Thursday, January 31, 2013

NWS Confirms Tornado In Orange County

The NWS in Louisville has confirmed that a second tornado touched down in southern Indiana on Wednesday.  


PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY  
130 PM EST THU JAN 31 2013 
  
..EF-1 TORNADO CONFIRMED IN ORANGE COUNTY INDIANA


DAMAGE TYPE: TORNADO

DATE: JAN 30 2013
BEGIN TIME: 1:47 AM EST
END TIME: 1:47 AM EST

BEGIN POINT: 3.10 MILES NORTH OF WEST BADEN SPRINGS, INDIANA
END POINT: 3.18 MILES NORTH OF WEST BADEN SPRINGS, INDIANA

EF SCALE: EF-1
WIND SPEED: 85-95 MPH

PATH LENGTH: 550 YARDS
PATH WIDTH: 75 YARDS

NARRATIVE: AN EF-1 TORNADO HAS BEEN CONFIRMED IN ORANGE COUNTY, 
INDIANA.  SEVERAL TREES WERE TOPPLED IN A FOREST IN THE SOUTHWEST 
PORTION OF THE PATH. THE TORNADO THEN AFFECTED A RESIDENCE, BADLY
DAMAGING THE ROOF AND THROWING THE PORCH OF THE HOUSE SEVERAL YARDS
TO THE NORTHEAST.  SEVERAL SMALL TWIGS WERE DRIVEN THROUGH THE 
SIDING OF THE HOME.    

NWS Confirms Tornado In Harrison County

The NWS in Louisville has confirmed an EF0 tornado occurred in Harrison county on Wednesday.  This tornado then crossed the border into Kentucky.


PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1205 PM EST THU JAN 31 2013

 
 
...EF-0 TORNADO CONFIRMED IN HARRISON COUNTY INDIANA AND JEFFERSON 
COUNTY KENTUCKY...

DAMAGE TYPE: TORNADO 
 
DATE: JAN 30 2013
BEGIN TIME: 4:17 AM EST 
END TIME: 4:17 AM EST
 
BEGIN POINT: 3.2 MILES EAST OF ELIZABETH, INDIANA 
END POINT: 2.6 MILES NORTHWEST OF VALLEY STATION, KENTUCKY 
 
EF SCALE: EF-0 
WIND SPEED: 80MPH

PATH LENGTH: 1 MILE
PATH WIDTH: 215 YARDS

NARRATIVE: AN NWS SURVEY TEAM HAS CONFIRMED AN EF-0 TORNADO TOUCH 
DOWN EAST OF ELIZABETH IN HARRISON COUNTY, INDIANA. FOUR HOMES AND
TWO BARNS WERE DAMAGED ALONG HIGHWAY 111. THE PORCH OF ONE HOME WAS 
LIFTED AND THROWN 30 FEET.  THE WALLS OF ONE OF THE BARNS COLLAPSED 
IN MULTIPLE DIRECTIONS. TREES WERE DOWN AT THIS LOCATION AS WELL.  
THE TRACK OF THE TORNADO EXTENDED EAST OVER THE OHIO RIVER AND INTO 
JEFFERSON COUNTY, KENTUCKY.  NORTHWEST OF VALLEY STATION MANY 
SOFTWOOD TREES WERE DAMAGED, A PINE TREE WAS SNAPPED, AND A 
TRAMPOLINE WAS BLOWN OVER BEFORE THE TORNADO LIFTED.