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Tracking Winter Weather and Frigid Temperatures This Weekend

Another clipper will drop into the Northern Plains and Upper Midwest into Sunday with snow and gusty winds contributing to some areas of blizzard conditions and snow squalls. Impactful snowfall will occur up and down the East Coast Sunday extending from the western Florida Panhandle to Maine. Read More >

March 23, 2012
County:  Jefferson, KY
EF-Scale:  EF-1
Deaths:  0
Injuries:  0
Path width:  70 yards
Path length:  2.5 miles
Time:  2:07pm EDT
Notes:  This tornado touched down just north of the intersection of Cedar Creek Road and Mount Washington Road, and lifted just northeast of the intersection of Cedar Creek Road and Long Rifle Lane.
  The most significant damage was done on Brook Chase Court, about in the middle pf the path.

March 23, 2012
County:  Shelby
EF-Scale:  EF-1
Deaths:  0
Injuries:  0
Path width:  50 yards
Path length:  2.25 miles
Time:  2:28pm EDT
Notes:  The tornado traveled mainly over plowed fields, but was witnessed by at least three people and did do some damage to farms.  Two barns were destroyed, two barns suffered significant roof and structural damage, and about two dozen trees were snapped or uprooted.