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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE, KY
ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1247 PM EDT WED MAY 21 2025 /1147 AM CDT WED MAY 21 2025/
..NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 05/16/25 TORNADO EVENT
LOGAN COUNTY TORNADO
RATING: EF1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 100 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 2.62 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 75 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 05/16/2025
START TIME: 10:55 PM EDT
START LOCATION: 1 SE DANBY / LOGAN COUNTY / KY
START LAT/LON: 36.8719 / -86.911
END DATE: 05/16/2025
END TIME: 10:57 PM EDT
END LOCATION: 2 NE RUSSELLVILLE / LOGAN COUNTY / KY
END LAT/LON: 36.8658 / -86.8652
SURVEY SUMMARY:
AT APPROXIMATELY 9:55 PM CDT (10:55 PM EDT) ON MAY 16, 2025, A
TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN ON LEWISBURG RD, JUST TO THE EAST OF US
HIGHWAY 431. THE TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN AS AN EF-0, PRODUCING MINOR
TREE DAMAGE TO A RESIDENCE ON LEWISBURG RD. IT CONTINUED EASTWARD
RAPIDLY, CROSSING HIDDEN VALLEY RD AND FOLLOWING NEARLY PARALLEL
TO CATES BYPASS RD. IT PRODUCED EF-0 DAMAGE TO AN OUTDOOR SHED
NEAR A SINGLE RESIDENCE ON NEWTOWN RD, TOSSING DEBRIS INTO A
FIELD TO THE EAST. THE TORNADO BEGAN TO STRENGTHEN AS IT CHURNED
TOWARD W H BROWN RD, WHICH IS WHERE EF-1 DAMAGE WAS OBSERVED. THE
TORNADO DAMAGED A SMALL METAL GARAGE STRUCTURE, COMPLETELY
LIFTING THE ENTIRE ROOF OFF OF THE STRUCTURE. AS THE TORNADO
CONTINUED EASTWARD, IT CAUSED MINOR SHINGLE DAMAGE TO A SINGLE
HOME ON W H BROWN RD. ANOTHER 150 YARDS TO THE EAST, THE TORNADO
CAUSED MORE ROOF DAMAGE TO A FARM BUILDING, PEELING OFF SOME
METAL ROOF PANELS AND SCATTERING THEM ACROSS A FIELD TO THE NORTH
AND EAST. THE EF-1 TORNADO SLIGHTLY STRENGTHENED AS IT CROSSED
THE FIELD, WITH AN ESTIMATED MAXIMUM WIDTH OF 75 YARDS AS IT TORE
THROUGH ANOTHER RESIDENCE AT THE END OF W H BROWN RD. THE TORNADO
REACHED ITS PEAK STRENGTH AT THIS LOCATION, AND CAUSED THE
COLLAPSE OF THE EXTERIOR WALLS OF A LARGE FARM BUILDING,
RESULTING IN THE STRUCTURE TO FALL ON ITSELF. NEXT TO THE
COLLAPSED STRUCTURE, A SMALL OPEN-SIDED STRUCTURE WITH A ROOF
SLID ON THE GROUND AN ESTIMATED 40 FEET TO THE NORTHEAST FROM ITS
ORIGINAL SPOT. ANOTHER SMALL FARM STRUCTURE NEXT TO THE COLLAPSED
BUILDING WAS COMPLETELY DESTROYED AS THE TORNADO SPUN INTO THE
FIELD, BUT RECENT STREET VIEW IMAGERY REVEALED THIS STRUCTURE WAS
ONCE OPEN ON 3 SIDES, AND APPEARED TO BE SOME SORT OF CAR PORT.
AFTER SPINNING THROUGH THE FIELD, THE TORNADO CUT THROUGH A TREE
LINE AND CROSSED TOWN BRANCH CREEK. THE TORNADO WEAKENED TO EF-
0 STRENGTH AS IT CROSSED A FIELD AND APPROACHED CONCORD RD. IT
CONTINUED AS AN EF-0 AS IT CROSSED MORGANTOWN RD NEAR US HIGHWAY
68. ADDITIONAL TREE DAMAGE WAS OBSERVED JUST EAST OF MORGANTOWN
RD, BUT THE TORNADO LIFTED SHORTLY AFTERWARDS IN A FIELD BETWEEN
THE TWO MAJOR ROADWAYS AT APPROXIMATELY 9:57 PM CDT (10:57 PM
EDT). IN SUMMARY, THIS EF-1 TORNADO WAS ON THE GROUND FOR
2.62 MILES IN 2 MINUTES, WITH A MAXIMUM WIND SPEED OF 100 MPH,
AND A MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH OF 75 YARDS. THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE WOULD LIKE TO THANK LOGAN COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT FOR
THEIR ASSISTANCE IN THIS DAMAGE 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.
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