Tornado In Lewis County, KY

Monitoring Tsunami Impacts Across the Pacific; Air Quality Concerns; Dangerous Heat; Critical Fire Weather for the West

Tsunami impacts continue for portions of the Pacific basin. Wildfire smoke causes unhealthy air in Midwest to Great Lakes. Heat dome spans Mississippi Valley to Mid-Atlantic with excessive heat warnings and advisories. Critical fire weather in Great Basin to Pacific Northwest (dry thunderstorms). Cold front spawns severe storms/heavy rain in Central U.S. today, shifts to East Coast Thursday. Read More >

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 309 PM EDT WED JUN 17 2009 ...EF1 TORNADO CONFIRMED IN LEWIS COUNTY KENTUCKY... LOCATION...TOLLESBORO KENTUCKY DATE...JUNE 16TH 2009 ESTIMATED TIME...925 PM EDT MAXIMUM EF-SCALE RATING...EF1 ESTIMATED MAXIMUM WIND SPEED...90-95 MPH MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH...50 YARDS PATH LENGTH...0.25 MILES BEGINNING LAT/LON...38.5627 N / 83.5904 W ENDING LAT/LON...38.5629 N / 83.5867 W A SURVEY OF DAMAGE CONDUCTED TODAY HAS CONFIRMED A BRIEF TORNADO TOUCHDOWN IN LEWIS COUNTY KENTUCKY IN THE TOWN OF TOLLESBORO. DAMAGE WAS CONSISTENT WITH THAT OF AN EF1 SCALE TORNADO. SEVERAL HOMES OR MOBILE HOMES RECEIVED MINOR STRUCTURAL DAMAGE WITH 3 MOBILE HOMES LIFTED OFF THEIR FOUNDATIONS. A BARN WAS DESTROYED AND ANOTHER WAS DAMAGED. SEVERAL TREES AND LARGE BRANCHES OF TREES WERE DOWNED. A TRUCK WAS ALSO DAMAGED. MOST OF THE DAMAGE OCCURRED IN TOLLESBORO KY OFF STATE ROUTE 10 IN THE HAMPTON LANE ROAD AREA. SOME OTHER MINOR STRAIGHT LINE WIND DAMAGE OCCURRED NEAR THE TORNADO DAMAGE AREA IN THE TOWN OF TOLLESBORO.

Monitoring Tsunami Impacts Across the Pacific; Air Quality Concerns; Dangerous Heat; Critical Fire Weather for the West

Tornado In Lewis County, KY - June 16, 2009