Severe Weather & Flooding - June 4, 2014

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
408 PM EDT FRI JUN 6 2014

...TORNADO CONFIRMED 2 W MT. OLIVET IN ROBERTSON COUNTY
KENTUCKY...

LOCATION...2 W MT. OLIVET IN ROBERTSON COUNTY KENTUCKY
DATE...06/04/2014
ESTIMATED START TIME...724PM EDT
ESTIMATED END TIME...725PM EDT 
MAXIMUM EF-SCALE RATING...EF0 
ESTIMATED MAXIMUM WIND SPEED...65 MPH 
MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH...60 YARDS 
PATH LENGTH...0.6 MILES 
BEGINNING LAT/LON...38.547356N/84.080239W 
ENDING LAT/LON...38.543108N/84.070011W
* FATALITIES...0
* INJURIES...0

* THE INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS PRELIMINARY AND SUBJECT TO
CHANGE PENDING FINAL REVIEW OF THE EVENT(S) AND PUBLICATION IN NWS
STORM DATA.

...SUMMARY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON OH HAS CONFIRMED A
TORNADO 2 W MT. OLIVET IN ROBERTSON COUNTY KENTUCKY ON
JUNE 4TH 2014.

AFTER REVIEWING VIDEO...EYE WITNESS ACCOUNTS...CIRCULATION ON
RADAR...AND SURVEYING OF MINOR TREE AND PROPERTY DAMAGE...A
DETERMINATION WAS MADE THAT A TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN WEST OF MOUNT
OLIVET.

THE TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN IN AN AREA OF TREES NEAR THE INTERSECTION
OF 2897 (CHAPEL ROAD) AND 539 (PINHOOK ROAD). IN ADDITION...MINOR SIDING
DAMAGE OCCURRED TO A HOUSE ALONG 539. THE TORNADO TRACKED TO THE
SOUTHEAST AND CAUSED SPORADIC TREE DAMAGE ALONG THE NARROW PATH.
AT THE END OF THE PATH THE TORNADO LIFTED PART OF THE ROOF OF A
BARN. THIS DAMAGE WAS CONSISTENT WITH AN EF0 TORNADO...WITH
MAXIMUM WINDS OF 65 MPH. THE PATH LENGTH WAS 0.6 MILES LONG AND
ABOUT 60 YARDS IN WIDTH.

FOR REFERENCE...THE ENHANCED FUJITA SCALE CLASSIFIES TORNADOES INTO
THE FOLLOWING CATEGORIES:

EF0...WIND SPEEDS 65 TO 85 MPH.
EF1...WIND SPEEDS 86 TO 110 MPH.
EF2...WIND SPEEDS 111 TO 135 MPH.
EF3...WIND SPEEDS 136 TO 165 MPH.
EF4...WIND SPEEDS 166 TO 200 MPH.
EF5...WIND SPEEDS GREATER THAN 200 MPH.

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