March 31st severe weather in western Kentucky

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Tornado - Utica, KY Daviess County Date 03/31/2016 Time (CDT) 2:02 PM - 2:06 PM EF Rating EF-1 Est. Peak Winds 100 mph Path Length 3 miles Max Width 250 yards Injuries/Deaths 0 Summary: Tornado destroyed a mobile home, 2 barns, and uprooted or snapped a few dozen trees. Track Map

The Enhanced Fujita (EF) Scale classifies tornadoes into the following categories:

EF0 Weak 65-85 mph	EF1 Moderate 86-110 mph	EF2 Significant 111-135 mph	EF3 Severe 136-165 mph	EF4 Extreme 166-200 mph	EF5 Catastrophic 200+ mph

Wind & Hail:

Clusters of severe storms in northeast Arkansas moved to the east-northeast through the afternoon,
affecting the Missouri Bootheel and western Kentucky. Damaging winds were the main threat. Little if
any large hail was reported.

Wind

The wind damage was associated with lines of thunderstorms, such as the lines shown in this radar image from the Fort Campbell, KY radar. About the time of this radar image at 2 P.M. CDT, tree and roof damage was occurring near Greenville, KY. A mobile home was demolished just south of Owensboro.

Radar image from the Hopkinsville/Fort Campbell radar at 1:59 P.M. CDT on March 31, 2016

Map of wind damage reports on the afternoon of March 31, 2016

Radar

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Storm Reports

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
1025 PM CDT THU MAR 31 2016

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0355 PM     FLOOD            5 SE POPLAR BLUFF       36.71N 90.34W
03/31/2016                   BUTLER             MO   FIRE DEPT/RESCUE

            BUTLER COUNTY SHERIFF AND FIRE DEPARTMENTS
            RESUCED TWO PERSONS FROM A PICK UP TRUCK
            THAT ATTEMPTED TO CROSS A WATER COVERED ROAD
            AND GOT WASHED INTO A DITCH. THIS OCCURRED
            ON COUNTY ROAD 614.

0346 PM     TSTM WND DMG     FORT CAMPBELL NORTH     36.65N 87.46W
03/31/2016                   CHRISTIAN          KY   TRAINED SPOTTER

            SPOTTERS REPORT METAL COMING OFF BARN ROOF
            IN FRONT OF THEM AT 1500 BLOCK OF HWY 117
            JUST NORTH OF FORT CAMPBELL.

0327 PM     TSTM WND GST     FORT CAMPBELL NORTH     36.65N 87.46W
03/31/2016  M55 MPH          CHRISTIAN          KY   AWOS



0215 PM     TSTM WND DMG     3 NW WHITESVILLE        37.71N 86.91W
03/31/2016                   DAVIESS            KY   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            POWER POLES AND WIRES DOWN ALONG HWY 54 NEAR
            THE 13 MILE MARKER BETWEEN WHITESVILLE AND
            PHILPOT

0210 PM     TSTM WND DMG     1 SE MASONVILLE         37.66N 87.02W
03/31/2016                   DAVIESS            KY   TRAINED SPOTTER

            2 POWER POLES AND A TREE SNAPPED AT
            INTERSECTION OF HWY 231 AND OLD MASONVILLE
            ROAD

0205 PM     TSTM WND DMG     2 SE GREENVILLE         37.19N 87.15W
03/31/2016                   MUHLENBERG         KY   EMERGENCY MNGR

            METAL CARPORT WAS TORN OFF AND DESTROYED.
            CARPORT WAS THROWN INTO NEARBY HOUSE AND DID
            MINIMAL DAMAGE TO THAT HOMES ROOF.

0205 PM     TSTM WND DMG     1 NNE UTICA             37.61N 87.11W
03/31/2016                   DAVIESS            KY   EMERGENCY MNGR

            MOBILE HOME HAS BEEN DEMOLISHED ON EAST
            MARKSBERRY ROAD IN UTICA. NO INJURIES
            REPORTED

0203 PM     TSTM WND DMG     2 S GREENVILLE          37.17N 87.17W
03/31/2016                   MUHLENBERG         KY   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TWO TREES UPROOTED ON KENNEDY BRASHAR ROAD
            SOUTH OF GREENVILLE KY

0200 PM     TSTM WND DMG     4 SW GREENVILLE         37.17N 87.23W
03/31/2016                   MUHLENBERG         KY   EMERGENCY MNGR

            SEVERAL TREES UPROOTED, ALL LAYING IN SAME
            DIRECTION. ROOF COMPLETELY TORN OFF METAL
            BUILDING. SEVERAL TREES ARE DOWN ACROSS THE
            COUNTY

0142 PM     TSTM WND DMG     SLAUGHTERS              37.49N 87.50W
03/31/2016                   WEBSTER            KY   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            REPORT OF LARGE TREE LIMBS DOWN ON TOWNSEND
            DRIVE

1255 PM     TSTM WND DMG     3 E HARRIS GROVE        36.57N 88.37W
03/31/2016                   CALLOWAY           KY   EMERGENCY MNGR

            3 HOUSES AND SOME OUTBUILDINGS THAT HAVE
            DAMAGE ALONG FURCHES TRAIL. NUMEROUS LARGE
            TREES UPROOTED. BARN DOOR BLOWN OFF IT. ALL
            DAMAGE FACED TO THE NORTHEAST


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