Monday early evening #2 ... 5/12
From the NWS in Jackson, KY....TWO EF1 TORNADOES CONFIRMED IN EAST KENTUCKY ON MAY 11TH...
A POWERFUL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM BROUGHT A LINE OF STORMS TO EASTERNKENTUCKY ON SUNDAY MORNING SPAWNING TWO CONFIRMED TORNADOES ANDWIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORM WIND DAMAGE.
A DAMAGE ASSESSMENT TEAM CONSISTING OF NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EMPLOYEES DETERMINED THAT TWO EF1 TORNADOES TOUCHED DOWN SUNDAY MORNING. THE FIRST TORNADO TOUCHDOWN OCCURRED AROUND 9:15 AM IN CUMBERLAND FALLS STATE PARK...JUST INSIDE THE WHITLEY COUNTY LINE FROM MCCREARY COUNTY. PRELIMINARY WIND SPEED ESTIMATES WITH THE FIRST TORNADO WERE ESTIMATED TO BE JUST ABOVE 100 MPH. NUMEROUS TREES WERE SNAPPED OR UPROOTED WITH SOME OF THE TREES FALLING ON CARS AND POWERLINES. A TREE ALSO FELL ON THE PARK RANGERS CABIN.
THERE WERE NO INJURIES WITH THIS STORM.
THE SECOND EF-1 TORNADO OCCURRED ONE MILE SOUTHEAST OF WOOTON OR 3.5 MILES EAST OF HYDEN IN LESLIE COUNTY. THE APPROXIMATE TIME OF THE BRIEF TORNADO TOUCHDOWN OCCURRED AROUND 10:27 AM. PRELIMINARY WIND SPEEDS WITH THIS TORNADO WERE ESTIMATED TO BE UP TO 100 MPH. SOME TREES WERE EITHER SNAPPED OR UPROOTED WITH ONE TREE FALLING ON A POWER LINE.
Did we just have another quake?
Brad...I just checked...no quakes reported...JB
Posted by:brad | May 12, 2008 at 11:30 PM