000 NOUS43 KPAH 040144 PNSPAH ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087- 100-107>112-114-041345- PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH, KY ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 744 PM CST TUE MAR 3 2020 ...NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 03/02/20 TORNADO EVENT... .TORNADO NEAR CROFTON, KY... RATING: EF-1 ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 90 MPH PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 5.5 MILES PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 400 YARDS FATALITIES: 0 INJURIES: 0 START DATE: 03/02/2020 START TIME: 8:00 PM CST START LOCATION: 1.3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CROFTON, KY END DATE: 03/02/2020 END TIME: 8:06 PM CST END LOCATION: 4.85 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF CROFTON, KY SURVEY_SUMMARY: AT LEAST 4 FARM STRUCTURES WERE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED ALONG WITH A PORTABLE GARAGE AND A REGULAR CONSTRUCTED GARAGE. SEVERAL HOMES HAD LOSS OF SIDING OR SHINGLES AND A COUPLE DOZEN TREES WERE UPROOTED. ONE HOME HAD SIX WINDOWS SHATTERED OR BLOWN OUT. THE TORNADO WAS OBSERVED BY A PRIVATE METEOROLOGIST/TRAINED SPOTTER ALONG HIGHWAY 41, JUST SOUTH OF CROFTON. 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 EVENTS AND PUBLICATION IN NWS STORM DATA. $$
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