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EF1 tornado in Pendleton County, Kentucky

Tornado April 8, 2020 · Pendleton County, Kentucky

EF1
Rating
19.2 mi
Whole path
400 yd
Path width
$45K
Damage as recorded

NOAA records this tornado county by county. Its path ran through Grant County → Pendleton County; the totals above are for the whole tornado.

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 400 yards (0.23 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What EF1 means. On the Enhanced Fujita scale, EF1 is moderate damage: roofs badly stripped, mobile homes pushed off foundations or overturned, windows broken, consistent with estimated gusts of 86–110 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

The tornado initially touched down 3.5 miles east of the Mt. Zion area, on the western fringe of Williamstown Lake, along Peaceful Hollow Road at 21:47 EST.

The tornado then moved into Pendleton County at 21:50 EST, with the first evidence of tornadic damage in Pendleton County occurring along Hogg Ridge Road. The tornado moved east-southeast, producing damage along its path that impacted West Highway 22, Morgan 4 Oaks Road, Liberty Ridge Road, U.S. 27, and McKinneysburg Road. Damage included the destruction of several barns as well as numerous trees and power poles being snapped or knocked down. The end of the damage occurred along Milford Road, where debris from a destroyed barn was thrown into an adjacent field. Based on this

damage, this tornado produced winds of around 100 mph, and was rated an EF-1 on the Enhanced Fujita Scale.

The wider storm

Thunderstorms developed ahead of an advancing cold front which crossed east through the region.

Began near Locust Grove (38.6602, -84.5039).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF1 Grant CountyEF0 Gallatin CountyEF0 Kenton CountyEF0 Robertson CountyEF0 Mason County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 879598. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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