Tornado In Lewis County, KY

Dangerous Cold Weather for Most of the Country; Rare Winter Storm for the South; Fire Weather Concerns for Southern California

Arctic air will filter south and east through early this week. As this cold air moves across the South, a rare winter storm is forecast to develop from Texas, Gulf Coast States into the Southeast through early this week. Several new daily record low temperatures are expected, including new record-low maximum temperatures. For Southern California, fire weather concerns increase this week. Read More >

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 309 PM EDT WED JUN 17 2009 ...EF1 TORNADO CONFIRMED IN LEWIS COUNTY KENTUCKY... LOCATION...TOLLESBORO KENTUCKY DATE...JUNE 16TH 2009 ESTIMATED TIME...925 PM EDT MAXIMUM EF-SCALE RATING...EF1 ESTIMATED MAXIMUM WIND SPEED...90-95 MPH MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH...50 YARDS PATH LENGTH...0.25 MILES BEGINNING LAT/LON...38.5627 N / 83.5904 W ENDING LAT/LON...38.5629 N / 83.5867 W A SURVEY OF DAMAGE CONDUCTED TODAY HAS CONFIRMED A BRIEF TORNADO TOUCHDOWN IN LEWIS COUNTY KENTUCKY IN THE TOWN OF TOLLESBORO. DAMAGE WAS CONSISTENT WITH THAT OF AN EF1 SCALE TORNADO. SEVERAL HOMES OR MOBILE HOMES RECEIVED MINOR STRUCTURAL DAMAGE WITH 3 MOBILE HOMES LIFTED OFF THEIR FOUNDATIONS. A BARN WAS DESTROYED AND ANOTHER WAS DAMAGED. SEVERAL TREES AND LARGE BRANCHES OF TREES WERE DOWNED. A TRUCK WAS ALSO DAMAGED. MOST OF THE DAMAGE OCCURRED IN TOLLESBORO KY OFF STATE ROUTE 10 IN THE HAMPTON LANE ROAD AREA. SOME OTHER MINOR STRAIGHT LINE WIND DAMAGE OCCURRED NEAR THE TORNADO DAMAGE AREA IN THE TOWN OF TOLLESBORO.

Dangerous Cold Weather for Most of the Country; Rare Winter Storm for the South; Fire Weather Concerns for Southern California

Tornado In Lewis County, KY - June 16, 2009