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632 NOUS43 KPAH 051555 PNSPAH ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087- 100-107>112-114-060300- PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 1055 AM CDT THU MAY 5 2011 ...DAMAGE SURVEY RESULTS FOR SOUTHERN GRAVES COUNTY... THE FOLLOWING IS THE PRELIMINARY DAMAGE ASSESSMENT FOR SOUTHERN GRAVES COUNTY KENTUCKY. * EVENT TYPE.........EF1 TORNADO * EVENT DATE.........APRIL 25 2011 INTO APRIL 26 2011 * EVENT TIME.........1153 PM TO 1203 AM * EVENT LOCATION.....1.2 MILES EAST OF DUKEDOM TENNESSEE TO 2.6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LYNNVILLE KENTUCKY. * PEAK WIND..........100 MPH * AVG. PATH WIDTH....75 YARDS...MAX 225 YARDS * PATH LENGTH........15 MILES * INJURIES...........NONE * FATALITIES.........NONE * DAMAGE DETAIL......TORNADO INITIALLY TOUCHED DOWN 4.5 MILES NORTHEAST OF MARTIN TENNESSEE...CROSSING THE STATE LINE AT 1153 PM. THE TORNADO INITIALLY PARALLELED STATE LINE ROAD WHERE MAINLY TREE DAMAGE WAS FOUND. ALONG KENTUCKY HIGHWAY 303 A HOME WAS DAMAGED. THE SIDE PORCH WAS LIFTED WHICH RESULTED IN DAMAGE TO POSTS. A GAZEBO WAS DESTROYED ALONG WITH A PLAYHOUSE. A GARAGE AT THE NORTH END OF THE HOUSE SUSTAINED MAJOR DAMAGE AS IT WAS PUSHED IN NEAR THE CENTER WHICH DESTROYED THE GARAGE DOOR. SMALL PORTIONS OF NEARBY GRAPE VINES WERE IMPALED IN THE ROOF OF THE PORCH AND A STICK WAS IMPALED IN THE HOUSE. AS THE TORNADO MOVED NORTHEAST, MAINLY TREE DAMAGE WAS SEEN WITH UPROOTED TREES AND LARGE TREE LIMBS DOWN. THE TORNADO LIFTED 2.6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LYNNVILLE KENTUCKY ALONG HIGH ROAD. OTHER TREE DAMAGE WAS SEEN TO THE SOUTH OF THE PATH NEAR LYNNVILLE KENTUCKY WHICH IS MOST LIKELY FROM STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. $$ SPODEN