Thursday, June 23, 2011

Louisville Tornado Confirmed EF-2, EF-1 at Churchill Downs;
Update: Tornado Count Raised to 4 5

6 PM Update: A 5th tornado has been confirmed by the National Weather Service. This storm, rated EF-0, made a brief touchdown for a minute or less in Harrison County, Indiana.

4 PM Update: Two more tornadoes have been confirmed in the Jeffersontown area, one EF-2 and one EF-1.

Original post:
The National Weather Service has updated its storm report to indicate that the tornado which damaged Churchill Downs in Louisville yesterday (June 22) reached a maximum intensity of EF-2, although it was at EF-1 when it damaged the race track:
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 AVE
EF 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 WITH
ESTIMATED WIND SPEEDS OF 100-105 MPH. FIVE BARNS AT THE RACE TRACK
HAD LARGE SECTIONS OF THEIR ROOFS BLOWN OFF AND CINDER BLOCK WALLS
BUCKLED OR COLLAPSED. CHRIST CHURCH ON CHURCHILL DOWNS HAD SOME ROOF
AND SIDING DAMAGE. AS THE TORNADO MOVED EAST...IT STRENGTHENED TO
EF-2 INTENSITY WITH ESTIMATED WIND SPEEDS OF 120 MPH NEAR THE
INTERSECTION OF FLOYD STREET AND CENTRAL AVE. AT THIS LOCATION...A
LARGE INDUSTRIAL BUILDING WAS HEAVILY DAMAGED. NUMEROUS TREES WERE
UPROOTED AND SNAPPED ALONG THE PATH OF THE STORM. THE TORNADO LIFTED
NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF CRITTENDEN DRIVE AND CENTRAL AVE WHERE A
SUPER 8 HOTEL HAD MINOR ROOF DAMAGE. THERE WAS NO DAMAGE OBSERVED AT
PAPA JOHNS CARDINAL STADIUM.
There was a second tornado in Jefferson County which was rated EF-1:
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.

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