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EF0 tornado in Shelby County, Kentucky

Tornado April 13, 2022 · Shelby County, Kentucky

EF0
Rating
0.1 mi
Path length
50 yd
Path width
EF0EF1EF2EF3EF4EF5Unrated

NOAA recorded where this tornado touched down but not where it lifted, so it appears as a point. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What EF0 means. On the Enhanced Fujita scale, EF0 is light damage: shingles and siding peeled, gutters torn, branches broken, consistent with estimated gusts of 65–85 mph. The rating comes from a survey of the worst damage after the storm, not from a wind measurement, so it says as much about what the tornado hit as about how strong it was.

What the National Weather Service wrote

A narrow tornado touched down along Tatum Road in Central Shelby County, Wednesday evening. The tornado topped some trees initially, and then picked up a dog house and uprooting some cedar and maple trees. There was shingle damage to a small home, and residents heard intense wind and felt a strong pressure change. Wind speeds in this area where 80 mph, and 50 yards wide.

The tornado caused the most significant damage to a large older barn, removing and twisting a lot of metal sheeting and roof panels. Another 15 by 10 foot metal outbuilding had its roof removed. Drone video show the debris pattern twisting up into the trees up to 150 yards to the east northeast.

The rope tornado quickly lifted in a grove of trees just east of the metal outbuilding along Tatum Road.

The wider storm

On the evening of April 13, 2022, a line of severe storms, moving along a cold front, spawned nine tornadoes as it moved east across Kentucky. One of these was an EF-1 that hit Jefferson County. In addition to tornadoes, strong straight line winds also caused widespread damage across central Kentucky.

Began near Southville (38.1280, -85.2080).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

7 more tornadoes the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.

EF1 Larue CountyEF1 Jefferson CountyEF1 Shelby CountyEF1 Shelby CountyEF0 Larue CountyEF0 Spencer CountyEF0 Spencer County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1024633. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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