U.S. National Weather Service (NWS) Wilmington Survey from Gallatin Counties storm damage preliminary results / Tornado EF0 for Warsaw, KY. See below info and link for graphic. Jamie PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 1223 AM EDT WED JUL 9 2014 ...TORNADO CONFIRMED 2 MILES SW OF WARSAW IN GALLATIN COUNTY KENTUCKY... LOCATION...2 MILES SW OF WARSAW IN GALLATIN COUNTY KENTUCKY DATE...JULY 7 2014 ESTIMATED TIME...740 PM - 742 PM EDT MAXIMUM EF-SCALE RATING...EF0 ESTIMATED MAXIMUM WIND SPEED...80 MPH MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH...200 YARDS PATH LENGTH...1/2 MILE BEGINNING LAT/LON...38.7711N / 84.9331W ENDING LAT/LON...38.7652N / 84.9286W * 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 2 MILES SW OF WARSAW IN GALLATIN COUNTY KENTUCKY ON JULY 7 2014. A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SURVEY TEAM EVALUATED DAMAGE TO TWO DOCKS AND ASSOCIATED STRUCTURES AT CRAIGS CREEK LAKE. SEVERAL DOWNED TREES AND LIMBS WERE ALSO NOTED IN THREE AREAS ALONG THE SHORE NEAR THESE DOCKS. ALL OF THIS DAMAGE WAS NEAR THE WESTERN PORTION OF THE LAKE. THE DAMAGE WAS DETERMINED TO BE THE RESULT OF AN EF-0 TORNADO THAT BRIEFLY TOUCHED DOWN IN THIS AREA...WITH MAXIMUM WINDS OF 80 MPH. ADDITIONAL DAMAGE WAS SURVEYED CLOSER TO WARSAW...INCLUDING DOWNED TREES IN SEVERAL NEIGHBORHOODS NEAR US ROUTE 42...AND DAMAGE NEAR GALLATIN HIGH SCHOOL. THIS DAMAGE WAS DETERMINED TO BE CAUSED BY STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. MORE DETAILS WILL BE PROVIDED IN A FOLLOW-UP STATEMENT LATER TODAY. 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/HATZOS
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