Tornado Near New Columbus, KY This tornado was surveyed by the National Weather Service forecast offices in Wilmington OH (ILN) and Louisville KY (LMK). The segment of the tornado in Owen County (ILN) was rated EF0. The segment of the tornado in Scott County (LMK) was rated EF1. |
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 100 PM EDT FRI OCT 10 2014 ...TORNADO CONFIRMED NEAR NEW COLUMBUS IN OWEN COUNTY KENTUCKY AND CONTINUING INTO NORTHERN SCOTT COUNTY KENTUCKY... THIS STATEMENT HAS BEEN UPDATED TO MERGE THE FINDINGS OF THE DAMAGE SURVEY PERFORMED BY NWS LOUISVILLE IN SCOTT COUNTY WITH THE INFORMATION OF THE DAMAGE SURVEY PERFORMED BY NWS WILMINGTON IN OWEN COUNTY...AND IDENTIFIES ONE CONTINUOUS TORNADO FROM OWEN INTO SCOTT COUNTIES. LOCATION...NEAR NEW COLUMBUS IN OWEN COUNTY KENTUCKY INTO SCOTT COUNTY NORTH OF SADIEVILLE DATE...OCTOBER 7 2014 ESTIMATED TIME...339-350 PM EDT. THE TORNADO CROSSED THE OWEN/SCOTT COUNTY LINE APPROXIMATELY 345 PM EDT. MAXIMUM EF-SCALE RATING...EF1 ESTIMATED MAXIMUM WIND SPEED...107 MPH MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH...150 YARDS PATH LENGTH...8.6 MILES BEGINNING LAT/LON...38.4618N / 84.6910W ENDING LAT/LON...38.4482N / 84.5361W * FATALITIES...0 * INJURIES...0 * THE INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS PRELIMINARY AND SUBJECT TO CHANGE PENDING FINAL REVIEW OF THE EVENT(S) AND PUBLICATION IN NWS STORM DATA. ...SUMMARY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON OH HAS CONFIRMED A TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN NEAR NEW COLUMBUS IN OWEN COUNTY KENTUCKY ON OCTOBER 7 2014...AND NWS LOUISVILLE CONFIRMS THIS TORNADO CONTINUED ACROSS NORTHERN SCOTT COUNTY IN KENTUCKY. IN OWEN COUNTY...THE NWS WILMINGTON OHIO SURVEY REVEALED A WEAK TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN WEST OF KENTUCKY STATE ROUTE 1883 WITH DAMAGE TO SOME TREES. MORE TREE DAMAGE WAS FOUND ALONG PAYNES RUN ROAD...IN ADDITION TO AN OUTBUILDING THAT WAS DESTROYED WITH DEBRIS LOFTED INTO AN ADJACENT VALLEY. WHERE PAYNES RUN ROAD INTERSECTS WITH NEW COLUMBUS ROAD...SEVERAL HOMES SUSTAINED MINOR ROOF DAMAGE WITH WINDOWS BLOWN OUT...AS WELL AS SIGNIFICANT TREE DAMAGE. THE TORNADO CONTINUED ALONG NEW COLUMBUS ROAD WHERE A PORCH WAS LIFTED FROM A HOME /WITH ITS FINAL RESTING PLACE STILL UNKNOWN/ AND ROOF DAMAGE TO THE HOME ITSELF. FROM HERE THE TORNADO DAMAGE BECAME INTERMITTENT ALONG THE SOUTH SIDE OF NEW COLUMBUS ROAD AND DUDLEY PIKE...WITH INSTANCES OF TREE DAMAGE...OUTBUILDINGS DESTROYED AND MINOR ROOF DAMAGE TO SEVERAL HOMES. THE LAST INSTANCES OF TORNADO DAMAGE IN OWEN COUNTY WERE FOUND ALONG PORTIONS OF LEANING OAK ROAD WHERE DAMAGE CONSISTED OF PEELED BACK ROOFING MATERIAL ON BARNS...MANY TREES SNAPPED OR UPROOTED...AND ROOF DAMAGE TO HOMES. IN OWEN COUNTY...THE DAMAGE SUPPORTS AN ESTIMATED MAXIMUM WIND SPEED OF 80 /EF0/ MPH WHERE HOMES SUSTAINED ROOF DAMAGE...THE PORCH WAS REMOVED...AND HARDWOOD TREES WERE SNAPPED OR UPROOTED. ACCORDING TO THE SURVEY FROM NWS LOUISVILLE...THE STORM QUICKLY CROSSED INTO SCOTT COUNTY AND STRUCK NORTH RAYS FORK ROAD WHERE IT SNAPPED AND UPROOTED TREES. MOVING TO THE EAST-SOUTHEAST...TREE DAMAGE WAS FOUND ALONG SOUTH RAYS FORK ROAD EAST OF STONEWALL. THE TORNADO LIFTED JUST WEST OF THE HARRISON COUNTY LINE. THE ONLY STRUCTURAL DAMAGE ALONG THE PATH WAS TO A HOME NEAR THE TOP OF A SMALL HILL CLOSE TO THE END OF THE PATH. THE PORCH ROOF WAS RIPPED FROM THE HOME AND THROWN OVER THE BUILDING...WITH SIGNIFICANT ROOF DAMAGE. ALSO...AN ABOVE GROUND POOL WAS DESTROYED. THE DAMAGE IN SCOTT COUNTY SUPPORTS AN ESTIMATED MAXIMUM WIND SPEED OF 107 MPH /EF1/. FOR REFERENCE...THE ENHANCED FUJITA SCALE CLASSIFIES TORNADOES INTO THE FOLLOWING CATEGORIES: EF0...WIND SPEEDS 65 TO 85 MPH. EF1...WIND SPEEDS 86 TO 110 MPH. EF2...WIND SPEEDS 111 TO 135 MPH. EF3...WIND SPEEDS 136 TO 165 MPH. EF4...WIND SPEEDS 166 TO 200 MPH. EF5...WIND SPEEDS GREATER THAN 200 MPH. $$ SHOBE2/BINAU/NWS LOUISVILLE |
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Full Radar Loops from the Cincinnati Terminal Doppler Weather Radar (3:33 PM - 3:55 PM) | |
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Full Radar Loops from NWS Wilmington Ohio (3:33 PM - 3:52 PM) | |
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