A brief tornado map. Kinda hard to read. 1 year ago from Tomorrow Feb 5th a day that will live in the mind and heart of many featured a historic tornado outbreak. In West Kentucky all 5 tornadoes were caused by one tornadic supercell. It started in NW TN but then moved into SE Graves County than it moved into Calloway County. This is where it produced it's first tornado. An ef-1 tornado just west of the shore of Kentucky Lake that caused minor damage to the area. Then the tornado moved into North Trigg County and produced 2 tornadoes both Ef-1 Where spotters saw a tornado that passed just to north of Cadiz with minor damage near Lake Barkley Lodge from one Ef-1 tornado and North of Cadiz in the second Ef-1 tornado.
The second and most devastating string of tornadoes is in Christian and Muhelnberg Counties. The first tornado an upper end Ef-2 hit the Crofton area. Many homes were damaged and destroyed in this area and again in Muhlenberg County. Muhelnberg county is a county that got hit the hardest by tornadoes. An tornado started from west of Greenville than on the western side of Greenville caused sadly 3 deaths in West Kentucky in a Mobile home park. This tornado went though Powedery and Central City. Nearly missing a high school basketball game in Central City. In total over 21 millon dollars of damage occurred in Muhlenberg County and over 4 million in Christian County.
This was the first deadly tornado in west ky since Nov 2005. Prior to Nov 2005 the last deadly tornado occurred in March 1991.
Also featured West Kentucky's first ever high risk in February
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Super Tuesday Feb 5th. While people were voting in the primary elections and celebrating National Weatherperson Day a historic tornado outbreak struck in terms of deaths and time of year. Sadly up to 59 lost their lives in this high risk deadly outbreak.
The deadliest tornadoes were one right here in Mid TN as it hit Castalian Springs and Lafayette TN area. A miracle baby survived when she landed face down in the mud in Sumner county as the miracle baby made national news. As an Ef-3 tornado caused a path of destruction though the area. This tornado caused 22 direct deaths and 2 indirect and inspired a visit from George Bush the former president.
Also deadly tornadoes hit near the Memphis and Jackson TN areas. Union College was devastated but all students there survived. Also in West KY a deadly Ef-3 tornado caused over 21 million dollars of damages in Muhlenberg County and caused 3 fatal when it hit a mobile home park. All 7 deaths in Kentucky during Super Tuesday occurred in mobile homes during Super Tuesday.
A long tornado that traveled over 120 miles long occurred in Arkansas.
http://www.srh.noaa.gov/bna/surveys/images/020508/poststorm_020508.php - NWS NASHVILLE OVERVIEW
http://www.crh.noaa.gov/pah/?n=Feb508tornadoes - West KY overview
http://www.crh.noaa.gov/lmk/?n=february5-6,2008outbreak - S Indiana and Central KY overview
http://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/outlook/archive/2008/day1otlk_20080205_2000.html - 2000Z outlook
http://www.spc.noaa.gov/climo/reports/080205_rpts.html - Storm Reports
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