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Public Information Statement
National Weather Service Louisville, KY
743 PM EDT Thu Jul 4 2024 /643 PM CDT Thu Jul 4 2024/

...NWS Damage Survey for 07/04/24 Tornado Event...

.Louisville...

Rating:                 EF1
Estimated Peak Wind:    95 mph
Path Length /statute/:  0.51 miles
Path Width /maximum/:   170 yards
Fatalities:             0
Injuries:               0

Start Date:             07/04/2024
Start Time:             01:27 PM EDT
Start Location:         3 N Shively / Jefferson County / KY
Start Lat/Lon:          38.2345 / -85.8019

End Date:               07/04/2024
End Time:               01:28 PM EDT
End Location:           3 NNE Shively / Jefferson County / KY
End Lat/Lon:            38.2321 / -85.7933

Survey Summary:
The NWS sent a survey team after an area of concentrated damage
occurred along a narrow squall line in NW Jefferson County. An
EF1 tornado was discovered to have caused initially a broad swath
of damage and then it tightened up before lifting.

The damage began to a Baptist Fellowship Center just north of
Woodland Ave along Catalpa St. The nearby church sustained shingle
damage, but also had some window damage on the more protected
north facing side of the building. South of Woodland Ave, a
witness saw twisting motion, and there black walnut tree branch
fell to the west onto a neighbors house and a tree from that home
fell onto his truck.  As the tornado tightened up, several tree
branches fell onto vehicles and structures.  A few bigger trees
were uprooted as well, including one that pulled down some power
poles as it fell.  In another place, the tornado pulled back part
of a roof on a two-story residence.  Farther east, the vinyl
siding was stripped off a north-facing wall of another 2-story
residence.

As the tornado continued east and east southeast, crossing Hwy
1934, it narrowed quite a bit, causing more isolated tree damage
before it lifted just east of 23rd Street and north of Standard
Ave.

The National Weather Service would like to thank the LG and E
crews that assisted with finding damage points and Jefferson
County EM for focusing the survey where the heaviest damage
occurred.

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EF Scale: The Enhanced Fujita Scale classifies tornadoes into the
following categories:

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

$$

RJS