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On Sunday afternoon, a dust devil occurred near Draffenville, Kentucky. Some minor damage occurred. A National Weather Service meteorologist surveyed the damage. The following is the preliminary report on this dust devil:
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 429 PM CDT SUN APR 17 2016 ..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON... ..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE.... ..REMARKS.. 0300 PM NON-TSTM WND DMG 2 W DRAFFENVILLE 36.94N 88.38W 04/17/2016 MARSHALL KY EMERGENCY MNGR A DUST DEVIL PRODUCED DAMAGE ALONG A 200-250 YD PATH THAT WAS 50 YDS WIDE. SEVERAL TREE BRANCHES...UP TO 3.5 INCHES WIDE WERE BROKEN...A TRAMPOLINE WAS FLIPPED AND LANDED 25-30 FT TO THE NORTHWEST...AND SECTIONS OF A METAL ROOF WERE STRIPPED FROM A BARN. THE DAMAGE OCCURRED UNDER CLEAR SKIES ALONG FOUST SLEDD ROAD JUST WEST OF DRAFFENVILLE.
Dust devils typically occur on sunny, warm days during the spring and summer. They are more common in the dry climates out west, but they can occur almost anywhere. They occur when the ground becomes much warmer than the air immediately above it. They typically last only a few minutes, and they rarely cause minor damage to trees and outbuildings. A video of a particularly strong dust devil in northeast Arkansas last summer is available on the NWS Memphis Facebook site.
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