Eastern Kentucky Storm Reports

The folks from NWS Louisville were not the only ones out conducting storm surveys today. Severe storms also impacted Eastern Kentucky, and storm surveys from NWS Jackson revealed two tornadoes in Bath County.

As storms moved over the county yesterday, two separate EF-1 tornadoes moved over Bath County. The first tornado impacted the town of Sharpsburg and the second tornado impacted Olympia Springs. Check out the storm survey reports from NWS Jackson:

TORNADO 1…

RATING: EF-1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 90 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 0.6 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 50 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0

START DATE: OCT 7 2014
START TIME: 435 PM EDT
START LOCATION: 0.6 MILES NW OF SHARPSBURG / BATH COUNTY / KY
END TIME: 436 PM EDT
END LOCATION: 0.7 MILES N OF SHARPSBURG / BATH COUNTY / KY

3 BARNS WERE DAMAGED. THERE WAS ALSO SPORADIC DAMAGE TO TREES.

TORNADO 2…

RATING: EF-1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 90 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 0.3 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 35 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0

START DATE: OCT 7 2014
START TIME: 453 PM EDT
START LOCATION: 0.9 NE OLYMPIA SPRINGS / BATH COUNTY / KY
END TIME: 453 PM EDT
END LOCATION: 1.0 NNE OLYMPIA SPRINGS / BATH COUNTY / KY

BOAT TRAILER WITH BOAT WAS OVERTURNED AND A CAMPING TRAILER WAS BLOWN
ONTO A TRUCK. NUMEROUS SHINGLES WERE BLOWN OFF A HOUSE. THERE WAS
ALSO SPORADIC TREE DAMAGE.

In addition to the tornadoes, there were also many reports of hail and damaging winds. Check out yesterday’s storm report map from the SPC which shows numerous reports in eastern Kentucky.