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Hardin and Larue County Tornadoes

Base Reflectivity scan show a defined hook on the hardin co storm.
SRV and BV Scans show 2 areas of tornadic rotation

HARDIN COUNTY KENTUCKY
...STARTING POINT/TIME: ONE HALF MILE WEST-NORTHWEST OF CECILIA AT 243 PM EST
ENDING POINT/TIME: APPROX 2 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LONGVIEW AT 258 PM EST
FUJITA SCALE: MAINLY F1 WITH MAX F2 WHERE TORNADO CROSSED HIGHWAY 31W 3-4 MILES NORTH OF ELIZABETHTOWN
PATH LENGTH: DETAILS TO FOLLOW
PATH WIDTH: 100 YARDS AT INCEPTION TO ONE-QUARTER MILE AT MAX INTENSITY
DEATHS: 0
INJURIES: 0

LARUE COUNTY KENTUCKY...
STARTING POINT/TIME: APPROX 1-2 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF UPTON NEAR EXIT 76 ON INTERSTATE65; TORNADO SKIPPED UP AND DOWN ALONG ITS PATH ENDING POINT/TIME: APPROX ONE MILE WEST OF BUFFALO
FUJITA SCALE: F1PATH LENGTH: APPROX SIX MILES
PATH WIDTH: DETAILS TO FOLLOW
DEATHS: 0
INJURIES: 0

100mph straight-line winds in Madison County
An official National Weather Service Storm Survey Team has determined that storm damage in Madison County from January 2, 2006 was due to straight-line winds.

It’s important to remember that straight-line winds can do even more damage than a weak tornado. Another good reason to take Severe Thunderstorm Warnings just as seriously as Tornado Warnings!

A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MOVED THROUGH MADISON COUNTY ON MONDAY JANUARY 2. THIS LINE OF STORMS WAS ASSOCIATED WITH A VERY POWERFUL SYSTEM THAT WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR SEVERAL TORNADOES AND MUCH WIND DAMAGE ACROSS CENTRAL KENTUCKY.

AROUND 500 PM EST...A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ENTERED MADISON COUNTY. THE STRONGEST PART OF THE STORMS MOVED JUST NORTH OF BEREA. A SITE SURVEY TEAM FROM THE LOUISVILLE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE COMPLETED A STORM SURVEY THIS MORNING JUST NORTH OF BEREA.THE DAMAGE WAS CONCENTRATED IN A RELATIVELY SMALL AREA NEAR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS:
HERNDON LANE...
CARPENTER LANE...
AND IN THECHAPPEL ROAD AREA.

IN THE HERNDON LANE AND CARPENTER LANE AREAS... STRUCTURAL DAMAGE WAS OBSERVED WITH ROOFS BLOWN OFF TRAILERS...WINDOWS BROKEN OUT OFHOMES...AND MANY TREES DOWN. EYEWITNESSES DESCRIBED EVENTS CONSISTENT WITH THOSE GENERATED BY MICROBURSTS OR STRAIGHT LINE WIND TYPE DAMAGE.

IN THE CHAPPEL ROAD AREA... ONE MOBILE HOME SUSTAINED SIGNIFICANT ROOF AND STRUCTURAL DAMAGE. EYEWITNESSES AGAIN DESCRIBED EVENTS CONSISTENT WITH MICROBURSTS AND STRAIGHT LINE WIND TYPE DAMAGE.

THE COMBINATION OF OBSERVED DAMAGE ALONG WITH INTERVIEWS WITH EYEWITNESSES AND VIEWING ARCHIVED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DATA LEFT LITTLE DOUBT THAT THE DAMAGE WAS CREATED BY STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. THOSE WINDS HAVE BEEN ESTIMATED UP TO 100 MPH.