NWS Confirms Tornado In Harrison County

The NWS in Louisville has confirmed that an EF0 tornado touched down in Harrison county on June 22.  Here are the details:


PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...CORRECTED WIND SPEED AND NARRATIVE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
445 PM EDT THU JUN 23 2011
 
 
...BRIEF TORNADO CONFIRMED IN HARRISON COUNTY INDIANA ON THE EVENING 
OF JUNE 22 2011... 

 
DAMAGE TYPE: TORNADO
BEGIN TIME:  7:27 PM EDT
END TIME:    7:28 PM EDT 
BEGIN POINT: 1.5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF NEW MIDDLETOWN
END POINT:   1.5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF NEW MIDDLETOWN
EF SCALE:    EF-0
WIND SPEED:  70-75 MPH  
PATH LENGTH: ABOUT 600 YARDS
PATH WIDTH:  ABOUT 75 YARDS
INJURIES:    0
FATALITIES:  0 
  

NARRATIVE:   A SMALL AND BRIEF TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN ABOUT 1.5 MILES 
SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST OF NEW MIDDLETOWN IN HARRISON COUNTY INDIANA 
AROUND 7:27 PM EDT. THE INITIAL TOUCHDOWN POINT WAS IN THE 3900 
BLOCK OF ELIZABETH-NEW MIDDLETOWN ROAD. THE TORNADO DAMAGED A ROW OF 
TREES BEHIND A HOME AND REMOVED SOME FLASHING ON THE HOME. THE 
TORNADO APPARENTLY LIFTED AND CROSSED ELIZABETH-NEW MIDDLETOWN ROAD 
AND HEADED EAST INTO A WOODED AREA. THE TORNADO SNAPPED LARGE LIMBS 
FROM THE TREE CANOPY IN THIS AREA AND LIKELY WAS NOT IN TOTAL 
CONTACT WITH THE GROUND. THE TORNADO LASTED FOR A MINUTE OR LESS. 
THE TREE DAMAGE IS CONSISTENT WITH EF-0 DAMAGE WITH ESTIMATED WINDS 
OF 70-75 MPH.