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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE, KY
431 PM EDT WED MAR 18 2026 /331 PM CDT WED MAR 18 2026/
..NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 03/16/26 TORNADO EVENT
CLINTON COUNTY TORNADO
RATING: EF1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 100 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 1.26 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 200 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 03/16/2026
START TIME: 12:35 AM CDT
START LOCATION: 2 SSW ALBANY / CLINTON COUNTY / KY
START LAT/LON: 36.6623 / -85.1596
END DATE: 03/16/2026
END TIME: 12:37 AM CDT
END LOCATION: 1 SSW ALBANY / CLINTON COUNTY / KY
END LAT/LON: 36.6722 / -85.1428
SURVEY SUMMARY:
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONDUCTED A STORM SURVEY ON
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 18TH FOR THE STORMS THAT OCCURRED EARLY MONDAY
MORNING, MARCH 16TH. A TORNADO WAS DETERMINED TO HAVE OCCURRED
IN CLINTON COUNTY WITH MAX WINDS OF 100 MPH (EF1).
STORM DAMAGE WAS FIRST OBSERVED ALONG WRIGHT PARISH ROAD
SOUTHWEST OF ALBANY NEAR WOLF RIVER DOCK ROAD. A LINE OF CEDAR
TREES HAD EXTENSIVE DAMAGE, WITH SEVERAL TREETOPS AND BRANCHES
POINTING TO THE NORTH, EAST, AND OPPOSITE OF THE NORTHEAST STORM
MOTION TO THE SOUTHWEST. SOME BRANCHES SHOWED SIGNS OF BEING
RIPPED AND TWISTED FROM THE TREES AS WELL, WHICH WAS INDICATIVE OF
ROTATION FROM A TORNADO.
THE TORNADO CONTINUED UPHILL TO A NEARBY RESIDENCE WITH SEVERAL
OUTBUILDINGS. ONE BARN WAS COMPLETELY MOVED FROM THE FOUNDATION
WITH ROOF DAMAGE LOFTED INTO NEARBY FIELDS. THE DAMAGE DIRECTION
WAS MAINLY TO THE EAST, POINTING TOWARD THE TORNADIC CIRCULATION
THAT WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST. ANOTHER SECTION OF BARN DAMAGE
WAS POINTING TO THE NORTH, INDICATING THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE
CIRCULATION NEARBY. A DRONE FLIGHT CONFIRMED THIS INFORMATION. A
NEARBY RESIDENCE HAD AWNING DAMAGE THAT WAS MOVED TO THE
NORTHEAST, WITH THE MOST NOTABLE DAMAGE BEING A COUPLE OF WOOD
PLANK IMPALEMENTS THAT WERE DRIVEN INTO THE GROUND FACING THE
OPPOSITE DIRECTION OF THE STORM MOTION TO THE SOUTHWEST. THE MAX
WIND SPEED NEAR THIS DAMAGE ALONG RICE ROAD AND WOLF RIVER DOCK
ROAD WAS 100 MPH.
THE TORNADO CONTINUED TO THE NORTHEAST AND DAMAGE TO TREES AND
OUTBUILDINGS OCCURRED ALONG HAY ROAD, HUNTERSVILLE ROAD, AND
ROBERT PAGE ROAD. SEVERAL TREES WERE SNAPPED AND A BARN WAS
LEVELED, AND THE CONVERGENT SIGNATURE OF THE TREE DAMAGE TO THE
NORTH AND EAST DIRECTIONS WERE NOTED. THE TORNADO CONTINUED
NORTHEAST ALONG ROBERT PAGE ROAD WHERE A RESIDENCE HAD ROOF AND
SIDING DAMAGE THAT WAS LOFTED TO THE NORTHEAST AWAY FROM THE
PROPERTY. THE DEBRIS WENT UP TO US HIGHWAY 127, AND NO OTHER
DAMAGE WAS OBSERVABLE PAST THIS POINT.
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WOULD LIKE TO THANK CLINTON COUNTY
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT FOR THEIR ASSISTANCE ON THE STORM SURVEY, AS
WELL AS THE HELPFUL HOMEOWNERS WHO ALLOWED ACCESS TO THEIR
PROPERTIES.
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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