Damage Survey Reveals EF0 Tornado Touchdown in Fleming County on July 7th


Section of barn roof blown off along Highway 559 at the start of a 3 mile long path of straight line wind damage. Additional tree damage was noted along Helena Road.	Evidence of brief EF0 tornado damage along Highway 11, 3 miles north-northwest of Flemingsburg. Small farm building (debris in gravel road) was picked up and thrown in a perpendicular direction to the tree damage. Witness taking shelter in barn also saw rotation in clouds as damage was occurring.

...NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 7/7/2015 TORNADO EVENT...

.FLEMING COUNTY TORNADO...

RATING:                 EF-0
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND:    80 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/:  0.25 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/:   50 YARDS
FATALITIES:             0
INJURIES:               0

START DATE:             JUL 07 2015
START TIME:             529 PM EDT
START LOCATION:         3 MI NNW FLEMINGSBURG KY
START LAT/LON:          38.461924 / -83.758754

END DATE:               JUL 07 2015
END TIME:               529 PM EDT
END LOCATION:           3 MI NNW FLEMINGSBURG KY
END LAT/LON:            38.464771 / -83.755968

SURVEY SUMMARY: A BRIEF TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN ON A FARM ALONG
HIGHWAY 11. A SMALL FARM BUILDING WAS DESTROYED AND ANOTHER HAD
WINDOWS BLOWN OUT. A FEW TREES WERE DAMAGED AND/OR UPROOTED AS
WELL. THE TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN AT THE END OF A 3 MILE PATH OF
INTERMITTENT STRAIGHT LINE WIND DAMAGE.

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.