From Marc Weinberg, my FAVORITE weather man (Jude Redfield comes a very close second)
The NWS continues their damage surveys today and have confirmed yet another tornado in Louisville. Tornado #3 is the latest in their findings.
Jefferson County Storm Survey Results
Tornado 1:
...TORNADO CONFIRMED AROUND CHURCHILL DOWNS RACE TRACK IN JEFFERSONCOUNTY KENTUCKY ON THE EVENING OF JUNE 22 2011...
DAMAGE TYPE: TORNADO
BEGIN TIME: 8:04 PM EDT
END TIME: 8:07 PM EDT
BEGIN POINT: NEAR INTERSECTION OF LONGFIELD AVE AND BELLEVUE AVE ON SOUTH SIDE OF CHURCHILL DOWNS
END POINT: NEAR INTERSECTION OF CRITTENDEN DRIVE AND CENTRAL AVEEF
SCALE: EF-2 (EF-1 AT CHURCHILL DOWNS)
WIND SPEED: 120 MPH
PATH LENGTH: 1.2 MILES
PATH WIDTH: 120 YARDS
INJURIES: 0
FATALITIES: 0
NARRATIVE: THE TORNADO WAS RATED AS AN EF-1 AT CHURCHILL DOWNS WITHESTIMATED WIND SPEEDS OF 100-105 MPH. FIVE BARNS AT THE RACE TRACKHAD LARGE SECTIONS OF THEIR ROOFS BLOWN OFF AND CINDER BLOCK WALLSBUCKLED OR COLLAPSED. CHRIST CHURCH ON CHURCHILL DOWNS HAD SOME ROOFAND SIDING DAMAGE. AS THE TORNADO MOVED EAST...IT STRENGTHENED TOEF-2 INTENSITY WITH ESTIMATED WIND SPEEDS OF 120 MPH NEAR THEINTERSECTION OF FLOYD STREET AND CENTRAL AVE. AT THIS LOCATION...ALARGE INDUSTRIAL BUILDING WAS HEAVILY DAMAGED. NUMEROUS TREES WEREUPROOTED AND SNAPPED ALONG THE PATH OF THE STORM. THE TORNADO LIFTEDNEAR THE INTERSECTION OF CRITTENDEN DRIVE AND CENTRAL AVE WHERE ASUPER 8 HOTEL HAD MINOR ROOF DAMAGE. THERE WAS NO DAMAGE OBSERVED ATPAPA JOHNS CARDINAL STADIUM.
Tornado 2:
...TORNADO CONFIRMED WEST OF DOWNTOWN JEFFERSONTOWN IN JEFFERSONCOUNTY KENTUCKY ON THE EVENING OF JUNE 22 2011...
DAMAGE TYPE: TORNADO
BEGIN TIME: 9:27 PM EDT
END TIME: 9:31 PM EDT
BEGIN POINT: 2.7 MILES WEST OF DOWNTOWN JEFFERSONTOWN AT THE INTERSECTION OF NACHAND LANE AND NACHAND SPRING LANE
END POINT: 0.9 MILES WEST OF DOWNTOWN JEFFERSONTOWN JUST EAST OF THE INTERSECTION OF LISA LANE AND CALAIS DRIVE
EF SCALE: EF-1
WIND SPEED: 95-100 MPH
PATH LENGTH: 1.9 MILES
PATH WIDTH: 150 YARDS
INJURIES: 0
FATALITIES: 0
NARRATIVE: AT THE START OF THE PATH THE TORNADO WAS EF0 STRENGTH AS IT DAMAGED SHINGLES AND SIDING AND SNAPPED MAPLE TREES. AT ORCHARD LAKE BOULEVARD AND FALLEN APPLE LANE TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN AND LAID OUT IN NORTH...NORTHEAST...AND SOUTH DIRECTIONS. THE TORNADO MOVED INTO THE HURSTBOURNE WOODS SUBDIVISION AND RIPPED A LOCKED POOL GATE FREE AND THREW IT OVER A BUILDING AND 35 YARDS DOWNWIND. THIS
LOCATION SUFFERED THE WORST DAMAGE WITH GUTTERS...SIDING...AND SOFFITS RIPPED FROM BUILDINGS AND DEPOSITED 30 YARDS AWAY IN TREES. NEXT A LARGE OAK TREE WAS UPROOTED AT 3705 MODESTO ROAD AND A TRAMPOLINE WAS THROWN INTO A VOLKSWAGEN AND THEN OVER A HOUSE. AT 9407 WILLOW WOOD WAY THERE WAS ROOF DAMAGE AND MANY TREES...BOTH
HARDWOOD AND SOFTWOOD...WERE SNAPPED AND UPROOTED. THE TORNADO BRIEFLY MADE ABOUT A 25 DEGREE TURN TO THE NORTHEAST JUST BEFORE DISSIPATING AND CAUSING SOME ROOF AND TREE DAMAGE AT ITS END POINT.
Tornado 3:...A SECOND TORNADO CONFIRMED IN THE JEFFERSONTOWN AREA IN JEFFERSONCOUNTY KENTUCKY ON THE EVENING OF JUNE 22 2011...
DAMAGE TYPE: TORNADO
BEGIN TIME: 9:34 PM EDT
END TIME: 9:37 PM EDT
BEGIN POINT: EAST SIDE OF ST EDWARD CATHOLIC CHURCH AT 9610 SUE HELEN DRIVE IN JEFFERSONTOWN
END POINT: NEAR THE MACHINERY SPECIALTIES WAREHOUSE AT 11100 ELECTRON DRIVE ON EAST SIDE OF JEFFERSONTOWN
EF SCALE: EF-2 (EF-1 ALONG MAJORITY OF TRACK)
WIND SPEED: 115 MPH
PATH LENGTH: 1.6 MILES
PATH WIDTH: 100 YARDS AT WIDEST POINT (50-75 YARDS FOR MOST OF TRACK)
INJURIES: 0
FATALITIES: 0
NARRATIVE: THE TORNADO MOVED ALONG ST EDWARDS DRIVE WHERE THEREWAS ROOF DAMAGE TO ABOUT A DOZEN HOUSES ALONG WITH NUMEROUS TREESUPROOTED AND SNAPPED. DAMAGE WAS ALSO OBSERVED ON CHARLENE WAY ANDDELL ROAD. AT THE CORNER OF MAPLE AND GALENE ROAD...A LARGE SECTIONOF A LARGE OAK TREE SPLIT OFF AND WAS THRUSTED INTO A WALL OF THETULLY SCHOOL. THERE WAS ALSO STRUCTURAL DAMAGE AND ROOF DAMAGE ATTHE GOOD SAMARITAN SOCIETY NURSING HOME AT 3500 GOOD SAMARITAN WAY.AT THIS LOCATION...TWO VEHICLES IN THE PARKING LOT WERE THROWN ABOUT20 YARDS AND FLIPPED OVER...LOW-END EF-2 DAMAGE WAS OBSERVED HERE.THE STORM CONTINUED TO THE EAST AND APPARENTLY LIFTED OFF THE GROUNDAS THE GROUND DESCENDED INTO A SMALL VALLEY INCLUDING RUCKRIEGALPARKWAY. THE TORNADO AGAIN CAUSED DAMAGE ON ELECTRON DRIVE AT THEDILLIARDS WAREHOUSE AND MACHINERY SPECIALTIES WAREHOUSE. AT THESELOCATIONS...THE BRICK FRONT FACE OF EACH BUILDING WAS PUSHED OUT. ALARGE FENCE AROUND THE DILLIARDS WAREHOUSE WAS DAMAGED AND ASECURITY SHACK WAS THROWN AROUND 30 YARDS. THE TORNADO LIFTED ON THESOUTH SIDE OF ELECTRON DRIVE.
The NWS continues their damage surveys today and have confirmed yet another tornado in Louisville. Tornado #3 is the latest in their findings.
Jefferson County Storm Survey Results
Tornado 1:
...TORNADO CONFIRMED AROUND CHURCHILL DOWNS RACE TRACK IN JEFFERSONCOUNTY KENTUCKY ON THE EVENING OF JUNE 22 2011...
DAMAGE TYPE: TORNADO
BEGIN TIME: 8:04 PM EDT
END TIME: 8:07 PM EDT
BEGIN POINT: NEAR INTERSECTION OF LONGFIELD AVE AND BELLEVUE AVE ON SOUTH SIDE OF CHURCHILL DOWNS
END POINT: NEAR INTERSECTION OF CRITTENDEN DRIVE AND CENTRAL AVEEF
SCALE: EF-2 (EF-1 AT CHURCHILL DOWNS)
WIND SPEED: 120 MPH
PATH LENGTH: 1.2 MILES
PATH WIDTH: 120 YARDS
INJURIES: 0
FATALITIES: 0
NARRATIVE: THE TORNADO WAS RATED AS AN EF-1 AT CHURCHILL DOWNS WITHESTIMATED WIND SPEEDS OF 100-105 MPH. FIVE BARNS AT THE RACE TRACKHAD LARGE SECTIONS OF THEIR ROOFS BLOWN OFF AND CINDER BLOCK WALLSBUCKLED OR COLLAPSED. CHRIST CHURCH ON CHURCHILL DOWNS HAD SOME ROOFAND SIDING DAMAGE. AS THE TORNADO MOVED EAST...IT STRENGTHENED TOEF-2 INTENSITY WITH ESTIMATED WIND SPEEDS OF 120 MPH NEAR THEINTERSECTION OF FLOYD STREET AND CENTRAL AVE. AT THIS LOCATION...ALARGE INDUSTRIAL BUILDING WAS HEAVILY DAMAGED. NUMEROUS TREES WEREUPROOTED AND SNAPPED ALONG THE PATH OF THE STORM. THE TORNADO LIFTEDNEAR THE INTERSECTION OF CRITTENDEN DRIVE AND CENTRAL AVE WHERE ASUPER 8 HOTEL HAD MINOR ROOF DAMAGE. THERE WAS NO DAMAGE OBSERVED ATPAPA JOHNS CARDINAL STADIUM.
Tornado 2:
...TORNADO CONFIRMED WEST OF DOWNTOWN JEFFERSONTOWN IN JEFFERSONCOUNTY KENTUCKY ON THE EVENING OF JUNE 22 2011...
DAMAGE TYPE: TORNADO
BEGIN TIME: 9:27 PM EDT
END TIME: 9:31 PM EDT
BEGIN POINT: 2.7 MILES WEST OF DOWNTOWN JEFFERSONTOWN AT THE INTERSECTION OF NACHAND LANE AND NACHAND SPRING LANE
END POINT: 0.9 MILES WEST OF DOWNTOWN JEFFERSONTOWN JUST EAST OF THE INTERSECTION OF LISA LANE AND CALAIS DRIVE
EF SCALE: EF-1
WIND SPEED: 95-100 MPH
PATH LENGTH: 1.9 MILES
PATH WIDTH: 150 YARDS
INJURIES: 0
FATALITIES: 0
NARRATIVE: AT THE START OF THE PATH THE TORNADO WAS EF0 STRENGTH AS IT DAMAGED SHINGLES AND SIDING AND SNAPPED MAPLE TREES. AT ORCHARD LAKE BOULEVARD AND FALLEN APPLE LANE TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN AND LAID OUT IN NORTH...NORTHEAST...AND SOUTH DIRECTIONS. THE TORNADO MOVED INTO THE HURSTBOURNE WOODS SUBDIVISION AND RIPPED A LOCKED POOL GATE FREE AND THREW IT OVER A BUILDING AND 35 YARDS DOWNWIND. THIS
LOCATION SUFFERED THE WORST DAMAGE WITH GUTTERS...SIDING...AND SOFFITS RIPPED FROM BUILDINGS AND DEPOSITED 30 YARDS AWAY IN TREES. NEXT A LARGE OAK TREE WAS UPROOTED AT 3705 MODESTO ROAD AND A TRAMPOLINE WAS THROWN INTO A VOLKSWAGEN AND THEN OVER A HOUSE. AT 9407 WILLOW WOOD WAY THERE WAS ROOF DAMAGE AND MANY TREES...BOTH
HARDWOOD AND SOFTWOOD...WERE SNAPPED AND UPROOTED. THE TORNADO BRIEFLY MADE ABOUT A 25 DEGREE TURN TO THE NORTHEAST JUST BEFORE DISSIPATING AND CAUSING SOME ROOF AND TREE DAMAGE AT ITS END POINT.
Tornado 3:...A SECOND TORNADO CONFIRMED IN THE JEFFERSONTOWN AREA IN JEFFERSONCOUNTY KENTUCKY ON THE EVENING OF JUNE 22 2011...
DAMAGE TYPE: TORNADO
BEGIN TIME: 9:34 PM EDT
END TIME: 9:37 PM EDT
BEGIN POINT: EAST SIDE OF ST EDWARD CATHOLIC CHURCH AT 9610 SUE HELEN DRIVE IN JEFFERSONTOWN
END POINT: NEAR THE MACHINERY SPECIALTIES WAREHOUSE AT 11100 ELECTRON DRIVE ON EAST SIDE OF JEFFERSONTOWN
EF SCALE: EF-2 (EF-1 ALONG MAJORITY OF TRACK)
WIND SPEED: 115 MPH
PATH LENGTH: 1.6 MILES
PATH WIDTH: 100 YARDS AT WIDEST POINT (50-75 YARDS FOR MOST OF TRACK)
INJURIES: 0
FATALITIES: 0
NARRATIVE: THE TORNADO MOVED ALONG ST EDWARDS DRIVE WHERE THEREWAS ROOF DAMAGE TO ABOUT A DOZEN HOUSES ALONG WITH NUMEROUS TREESUPROOTED AND SNAPPED. DAMAGE WAS ALSO OBSERVED ON CHARLENE WAY ANDDELL ROAD. AT THE CORNER OF MAPLE AND GALENE ROAD...A LARGE SECTIONOF A LARGE OAK TREE SPLIT OFF AND WAS THRUSTED INTO A WALL OF THETULLY SCHOOL. THERE WAS ALSO STRUCTURAL DAMAGE AND ROOF DAMAGE ATTHE GOOD SAMARITAN SOCIETY NURSING HOME AT 3500 GOOD SAMARITAN WAY.AT THIS LOCATION...TWO VEHICLES IN THE PARKING LOT WERE THROWN ABOUT20 YARDS AND FLIPPED OVER...LOW-END EF-2 DAMAGE WAS OBSERVED HERE.THE STORM CONTINUED TO THE EAST AND APPARENTLY LIFTED OFF THE GROUNDAS THE GROUND DESCENDED INTO A SMALL VALLEY INCLUDING RUCKRIEGALPARKWAY. THE TORNADO AGAIN CAUSED DAMAGE ON ELECTRON DRIVE AT THEDILLIARDS WAREHOUSE AND MACHINERY SPECIALTIES WAREHOUSE. AT THESELOCATIONS...THE BRICK FRONT FACE OF EACH BUILDING WAS PUSHED OUT. ALARGE FENCE AROUND THE DILLIARDS WAREHOUSE WAS DAMAGED AND ASECURITY SHACK WAS THROWN AROUND 30 YARDS. THE TORNADO LIFTED ON THESOUTH SIDE OF ELECTRON DRIVE.
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