNADOES IMPACTED CHRISTIAN COUNTY AND TODD COUNTY IN
WESTERN KENTUCKY ON THE EVENING OF MAY 16, 2025.
ALLEGRE, KY
RATING: EF-2
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 120 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 6.05 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 200 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 05/16/2025
START TIME: 06:42 PM CDT
START LOCATION: 5 W ALLEGRE / CHRISTIAN COUNTY / KY
START LAT/LON: 36.9465 / -87.3008
END DATE: 05/16/2025
END TIME: 06:49 PM CDT
END LOCATION: 2 NE ALLEGRE / TODD COUNTY / KY
END LAT/LON: 36.943 / -87.1926
SURVEY SUMMARY:
AN EF2 TORNADO STARTED ALONG SHAW OVIL ROAD WHERE IT DID SOME
MINOR DAMAGE TO A COUPLE HOMES. IT CONTINUED EAST INTO TODD
COUNTY CROSSING HWY 189 AND EVENTUALLY LIFTING TO THE WEST OF HWY
181. THE WORST DAMAGE OCCURRED ALONG BLUE HOLE ROAD WHERE SEVERAL
CHICKEN HOUSES WERE COMPLETELY DESTROYED AND A MOBILE HOME WAS
SWEPT AWAY. DOZENS OF TREES WERE SNAPPED OR UPROOTED AND A FEW
OUTBUILDINGS WERE DAMAGED. MAX WIDTH WAS 200 YARDS AND PEAK WINDS
WERE 120 MPH.
CASKY, KY
RATING: EF-2
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 118 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 10.11 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 225 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 05/16/2025
START TIME: 09:26 PM CDT
START LOCATION: 7 N HERNDON / CHRISTIAN COUNTY / KY
START LAT/LON: 36.8144 / -87.6108
END DATE: 05/16/2025
END TIME: 09:34 PM CDT
END LOCATION: 4 WNW PEMBROKE / CHRISTIAN COUNTY / KY
END LAT/LON: 36.803 / -87.4301
SURVEY SUMMARY:
AN EF2 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN ALONG COUNTY HIGHWAY 164 JUST NORTH
OF I-24 AND CAUSED SOME SHINGLE DAMAGE TO A HOUSE AND PRETTY
SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO A COUPLE OF BARNS. IT CONTINUED EAST
UPROOTING OR SNAPPING DOZENS OF TREES ALONG ITS PATH. MANY HOMES
EXPERIENCED MAINLY ROOF DAMAGE ALONG RIVER BEND ROAD AND
WESTMINSTER PLACE. THE TORNADO CROSSED ALT 41 AND SNAPPED ABOUT A
HALF DOZEN POWER POLES. SOME DAMAGE TO A HOUSE AND OUTBUILDINGS
OCCURRED ALONG HARRY BERRY LANE BEFORE THE TORNADO LIFTED JUST
EAST OF COUNTY HIGHWAY 109. MAX WIDTH WAS APPROXIMATELY 225 YARDS
WITH PEAK WINDS OF 118 MPH. THE TORNADO OCCURRED WITHIN A BROADER
AREA OF SPORADIC STRAIGHT LINE WINDS THAT SWEPT ACROSS SOUTHERN
CHRISTIAN COUNTY.
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.
KEC/SP/DWS
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