National Weather Service Weather Forecast Office

...DAMAGE SURVEY RESULTS FOR HENDERSON DAVIESS COUNTIES IN KENTUCKY
AND SPENCER COUNTY INDIANA...

THE FOLLOWING IS THE DAMAGE ASSESSMENT FOR A TORNADO THAT OCCURRED
THURSDAY JUNE 11 2009 IN WESTERN KENTUCKY AND SOUTHWEST INDIANA.

* EVENT DATE - THURSDAY JUNE 11 2009

* EVENT TYPE - EF0 TORNADO

* EVENT LOCATION - TORNADO TOUCHDOWN WAS 5 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF
  SPOTTSVILLE...THEN TRAVELED TO 2.5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HATFIELD IN
  SPENCER COUNTY INDIANA.

* PEAK WIND - 75 MPH

* AVERAGE PATH WIDTH - 125 YARDS

* PATH LENGTH - THREE AND A HALF MILES.

* INJURIES - NONE

* FATALITIES - NONE

* DISCUSSION/DAMAGE...THE TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN NEAR THE BORDERS OF
RIVER BOTTOMLAND IN EXTREME NORTHEAST HENDERSON COUNTY AND THE
NORTHWEST TIP OF DAVIESS COUNTY KENTUCKY. THEN EXTENDED INTO SPENCER
COUNTY. A FEW TREES AND LIMBS DOWN...ALONG WITH SOME MINOR CROP
DAMAGE TO CORN FIELDS.

SURVEYOR...SHANKLIN

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Path of EF0 Tornado Track

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY


..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0330 PM     TORNADO          6 W PETERSBURG          38.49N 87.39W
06/11/2009                   PIKE               IN   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            BRIEF TOUCHDOWN...SEMI TRAILOR TRUCK OVERTURNED IN RURAL
            AREA OF NORTHWEST PIKE COUNTY

0356 PM     TSTM WND DMG     SOLITUDE                38.01N 87.90W
06/11/2009                   POSEY              IN   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TREES DOWN BETWEEN NEW HARMONY AND SOLITUDE...CLOSE TO
            SOLITUDE

0358 PM     HAIL             3 N MOUNT VERNON        37.98N 87.90W
06/11/2009  E0.88 INCH       POSEY              IN   TRAINED SPOTTER

            30-35 MPH WINDS AND NICKEL SIZE HAIL ON ROUTE 69

0418 PM     HAIL             OWENSBORO               37.76N 87.12W
06/11/2009  M0.88 INCH       DAVIESS            KY   TRAINED SPOTTER

            NICKLE HAIL REPORTED.

0421 PM     HAIL             1 E OWENSBORO           37.76N 87.10W
06/11/2009  M1.00 INCH       DAVIESS            KY   PUBLIC

            NICKLE AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL REPORTED EAST OF THE
            AIRPORT.

0429 PM     HAIL             EVANSVILLE              37.98N 87.54W
06/11/2009  M0.88 INCH       VANDERBURGH        IN   TRAINED SPOTTER

            NICKLE SIZE HAIL REPORTED ON WEST SIDE OF COMMUNITY.

0501 PM     FUNNEL CLOUD     CLAY                    37.48N 87.82W
06/11/2009                   WEBSTER            KY   TRAINED SPOTTER

            FUNNEL CLOUD SPOTTED ALONG WITH .25 INCH HAIL AND 60 MPH
            WINDS.

0514 PM     FUNNEL CLOUD     STANLEY                 37.82N 87.24W
06/11/2009                   DAVIESS            KY   TRAINED SPOTTER

0516 PM     FUNNEL CLOUD     2 SW HATFIELD           37.88N 87.25W
06/11/2009                   SPENCER            IN   EMERGENCY MNGR

0525 PM     HAIL             5 SW ROCKPORT           37.83N 87.12W
06/11/2009  M0.75 INCH       SPENCER            IN   TRAINED SPOTTER

            PENNY SIZE HAIL REPORTED SOUTHWEST OF TOWN.

0525 PM     HAIL             1 W OWENSBORO           37.76N 87.14W
06/11/2009  M1.00 INCH       DAVIESS            KY   EMERGENCY MNGR

            QUARTER SIZE HAIL REPORTED.

0526 PM     HAIL             OWENSBORO               37.76N 87.12W
06/11/2009  M1.75 INCH       DAVIESS            KY   TRAINED SPOTTER

            SPOTTER REPORTS QUARTER TO GOLFBALL SIZED HAIL AND
            ESTIMATES WINDS SPEEDS IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH WITH
            TORRENTIAL RAINFALL.

0528 PM     HAIL             OWENSBORO               37.76N 87.12W
06/11/2009  M1.75 INCH       DAVIESS            KY   TRAINED SPOTTER

            GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL REPORTED NEAR THE DOWNTOWN AREA.

0530 PM     FLOOD            OWENSBORO               37.76N 87.12W
06/11/2009                   DAVIESS            KY   TRAINED SPOTTER

            WIDESPREAD STREET FLOODING ASSOCIATED WITH TORRENTIAL
            RAINS AND LARGE HAIL.

0530 PM     HAIL             THRUSTON                37.80N 87.03W
06/11/2009  M0.88 INCH       DAVIESS            KY   TRAINED SPOTTER

0534 PM     TSTM WND GST     OWENSBORO               37.76N 87.12W
06/11/2009  M89.00 MPH       DAVIESS            KY   TRAINED SPOTTER

            MEASURED ON EAST SIDE OF COMMUNITY.

0536 PM     TORNADO          1 NE OWENSBORO          37.77N 87.11W
06/11/2009                   DAVIESS            KY   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TORNADO REPORTED NE OF OWENSBORO NEAR INTERSECTION OF
            HIGHWY 405 AND WRIGHTS LANDING ROAD. THERE WERE MULTIPLE
            REPORTS.

0537 PM     HAIL             OWENSBORO               37.76N 87.12W
06/11/2009  M2.75 INCH       DAVIESS            KY   TRAINED SPOTTER

            BASEBALL SIZE HAIL REPORTED ON THE EAST SIDE OF TOWN.

0543 PM     TORNADO          7 NE OWENSBORO          37.83N 87.03W
06/11/2009                   DAVIESS            KY   TRAINED SPOTTER

            WEAK TORNADO REPORTED AT CARPENTERS LAKE.

Radar cross-section of the severe storm over Pike County, Indiana at 3:22 P.M. CDT. The heaviest rain and hail was suspended above the strong updraft. Signatures such as this are commonly associated with supercells that produce large hail.