| Event |
Tornado |
| -- Scale |
EF2 |
| -- Length |
5.26 |
| -- Width |
200 |
| State |
KENTUCKY |
| County/Area |
CHRISTIAN |
| WFO |
PAH |
| Begin Date |
04/04/2011 11:04:00 CST-6 |
| Begin Range |
7 |
| Begin Azimuth |
SE |
| Begin Location |
HOPKINSVILLE |
| Begin Lat/Lon |
36.78/-87.4 |
| End Date |
04/04/2011 11:10:00 CST-6 |
| End Range |
3 |
| End Azimuth |
NE |
| End Location |
PEMBROKE |
| End Lat/Lon |
36.81/-87.31 |
| Deaths Direct/Indirect |
0/0 (fatality details below, when available...) |
| Injuries Direct/Indirect |
7/0 |
| Property Damage |
2.00M |
| Crop Damage |
0.00K |
| Episode Narrative |
Thunderstorms gradually intensified along and ahead of a cold front from Arkansas into western Kentucky. The storms occurred in a moist and strongly sheared environment, resulting in a combination of line segments and supercells which evolved into a quasi-linear convective system. There were isolated tornadoes, along with a couple small swaths of damaging winds. |
| Event Narrative |
The tornado path began along U.S. Highway 41 at a large auto parts manufacturing plant. The industrial warehouse type building was heavily damaged on the north and west sides. Large sections of roof up to 100 by 400 feet were removed. Small sections of exterior walls were peeled back or blown in. A rooftop hvac unit was blown off the building. There were seven injuries to workers inside the plant, mostly due to flying objects. One worker required overnight hospitalization. Some of the injuries included a broken jaw and broken foot. In front of the industrial building on U.S. 41, steel utility poles were bent almost to the ground. The remainder of the path was mostly through open farm country. Several barns were destroyed, and metal roofs were off two homes. Dozens of trees were uprooted. Observers at Fort Campbell reported seeing a rotating wall cloud about the time of the tornado. Peak winds were estimated near 130 mph. The average path width was 150 yards. |
