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Public Information Statement
National Weather Service Paducah, KY
834 PM CDT Thu Mar 14 2019


...NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 03/14/19 Cunningham KY TORNADO EVENT...

Rating:                 EF2
Estimated peak wind:    125 mph
Path length /Statute/:  16.7 miles
Path width /Maximum/:   300 yards
Fatalities:             0
Injuries:               1 

Start date:             March 14 2019 
Start time:             918 am CDT
Start location:         1 mile NW of Cunningham Kentucky (Carlisle Co.)
                        Just West of Highway 1628 and 1820 intersection

End date:               March 14 2019
End time:               934 am CDT
End location:           4 miles W of downtown Paducah Kentucky
                        Just East of Coleman Road

SURVEY SUMMARY: 

The tornado quickly intensified and widened, reaching 300 yards wide on
Blandville Road, west of Lovelaceville. The tornado further intensified,
reaching its maximum intensity of EF2, intermittently from north of 
Lovelaceville on Hamburg Road to just southeast of the Barkley Regional
Airport on Highway 1565 (Mayfield-Metropolis Road). At least a dozen 
homes sustained major structural damage, including at least partial loss
of roofs, or walls blown outward and windows blown out. Four cows were
killed near Lovelaceville on Hamburg Road. 

Dozens of barns, outbuildings, garages, or grain bins were destroyed.
Dozens of homes sustained minor damage, including the loss of shingles and
metal fascia. A church and at least one business sustained major damage.
Mt. Zion Baptist Church had much of the roof structure of the sanctuary
blown off, as well as part of a second story exterior wall. One business
sustained major damage with the backside of the building blown inward. 
Several other businesses had minor damage. The Kentucky Oaks Mall 
sustained damage to its roof and metal fascia and an adjacent strip mall
received similar damage, as well windows blown out. Dozens of power 
poles were blown down causing extensive power outages along much of the 
tornado track. Hundreds of trees were uprooted, snapped, or sustained
broken branches. The only reported injury occurred when a grain bin was 
blown on top of a pickup truck traveling eastbound on Highway 62. 
The tornado's maximum intensity occurred along Blandville Road and 
Fisher Road, where at least ten vehicles sustained damage. Several other
vehicles had windows blown out at the Kentucky Oaks Mall area.

EF Scale: The Enhanced Fujita Scale Classifies
Tornadoes into the following categories.

EF0...Weak......65 to 85 mph
EF1...Weak......86 to 110 mph
EF2...Strong....111 to 135 mph
EF3...Strong....136 to 165 mph
EF4...Violent...166 To 200 mph
EF5...Violent...>200 mph

NOTE:
The information in this statement is PRELIMINARY and subject to
change pending final review of the event and publication in
NWS Storm Data. 

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