NWS Confirms Tornado In Orange County

The NWS in Louisville has confirmed that an EF1 tornado touched down in Orange county during the early evening of November 14.  Here are the details:


PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1231 PM EST TUE NOV 15 2011   
..DAMAGE REPORT

DAMAGE TYPE: TORNADO

       DATE: NOV 14 2011
BEGIN TIME: 7:32 PM EST
   END TIME: 7:35 PM EST

BEGIN POINT: 0.7 W PAOLI
  END POINT: 1.3 ENE PAOLI

   EF SCALE: 1 
WIND SPEED: 100 MPH

PATH LENGTH: 2 MILES
PATH WIDTH: 50 YARDS

   INJURIES: 0
FATALITIES: 0 
  

NARRATIVE: THE TORNADO SPUN UP WEST OF STAR FIELD ON THE NORTH SIDE 
OF PAOLI SCHOOL COMPLEX...DESTROYING A 100 YEAR OLD BARN AND HEAVILY
DAMAGING THE ROOFS OF TWO OTHER OUTBUILDINGS.  IT THEN TOOK A LARGE 
SECTION OF ROOFING OFF THE PAOLI POLICE DEPARTMENT BUILDING ON WEST 
MAIN STREET BEFORE SNAPPING SEVERAL TREES ALONG LICK CREEK AS IT 
MOVED EAST-NORTHEAST TOWARD TO CITY SQUARE.  ON THE SQUARE THE 
TORNADO RIPPED THE METAL ROOFS OFF OF REFLECTIONS FLOWER SHOP AND 
LIBERTY FURNITURE.  THREE CHIMNEYS OF THE ORANGE COUNTY COURTHOUSE 
COLLAPSED...MOST LIKELY WHEN HIT BY ROOFING DEBRIS. AFTER CROSSING 
THE SQUARE THE TORNADO CONTINUED MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST FOR ANOTHER 
ONE AND A QUARTER MILES...SNAPPING AND UPROOTING TREES AND CAUSING 
MINOR ROOF DAMAGE TO SEVERAL HOMES. NEAR THE END OF THE PATH THE 
TORNADO SPREAD DEBRIS FROM A METAL OUTBUILDING...EXTENSIVELY 
DAMAGING A METAL OUTBUILDING ONE TENTH OF A MILE ONTO NORTH MARSHALL 
ROAD.