Fulton/Hickman County EF2 tornado

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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
1043 AM CDT MON MAY 3 2010

...DAMAGE SURVEY RESULTS FOR FULTON/HICKMAN COUNTIES IN
WESTERN KENTUCKY...

THE FOLLOWING IS THE *IN PROGRESS/INCOMPLETE* DAMAGE ASSESSMENT FOR
FULTON/HICKMAN COUNTIES COUNTY IN WESTERN KENTUCKY...

* EVENT DATE - SUNDAY MAY 2 2010

* EVENT TIME - 115 AM TO 125 AM CDT

* EVENT TYPE - EF2 TORNADO ***FOR THE TRACK SEGMENT BELOW***

* EVENT LOCATION - 2.5 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF CAYCE TO 5 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF CLINTON KY. ***THIS TRACK LIKELY EXTENDS BEYOND THIS
AND WILL BE SURVEYED FURTHER THIS WEEK***

* PEAK WIND - 115 MPH ***FOR THE TRACK SEGMENT ABOVE

* AVERAGE PATH WIDTH - RANGED FROM A FEW YARDS WIDE TO 400 YARDS

* PATH LENGTH - 8 MILES ***TRACK LIKELY EXTENDS BEYOND THIS AND
WILL BE SURVEYED FURTHER THIS WEEK***

* INJURIES - NONE

* FATALITIES - NONE

* DISCUSSION/DAMAGE - TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN NEAR ALEXANDER ROAD WITH
EF0 STRENGTH AND TRAVELED NORTHEAST MAINLY DAMAGING TREES. NEAR
HIGHWAY 924 IT INCREASED TO EF1 SCALE WITH SOME DAMAGE TO
OUTBUILDINGS AND MINOR HOUSE DAMAGE. ONE MOBILE HOME WAS MOVED A FEW
FEET AND THE ROOF TORN BACK. A BOAT ON A TRAILER WAS CHAINED TO A
POST AND WOUND UP ON ITS END DAMAGING THE BOAT. ANCHORED TV ANTENNAS
WERE PULLED OUT OF THE GROUND AND BENT. AS THE TORNADO MOVED INTO
HICKMAN COUNTY IT INTENSIFIED TO EF2 WHERE ALONG HIGHWAY 51 SEVERAL
POLE BARNS WERE DESTROYED OR DAMAGED. ONE BARN WAS OVER 100 FT LONG
AND HAD TELEPHONE POLES ANCHORED IN THE GROUND. MOST OF THE POLES
WERE SNAPPED HOWEVER...A FEW WERE PULLED UP...ONE WAS THROWN
APPROXIMATELY 50 YARDS. LARGE TREES UPROOTED OR SNAPPED. MINOR HOUSE
DAMAGE ALSO OCCURRED HERE.

SURVEYOR...SPODEN

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