Tornadoes of February 24, 2018

February 24, 2018
County:  Logan (from Robertson, Tennessee)
EF-Scale:  EF2
Deaths:   1
Injuries:  1
Path width:  350 yards
Path length:  11.6 miles
Time: 3:54pm - 4:12pm CST
Notes: The tornado began at the end of McGee Road where two homes suffered extensive damage. The first home, a well built stone home, had significant roof damage and the screened-in porch was destroyed. The family's pick-up truck was thrown 40 yards to the north. On the family's cemetery, several tombstones were knocked over and one headstone was destroyed. There were several outbuildings and two pole barns destroyed as well. The second home experienced significant foundation damage and the roof was completely removed. A pick-up truck was thrown 250 yards into a field. Insulation from the home was found 300 yards away. The debris field from the two homes extended into a farmer's field up to a quarter mile downwind with several boards and bricks thrust into the ground. The tornado continued through several fields doing extensive tree and fence damage. Power lines were torn down. The tornado destroyed two barns at 901 Dot Road, where it also moved heavy farm equipment, blew out exterior walls, and destroyed the home's roof. Falling debris at this location struck and killed a resident. The family dog was found alive under piles of rubble. Debris was thrown 500 yards away. The tornado then hit a large farm at 3604 Schley Road destroying the second story of the home. The family was out to eat at the time, but had they been home the children would have been napping at the time the tornado struck. Three empty silos were destroyed with metal sheets thrown a quarter of a mile. The tornado continued along through fields, damaging and uprooting trees. At the intersection of Mortimer Station Road and Marriah Church Road trees were snapped and several homes experienced shingle, siding, and roof damage. Trees were snapped in Schochoh as the tornado lifted.

February 24, 2018
County:  Warren, Barren
EF-Scale:  EF1
Deaths:   0
Injuries:  0
Path width:  50 yards
Path length:  1.6 miles
Time: 5:19pm - 5:21pm CST
Notes: Touchdown occurred near the intersection of Hays Pondsville Road and FH Roundtree Road where a small metal shed was destroyed, a trailer was overturned, a fence was flattened, and a home suffered minor roof damage. The narrow tornado continued northeast, uprooting trees and damaging outbuildings, breaking out all of the windows of one building. It then tore the porch off the east side of a home on the south side of US 68/80, depositing debris into nearby woods. Crossing the highway the tornado did its greatest damage, tearing a very large pine tree out of the ground and tossing it 100 feet over a home, splattering the front of the home with mud, ripping holes in the roof, and destroying the attached garage. The tornado continued to snap trees and damage outbuildings on its way northeast, scattering debris a quarter mile downwind. The tornado damaged the roof of a home and did porch, deck, and roof damage to a neighboring residence, plastering the east side of the home with insulation. Crossing over Lewis Road into Barren County, the roof of a sunroom was torn off of a home and an outbuilding destroyed. 

February 24, 2018
County:  Logan
EF-Scale:  EF1
Deaths:   0
Injuries:  0
Path width:  300 yards
Path length:  2.9 miles
Time: 9:15pm - 9:16pm CST
Notes: The first damage occurred off of Old Greenville Road where several homes experienced siding and roof damage. There were some snapped cedar trees and a couple of uprooted trees and one resident at the end of the road saw their home's windows moving back and forth and their ears popped as they headed to the basement. There was extensive tree damage along Elamond Road where over 100 trees were snapped, twisted, and uprooted. At 291 Elamond Road part of the roof of a home was peeled back with extensive siding damage. 

February 24, 2018
County:  Butler
EF-Scale:  EF1
Deaths:   0
Injuries:  0
Path width:  100 yards
Path length:  1.4 miles
Time: 9:21pm - 9:24pm CST
Notes: Damage began near Ewing Road where trees were snapped and twisted. This continued along Graveltown Road. The tornado reached its peak intensity on KY 106 where it did significant damage to a large barn. The tornado crossed the highway, uprooted two trees, and lifted.

February 24, 2018
County:  Simpson
EF-Scale:  EF0
Deaths:   0
Injuries:  0
Path width:  100 yards
Path length:  1.7 miles
Time: 9:50pm - 9:52pm CST
Notes: The tornado began just southwest of Lake Spring Road where a couple of trees were snapped or uprooted and a 24 x 36 barn experienced extensive roof panel damage. The tornado crossed farmland and then struck another barn near the intersection with US 31W. Metal sheeting was thrown from the barn in various directions and much of it ended up in the trees. There were a few twisted trees on both sides of the highway and the tornado lifted just to the northeast of the road.

February 24, 2018
County:  Green
EF-Scale:  EF2
Deaths:   0
Injuries:  0
Path width:  100 yards
Path length:  1.3 miles
Time: 10:33pm - 10:35pm CST
Notes: This tornado began by causing roof damage to two barns and destroying two other barns. One, on the left side of the path, was shifted south, and the other, to the right of the path, was shifted north. Tall grass along a fence line within the tornado's path showed evidence of convergence. Also, a large tree on the north side of the path was snapped southward and drug 10 feet to the south. Heading east, the tornado felled several trees. A detached garage had its door bow out. Next, a 2-story house had some roof damage and a porch on the lee side of the house had a column fly out and land in a field 50 yards away. Lastly, the tornado struck a barn and several trees. A carport was thrown over a house and landed 100 yards to the east.