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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE, KY
1158 AM EST FRI FEB 21 2025 /1058 AM CST FRI FEB 21 2025/
..CORRECTED START AND END TIMES TO CENTRAL STANDARD TIME
..NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 02/15/2025 TORNADO EVENT
SIMPSON COUNTY
RATING: EF1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 90 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 4.33 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 150 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 02/15/2025
START TIME: 9:46 PM CST
START LOCATION: 1 NE PRICES MILL / SIMPSON COUNTY / KY
START LAT/LON: 36.6926 / -86.7157
END DATE: 02/15/2025
END TIME: 9:51 PM CST
END LOCATION: 2 ENE NEOSHEO / SIMPSON COUNTY / KY
END LAT/LON: 36.7195 / -86.6483
SURVEY SUMMARY:
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE CONFIRMED AN
EF1 TORNADO IN SIMPSON COUNTY, APPROXIMATELY 6 MILES WEST OF
FRANKLIN.
THE TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN ON A LARGE FARM AT 2495 NEOSHEO
PRICES MILL ROAD, DESTROYING AN OLDER GARAGE. SHEET METAL FROM
THE GARAGE WAS THROWN IN THE TREES AND WRAPPED AROUND BRANCHES
NEAR THE FARMHOUSE. MORE METAL SHEETING WAS THROWN SEVERAL
HUNDRED YARDS FROM THE NORTH NORTHEAST TO THE EASTERLY DIRECTION.
SOME CARDBOARD BOXES AND LAWN FURNITURE NEAR THE DESTROYED
GARAGE DID NOT MOVE. WINDS WERE 90 MPH, EF1, WITH A WIDTH OF
75 YARDS. THERE WAS VERY SPORADIC TREE DAMAGE ALONG NEOSHEO
PRICES MILL ROAD.
NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF SULPHUR SPRING CHURCH ROAD AND FORSHEE
ROAD THERE WERE THREE BARNS WITH SUBSTANTIAL ROOF DAMAGE. THE
LARGEST BARN, APPROXIMATELY 50 FEET BY 70 FEET, HAD ITS WOOD
ANCHORS LIFTED OUT AND PUSHED TO THE NORTH NORTHWEST. ALL THE
METAL SHEETING FROM THE THREE BARNS WAS THROWN FROM A FEW HUNDRED
YARDS, TO AS FAR AWAY AS ONE QUARTER OF A MILE TO THE EAST
NORTHEAST, WRAPPING AROUND FENCES AND TREES. WINDS WERE 90 MPH, EF1,
WITH A WIDTH OF 120 YARDS.
THERE WERE DOZENS OF TOPPED TREES ALONG SULPHUR SPRING CREEK AND NEOSHEO
ROAD. WINDS WERE 87 MPH, EF1, WITH A WIDTH OF 100 YARDS. DRONE
PHOTOGRAPHY SHOWED TREES DAMAGED OFF TO THE EAST ALONG FARM LAND.
THE MOST SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE WAS AT 1600 HARRIS SCHOOL ROAD WHERE A HORSE
ARENA AT SUNDOWN STABLES WAS THROWN INTO A LARGE BARN HOUSING THE
HORSES. THE BARN TOOK CONSIDERABLE SIDE AND STRUCTURAL ROOFING
DAMAGE. SOME OF THE BOARDS AND OTHER DEBRIS HIT A CONCRETE HOUSE
WHERE RELATIVES WERE STAYING. FORTUNATELY NO PEOPLE OR FARM
ANIMALS WERE INJURED. SURPRISINGLY, THERE WAS LESS TREE DAMAGE
NEAR THE BARN AND HOUSE. WINDS WERE 90 MPH, EF1, WITH A WIDTH OF
90 YARDS. THE TORNADO LIFTED ABOUT 100 YARDS EAST OF HARRIS
SCHOOL ROAD.
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WOULD LIKE TO THANK SIMPSON COUNTY
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT FOR THEIR ASSISTANCE WITH THIS SURVEY.
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.
JDG
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