National Weather Service Weather Forecast Office

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
530 PM EDT FRI OCT 09 2009

...NWS CONFIRMS EF-0 TORNADO IN EASTERN BRECKINRIDGE COUNTY 
KENTUCKY...

A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STORM SURVEY TEAM INVESTIGATED STORM 
DAMAGE IN EASTERN BRECKINRIDGE COUNTY AND CONFIRMED THAT AN EF-0 
TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN BRIEFLY EARLY FRIDAY MORNING OCTOBER 09 2009.

THE TORNADO DAMAGED SEVERAL MOBILE HOMES ON LYONS-DAUGHTERY ROAD AND 
SNAPPED SEVERAL TREES. NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF O ALEXANDER 
ROAD...AN OLD TOBACCO BARN WAS COMPLETELY DESTROYED. THE TORNADO 
CONTINUED DOWN O ALEXANDER ROAD AND DESTROYED ANOTHER OLD BARN. 
TREES NEAR THE END OF THE ROAD WERE SNAPPED AND THE TORNADO LIFTED 
SHORTLY THEREAFTER. 

DETAILS ON THE TORNADO FOLLOW:

BEGIN TIME...............220 AM CDT.
END TIME.................221 AM CDT.

LOCATION BEGIN...........13.5 MILES ESE OF HARDINSBURG NEAR          
                         LYONS-DAUGHTERY RD.
LOCATION END.............14.0 MILES ESE OF HARDINSBURG ON O          
                         ALEXANDER RD.                           
EF-SCALE RATING..........EF-0.
ESTIMATED WIND SPEEDS....80-85 MPH.
PATH LENGTH..............0.50 MILES
PATH WIDTH...............100 YARDS
INJURIES.................NONE
FATALITIES...............NONE

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