PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
1010 AM CDT THU JUN 3 2004
...STORM DAMAGE ASSESSMENT FOR JEFFERSON COUNTY ILLINOIS...
NWS OFFICIALS HAVE CONDUCTED A GROUND DAMAGE SURVEY IN JEFFERSON
COUNTY ILLINOIS. THE FOLLOWING ARE THE FINDINGS OF THE SURVEY:
* EVENT DATE: SUNDAY MAY 30 2004
* EVENT TYPE: F1 TORNADO BRIEFLY (MOSTLY F0 TORNADO)
* ESTIMATED MAXIMUM WINDS: 110 MPH
* ESTIMATED TIME: APPROXIMATELY 645 PM CDT
* EVENT LOCATION: FROM JUST EAST OF ASHLEY...TO JUST NORTH OF
WOODLAWN...TO JUST SOUTH OF DIX...TO JUST NORTH
OF TEXICO. TORNADO WAS NOT ON THE GROUND THE
WHOLE TIME...DAMAGE WAS SPORADIC.
* DAMAGE AREA DIMENSIONS: 18 MILES LONG AND 50-75 YARDS WIDE AND MOSTLY
IN VERY RURAL AREA.
* INJURIES: NONE
* DEATHS: NONE
* DAMAGE: SEVERAL HOUSES WITH ROOF DAMAGE...TILES BLOWN OFF OR
TREE LIMBS FALLEN ONTO ROOFS. 1 BARN DESTROYED AND 1
BARN DAMAGED JUST NORTH OF WOODLAWN.
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