EF1 Tornado south of Falmouth, Kentucky

Heat Continues for the East and South-Central U.S.; Strong to Severe Storms Across the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast

The extremely dangerous heat wave continues across the East Coast and much of the South-Central U.S. today. Record high temperatures are expected for some areas especially across the Mid-Atlantic where extreme heat risk conditions reside. There is a Slight Risk (level 2 of 5) of severe thunderstorms today for the northern Mid-Atlantic into portions of southern New England. Read More >

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 431 PM EDT FRI APR 17 2020 ...CONFIRMED TORNADO FROM CENTRAL PENDLETON COUNTY KENTUCKY EXTENDED BACK INTO EASTERN GRANT COUNTY KENTUCKY ON APRIL 8 2020... START LOCATION...3.5 MILES E OF MT. ZION IN GRANT COUNTY KENTUCKY END LOCATION...8.5 MILES SE OF FALMOUTH KENTUCKY IN PENDLETON COUNTY KENTUCKY DATE...........................APRIL 8 2020 START TIME.....................1047 PM END TIME.......................1107 PM MAXIMUM EF-SCALE RATING........EF1 ESTIMATED MAXIMUM WIND SPEED...100 MPH MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH.............400 YARDS PATH LENGTH....................19.2 MILES BEGINNING LAT/LON..............38.6748N / 84.5520W ENDING LAT/LON.................38.5931N / 84.2152W * FATALITIES........0 * INJURIES..........0 ...SUMMARY... IN AN UPDATE TO THE EARLIER REPORTED TORNADO IN PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN PENDLETON COUNTY, A REVIEW OF AERIAL IMAGERY HAS RESULTED IN AN UPDATE TO THE STARTING LOCATION AND TIME OF THIS TORNADO. THIS TORNADO BEGAN 3.5 MILES EAST OF THE MT. ZION AREA. THE UPDATED TOUCHDOWN LCOATION WAS IN THE WESTERN FRINGE OF WILLIAMSTOWN LAKE, ALONG PEACEFUL HOLLOW ROAD. DAMAGE IN THIS AREA AND ACROSS THE LAKE WAS CONSISTENT WITH EF0 DAMAGE, WITH WINDS ABOUT 75 TO 80 MPH. SEVERAL OUTBUILDINGS AND BARNS SUSTAINED ROOF DAMAGE, AS WELL AS SOME ROOF DAMAGE TO HOMES. THE TORNADO THEN CONTINUED INTO PENDLETON COUNTY, WITH THE FIRST EVIDENCE OF TORNADIC DAMAGE IN PENDLETON COUNTY OCCURRING ALONG HOGG RIDGE ROAD. THE TORNADO MOVED EAST-SOUTHEAST, PRODUCING DAMAGE ALONG ITS PATH THAT IMPACTED WEST HIGHWAY 22, MORGAN 4 OAKS ROAD, LIBERTY RIDGE ROAD, US 27, AND MCKINNEYSBURG ROAD. DAMAGE INCLUDED THE DESTRUCTION OF SEVERAL BARNS AS WELL AS NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER POLES BEING SNAPPED OR KNOCKED DOWN. THE END OF THE DAMAGE OCCURRED ALONG MILFORD ROAD, WHERE DEBRIS FROM A DESTROYED BARN WAS THROWN INTO AN ADJACENT FIELD. BASED ON THIS DAMAGE, THIS TORNADO PRODUCED WINDS OF AROUND 100 MPH, AND IS RATED EF-1 ON THE ENHANCED FUJITA SCALE. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREATLY APPRECIATED THE SUPPORT AND ASSISTANCE FROM PENDLETON COUNTY KENTUCKY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND GRANT COUNTY KENTUCKY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT WITH THESE FINDINGS. EF SCALE: THE ENHANCED FUJITA SCALE CLASSIFIES TORNADOES INTO THE FOLLOWING CATEGORIES: EF0...WEAK......65 TO 85 MPH EF1...WEAK......86 TO 110 MPH EF2...STRONG....111 TO 135 MPH EF3...STRONG....136 TO 165 MPH EF4...VIOLENT...166 TO 200 MPH EF5...VIOLENT...>200 MPH * THE INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS PRELIMINARY AND SUBJECT TO CHANGE PENDING FINAL REVIEW OF THE EVENT AND PUBLICATION IN NWS STORM DATA. $$