Boone County Tornadoes of November 17, 2013

Boone County Tornadoes Nov. 17, 2013

Damage Path (Click to enlarge):

Tornado Information:

#1

RATING:                EF-2 
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND:   115 MPH 
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 3.7 MILES 
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/:  75 YARDS 
FATALITIES:            0 
INJURIES:              2 
START DATE:            NOVEMBER 17 2013 
START TIME:            336 PM EST 
START LOCATION:        3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LEBANON 
START LAT/LON:         40.0176/-86.5340 
END DATE:              NOVEMBER 17 2013 
END TIME:              342 PM EST 
END LOCATION:          1 MILE SOUTH OF LEBANON 
END LAT/LON:           40.0356/-86.4687 

THE TORNADO TRACKED FROM SOUTHWEST OF LEBANON...THROUGH AN INDUSTRIAL AREA 
JUST WEST OF INTERSTATE 65 AND STATE ROUTE 39. THE TORNADO CROSSED INTERSTATE 
65 NEAR THE STATE ROUTE 39 INTERCHANGE /EXIT 139/ AND HEAVILY DAMAGED A 
STARBUCKS ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE INTERCHANGE. SEVERAL HOMES SUSTAINED DAMAGE 
IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD DIRECTLY EAST-NORTHEAST OF THE STARBUCKS.

#2

RATING:                EF-1 
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND:   100 MPH 
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 3.7 MILES 
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/:  33 YARDS 
FATALITIES:            0 
INJURIES:              0 
START DATE:            NOVEMBER 17 2013 
START TIME:            346 PM EST 
START LOCATION:        5 MILES NORTHEAST OF LEBANON 
START LAT/LON:         40.0771/-86.3751 
END DATE:              NOVEMBER 17 2013 
END TIME:              350 PM EST 
END LOCATION:          8.5 MILES NORTHEAST OF LEBANON 
END LAT/LON:           40.1019/-86.3161 

THE TORNADO WAS ON THE GROUND NORTHEAST OF LEBANON...FROM NEAR COUNTY ROAD 500
EAST AND 300 SOUTH...ENDING JUST WEST OF US ROUTE 421 JUST NORTH OF THE INTERSECTION 
WITH COUNTY ROAD 400 NORTH.

Radar Imagery: (Click to enlarge)


Radar image from 3:41 PM EST centered near Lebanon.	Storm Relative Motion image from 3:41 PM for the same area. Radar is off to the south east of this location. Green indicates winds toward the radar while Red/Orange indicate winds away from the radar.

Damage Pictures: (click to enlarge)