EF1 Tornado Tracks from Lawrence County KY into Wayne County WV on August 7, 2023

Public Information Statement
National Weather Service Charleston WV
428 PM EDT Tue Aug 8 2023

...NWS Damage Survey for 8/7/2023 Tornado Event...

.Lawrence County KY/Wayne County WV Tornado..

Rating:                 EF-1
Estimated Peak Wind:    100 mph
Path Length /statute/:  6.3 miles
Path Width /maximum/:   400 yards
Fatalities:             0
Injuries:               0

Start Date:             Aug 7 2023
Start Time:             3:00 pm EDT
Start Location:         1 SSE Yatesville Lake State Park KY
Start Lat/Lon:          38.13 / -82.68

End Date:               Aug 7 2023
End Time:               3:10 pm EDT
End Location:           2 NE Fort Gay WV
End Lat/Lon:            38.14 / -82.56

An EF1 tornado touched down just east of Yatesville Lake, uprooting or snapping several large trees on Aspen Drive and on
Birch Road. Three houses were damaged by fallen trees on Birch Road with one home suffering extensive damage to attached garage
as a large tree fell on it. The tornado then tracked eastward skipping along an almost six and half mile track, crossing US 23
and the Big Sandy River just north of Louisa before continuing into West Virginia. A roughly 400 yard wide swath of rather
extensive tree damage occurred on the west side of the Big Sandy River near a logging yard and two semi trailers were overturned at
that location. The tornado then briefly lifted on the West Virginia side of the river before another area of tree damage was
noted and a house was slightly damaged at the intersection of Route 52 and Fort Gay Road. Some additional tree damage was noted
further to the east up Fort Gay Road and this is estimated to be the end of the track.

Thanks to Lawrence County Emergency Management, Louisa Fire Department and the Fallsburg Fire Department for the assistance and use
of drone for this survey.

Additional information including damage pictures can be found on the Damage Assessment Toolkit Viewer at 
https://apps.dat.noaa.gov/StormDamage/DamageViewer/.

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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

NOTE:
The information in this statement is preliminary and subject to
change pending final review of the event and publication in NWS
Storm Data.

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