Saturday, October 18, 2008

Today is 1 yr anniversery of OCt 18th. Record Tornado Event

- 15 tornadoes were reported across West KY
- Counties impacted were Daviess, McLean, Webster, Christian, Trigg, Hopkins, Caldwell, Calloway counties
- Towns impacted include Dawson Springs, Nortonville, Sebree, Owensboro, St Joesph, Dixon, Pennyrile Forest area.
- This set records for the strongest tornado and greatest number of tornadoes not only in October, but is the most during any fall outbreak event ever. All the way back to 1800's records.
- Over 15 million dollars of damage was done.
- 1 tornado was reported in Stewart County TN in LBL area
- The cluster of supercells became a serial derecho across Middle TN and eastern parts of West KY causing widespread 60-80MPH wind gusts.
- It was the first time ever a MDT risk was issued for any month on a day 3 outlook for West KY. After this the only time a day 3 MDT risk was for the April 10th 2008 event that went bust.
- Damage was about around 15 to 20 million across West KY 11 million coming from the EF-3 that took a direct hit though downtown Owensboro KY.
- A wind event the morning before around 4am caused two injuries in Daviess County KY.

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