Tornado in Calloway County, KY on March 12, 2016

A storm system spread showers and thunderstorms north from western Tennessee into mainly western Kentucky on the evening of March 12th. The storms briefly intensified in Calloway county and produced a tornado along with some wind damage south of Murray, KY. Here is a look at the storm damage survey results:

...NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 03/12/16 CALLOWAY COUNTY KY TORNADO
EVENT...

RATING: EF-0
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 85 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 0.30 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 50 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0 INJURIES: 0

START DATE: MAR 12 2016
START TIME: 922 PM CDT
START LOCATION: MIDWAY, KY/ CALLOWAY COUNTY KY
END DATE: MAR 12 2016
END TIME: 923 PM CDT
END LOCATION: 0.30 MILES NE MIDWAY, KY

SURVEY SUMMARY:
THE BRIEF EF0 TORNADO TORE APPROXIMATELY 1/2 OF THE ROOF...INCLUDING
THE DECKING AND SOME RAFTERS...OFF OF A SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE.
SMALL TREE LIMBS WERE BROKEN AND THE UNDERPINNING WAS BLOWN FROM A
SINGLE WIDE MOBILE HOME.

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.