May 6, 2003
Tornado Outbreak
Storm Assessment
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ABUS34 KPAH 090107 CCA
PNSPAH
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...CORRECTED FOR STORM PATH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
754 PM CDT THU MAY 8 2003
...PRELIMINARY STORM DAMAGE ASSESSMENT FOR HICKMAN AND GRAVES
COUNTIES IN WEST KENTUCKY...
NWS OFFICIALS CONDUCTED A GROUND STORM DAMAGE SURVEY TODAY IN
HICKMAN AND GRAVES COUNTIES. THE FOLLOWING ARE THE PRELIMINARY
FINDINGS OF THE SURVEY. THIS INVESTIGATION IS ONGOING...SO THIS
PRODUCT WILL BE UPDATED IF FURTHER INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE.
* EVENT DATE: TUESDAY MAY 6 2003
* EVENT TYPE: F1 TORNADO
* ESTIMATED TIME: APPROX 1130 PM TO MIDNIGHT CDT
* EVENT LOCATION: FROM JACKSON'S CHAPEL ROAD AND HWY 944 IN HICKMAN
COUNTY...TO JUST SOUTH OF BELL CITY IN GRAVES COUNTY.
* ESTIMATED MAX WINDS: 95 MPH
* DAMAGE AREA DIMENSIONS: 40-50 YARDS WIDE...22 MILES LONG. PATH
VERY BROKEN.
* INJURIES: NONE
* FATALITIES: NONE
* DAMAGE: SOME TREES TOPPED OUT OR PUSHED OVER. ONE GARAGE ATTACHED
TO A RESIDENCE WAS DESTROYED. ROOFS DAMAGED...ONE OPEN ALUMINUM
EQUIPMENT SHED HEAVILY DAMAGED.
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