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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE, KY
1128 AM EDT THU JUL 23 2026 /1028 AM CDT THU JUL 23 2026/
..NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 7/21/26 TORNADO EVENT
.GRAYSON/HART, KY TORNADO
RATING: EF2
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 115 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 21.23 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 500 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 1
START DATE: 07/21/2026
START TIME: 04:27 PM CDT
START LOCATION: 1 ESE WAX / GRAYSON COUNTY / KY
START LAT/LON: 37.3474 / -86.1113
END DATE: 07/21/2026
END TIME: 05:08 PM CDT
END LOCATION: 1 WNW SEYMOUR / HART COUNTY / KY
END LAT/LON: 37.1699 / -85.8126
SURVEY SUMMARY:
AN NWS STORM SURVEY CONCLUDED THAN A LONG TRACK, EF-2 TORNADO
TOUCHED DOWN IN FAR EASTERN GRAYSON COUNTY, RIGHT ALONG NOLIN
RIVER LAKE IN THE WAX, KY AREA. THE WORST OF THE ACCESSIBLE
DAMAGE WAS NOTED HERE TOWARDS THE BEGINNING OF THE TRACK, WHERE
WINDS OF 115 MPH DID SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO SOME HOMES AND
OUTBUILDINGS ALONG NOLIN RIVER LAKE. ONE INJURY WAS REPORTED IN
THIS AREA WHERE A MAN SUSTAINED A HEAD INJURY FROM THE TORNADO.
THE TORNADO MAINTAINED HIGH-END EF-1 STRENGTH THROUGHOUT MUCH OF
THE REST OF ITS PATH THROUGH HART COUNTY. THIS HIGH END EF-
1 DAMAGE WAS MOST WIDESPREAD AND PRONOUNCED FROM THE TOWN OF
ROWLETTS, KY SOUTHEAST ALONG RED BUCK ESTES ROAD. MOST TREES AND
STRUCTURES HAD SOME SORT OF DAMAGE IN THESE AREAS AND THIS IS
LIKELY WHERE THE TORNADO WAS AT ITS PEAK WIDTH. THE TORNADO
CONTINUED SOUTHEAST ALONG LONOKE ROAD INTO THE SMALL TOWN OF UNO,
KY, WHERE IT FINALLY LIFTED BEFORE CROSSING INTO METCALFE COUNTY,
KY. IN TOTAL, THE PATH WAS OVER 20 MILES LONG AND THIS TORNADO
WAS ON THE GROUND CONTINUOUSLY FOR 41 MINUTES!
NWS LOUISVILLE WOULD LIKE TO EXPRESS GRATITUDE TO KENTUCKY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT,
GRAYSON COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, AND HART COUNTY EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT FOR THEIR TIMELY REPORTS OF THE DAMAGE AND THEIR HELP
WITH THE SURVEY PROCESS.
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.
DEITSCH
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