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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE, KY
344 PM EDT SAT JUL 11 2026 /244 PM CDT SAT JUL 11 2026/
..NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 07/09/2026 TORNADO EVENT
BUTLER COUNTY
RATING: EF1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 95 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 2.12 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 40 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 07/09/2026
START TIME: 09:54 PM CDT
START LOCATION: 2 WNW JETSON / BUTLER COUNTY / KY
START LAT/LON: 37.2584 / -86.5653
END DATE: 07/09/2026
END TIME: 09:57 PM CDT
END LOCATION: JETSON / BUTLER COUNTY / KY
END LAT/LON: 37.2495 / -86.5289
SURVEY SUMMARY:
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SURVEYED DAMAGE ALONG WITH BUTLER
COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ALONG BROWNSVILLE RD. A TORNADO
DEVELOPED AND HIT A HOME IN THE 7700 BLOCK OF BROWNSVILLE RD,
LIFTING UP BOTH THE FRONT PORCH AND THE CARPORT ROOF THAT WERE
ATTACHED TO THE HOUSE. THE PILLARS UNDER THE FRONT PORCH SHIFTED
SLIGHTLY, BUT THE PILLARS UNDER THE CARPORT FELL OVER, ALLOWING
THE ROOF TO LAND ON TWO CARS PARKED THERE. THE RESIDENT WAS
SITTING ON HIS FRONT PORCH JUST BEFORE THE TORNADO HIT AND NOTICED
IT GOT HOTTER AND MORE HUMID AHEAD OF THE RAIN AND WIND. HE WAS
JUST ABLE TO GET INSIDE BEFORE IT HIT.
THE TORNADO THEN SKIPPED OVER MOSTLY OPEN FIELDS BEFORE HITTING A
COUPLE OF TREES, KNOCKING DOWN BRANCHES, AND THEN A BARN IN THE
9600 BLOCK. THE SIDES OF THIS BARN WERE WELL ANCHORED TO THE
GROUND, BUT THE ROOF WAS ABLE TO PEEL OFF. PORTIONS OF THIS ROOF
WERE STREWN EAST SOUTHEAST UP TO 0.4 MILES DOWNSTREAM. RESIDENTS
IN THIS AREA NOTED HOW CALM CONDITIONS WERE JUST BEFORE THE
TORNADO HIT AND THEN IT GOT CALM AGAIN.
THE TORNADO THEN TURNED SOUTHEASTWARD WHERE IT HEAVILY DAMAGED A
BARN AND SNAPPED A LARGE CEDAR TREE AT THE INTERSECTION OF JETSON
RD AND BROWNSVILLE RD. NO OTHER DAMAGE WAS NOTED DOWNSTREAM OF
THIS LOCATION.
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WOULD LIKE TO THANK BUTLER COUNTY
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT FOR COLLECTING PICTURES AND DAMAGE POINTS AND
ESCORTING US TO SEVERAL RESIDENCES ALONG THE PATH.
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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