| Event |
Tornado |
| -- Scale |
EF2 |
| -- Length |
17.3 |
| -- Width |
175 |
| State |
KENTUCKY |
| County/Area |
CHRISTIAN |
| WFO |
PAH |
| Begin Date |
05/23/2011 18:10:00 CST-6 |
| Begin Range |
3 |
| Begin Azimuth |
SE |
| Begin Location |
LA FAYETTE |
| Begin Lat/Lon |
36.64/-87.61 |
| End Date |
05/23/2011 18:27:00 CST-6 |
| End Range |
3 |
| End Azimuth |
NW |
| End Location |
PEMBROKE |
| End Lat/Lon |
36.81/-87.39 |
| Deaths Direct/Indirect |
0/0 (fatality details below, when available...) |
| Injuries Direct/Indirect |
1/0 |
| Property Damage |
350.00K |
| Crop Damage |
0.00K |
| Episode Narrative |
A large cluster of thunderstorms increased in coverage and intensity as it accelerated eastward into a rapidly destabilizing air mass. The activity was closely related to a mid-level shortwave trough moving across Iowa and Missouri, along with a low level wind maximum. The storms were associated with isolated large hail, damaging winds, and a tornado. |
| Event Narrative |
This tornado crossed into Kentucky from Stewart County, Tennessee. Several barns and grain bins were damaged or destroyed. A dairy barn with 45 cows inside was destroyed. Although all the cows were trapped under the collapsed barn, only two of the cows were injured. One of the cows was thrown 500 feet from its stall. Numerous large trees were snapped or uprooted. A tractor-trailer rig hauling freight was overturned at mile-marker 85 on Interstate 24. The driver suffered minor injuries and was taken to a regional hospital. The roof was torn from an agricultural chemical storage building. A tool barn was destroyed. At a farm near Pembroke, a large tree fell on a house, a large barn was flattened, and two large grain bins were destroyed. Peak winds were estimated near 120 mph, but the majority of the damage path was EF-1. The average path width was 150 yards. |
