Tornadoes of April 4, 2011

April 4, 2011
Counties:  Butler
F-scale:  EF1
Deaths:  0
Injuries:  0
Path width:  50 yards
Path length:  3.4 miles
Time:  12:26pm CDT to 12:30pm CDT
Notes:  This tornado touched down 1.7 miles west-northwest of Sugar Grove near the intersection of Dimple and Belcher Roads.  The tornado continued for four minutes along a 3.4 mile long path with winds to 100 mph, lifting 0.7 miles northeast of Needmore.   The path was 50 yards wide.  Near Needmore trees were snapped and a section of a residence's roof was removed.  Elsewhere along the path minor roof damage occurred and a mobile home was moved from its foundation. The tornado lifted just east of the William H. Natcher/Green River Parkway.

April 4, 2011
Counties:  Grayson
F-scale:  EF1
Deaths:  0
Injuries:  0
Path width:  125 yards
Path length:  3 miles
Time:  12:38pm CDT to 12:42pm CDT
Notes:  The tornado began at the Butler/Grayson County line just north of Dog Creek Road and ended near the intersection of J. D. Hudson Road and Coats Road.  Winds reached 100 mph along its path.  The storm cut a very narrow swath through trees immediately west of KY 79 near Gracie Lane, with a number of trees snapped and uprooted.  One of the trees along Gracie Lane fell on power lines, tearing them down.  Metal roofing on a barn was blown off and pushed a few hundred yards downwind into the woods.  A small well-constructed shed was pushed over onto its side, and another small shed was destroyed.  In addition a nearby house had its metal roof blown off.  The tornado may have begun to skip intermittently through some woods east of KY 79 as only a few trees lost some limbs near the intersection of Delmar Lindsey Lane and Lawrence Hayes Road.  However, just to the east of this location, along Coats Road, a metal outbuilding was destroyed consistent with EF-1 damage.

April 4, 2011
Counties:  Grayson
F-scale:  EF1
Deaths:  0
Injuries:  0
Path width:  200 yards
Path length:  1 mile
Time:  12:41pm CDT to 12:43pm CDT
Notes:  The tornado touched down in Caneyville and lifted a mile east of Caneyville, with wind speeds to 100 mph.  The funnel reached the ground near the intersection of North Main Street and River Park Drive where a tree was blown down onto a restaurant.  Next to that location a baseball field had the metal roofs blown off the cinder block dugout with a number of cinder blocks blown several feet east of the dugout.  A few trees were snapped as well.  About half a mile to the east along US 62 at the Caneyville Milling Company three large empty metal grain bins were moved off their foundations causing damage to nearby objects.  A mobile home had its metal roof blown off into a nearby pond and insulation was blown along the ground and into a couple of trees.  A tractor trailer was blown over and several trees were uprooted or snapped.

April 4, 2011
Counties:  Monroe
F-scale:  EF1
Deaths:  0
Injuries:  0
Path width:  75 yards
Path length:  0.15 mile
Time:  2:55pm CDT to 2:56pm CDT
Notes:  A tornado with 90 mph winds touched down one mile west of the intersection of KY 214 and KY 953.  A 60x30 foot barn was damaged with parts of it thrown 400 yards toward the east, northeast, and southeast.  Multiple trees were snapped and uprooted.

April 4, 2011
Counties:  Clinton
F-scale:  EF1
Deaths:  0
Injuries:  0
Path width:  100 yards
Path length:  0.20 mile
Time:  3:14pm CDT
Notes:  A short-lived tornado with winds to 90 mph touched down 4.25 miles southwest of Albany.  A large boat storage barn, 125 x 30 feet, had its roof lifted and thrown approximately 90 yards.  A second storage shed was also destroyed.  A house along the path had a window blown out and the metal roof peeled back.  Multiple trees were uprooted as well.  On either side of the tornado track straight-line wind damage extended out 100 yards with limbs and trees blown down.  The straight-line winds were estimated at 70 mph.

April 4, 2011
Counties:  Clinton
F-scale:  EF0
Deaths:  0
Injuries:  0
Path width:  60 yards
Path length:  0.14 mile
Time:  3:16pm CDT
Notes: A tornado with winds to 85 mph struck about three-quarters of a mile north-northeast of Seventy-Six.  Multiple pine, ash, and oak trees were snapped and uprooted.