Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Kentucky, February 5 to 6, 2008

Thunderstorm winds caused severe roof damage to a house.

Thunderstorm winds did severe damage to a home and rendered it uninhabitable.

The tornado crossed into Monroe County, Kentucky from Macon County, Tennessee. About two miles west of Gamaliel, the tornado destroyed two conventional homes and two mobile homes. Thirteen residents of the four homes took shelter in the basement of one of the homes. They escaped without injury, although they were trapped in rubble for 30 minutes. Several other homes were damaged in a subdivision a mile north of Gamaliel. The tornado ripped the roof off a brick home there. It tracked across rural Monroe County, uprooting and snapping large trees. On the north side of Tompkinsville, it destroyed a large wood frame warehouse and twisted a large steel frame metal building off its foundation. A nearby well built brick home had its roof and exterior walls swept away. It also destroyed a detached three car garage.

This was the end point of a tornado that crossed into Monroe County, Kentucky from Sumner County, Tennessee. The tornado moved through a rural area of Cumberland County and lifted about three miles southwest of Marrowbone.

The tornado caused extensive tree and power line damage near Happy Ridge Road, Wood Dale Road, and Maple Grove Drive. Several businesses were damaged in the Broadway and Lakeview Drive area. A cinder block storage building was toppled. The tornado knocked down the exterior wall of another building. A storage building was lifted up and thrown across Broadway. The Old Brandenburg Telephone Company Office had roof damage. A church was damaged near the intersection of Broadway and Highway 933.

Thunderstorm winds downed large tree limbs.

Straight line winds downed power lines at the Kentucky State Fairgrounds.

Thunderstorm winds downed trees roads mainly to the east of Highway 55. U.S. Highway 60 was closed east of Shelbyville due to snapped power poles.

The tornado destroyed a trailer and an outbuilding along Hansborough Road. It caused major roof damage along Bethlehem Academy Road, with one home losing the roof completely. Several boats were flipped over, and a large bus was pushed two feet. The tornado pushed in garage doors at an industrial building along Ring Road. This building also suffered significant roof damage. At Central Hardin High School, the tornado snapped concrete pillar stadium lights at the football stadium. The press box was thrown on to the playing field and destroyed. The basketball gym and a wing of the school suffered roof damage consistent with an EF2 tornado. Along Black Branch Road just east of the school complex, the tornado caused some structural damage to homes.

Lindssy Avenue was flooded near the V. A. Hospital.

The tornado knocked a trailer off its foundation at the intersection of Miller Road and Porter Lane. Another trailer near this location was completely destroyed. Another trailer along Miller Road was turned on to its roof.

Thunderstorm winds downed twenty trees.

The tornado first touched down near Lone Star, where it destroyed several barns and a mobile home on or near Lone Star Road. The tornado next touched down along U.S. Highway 31W north of Bonnieville, where it heavily damaged or destroyed several more barns or mobile homes. It touched down again near the intersection of Hammonville and Bacon Creek Roads. Here, it caused minor damage to some homes, destroyed a barn, and damaged the roof of another. The tornado continued on eastward, where it damaged several barns near U.S. Highway 31E.

Pea size hail also fell.

The tornado destroyed two mobile homes, and did extensive roof and tree damage.

A long swath of wind damage showed signs of an intermittent embedded tornado. The tornado destroyed an outbuilding, and knocked the top half off a silo. Near Patton Road, there was an enhanced area of tree damage, with the trees laying in a convergent path, consistent with tornadic damage.

Beargrass Creek near Cannons Lane was out of its banks.

This tornado destroyed two barns, and did heavy damage to several other barns and homes.

Straight line winds destroyed several large barns uprooted trees on Hebron Road near Scott Station and Harrington Mill Roads.

Thunderstorm winds destroyed two barns near 9758 Highway 1140.

Straight line winds caused extensive damage to trees and power lines. They also did shingle damage to buildings, and damaged some outbuildings.

Most of the damage caused by this tornado was concentrated in the Flood Road area, as it intensified while moving to the northeast. The tornado destroyed a large, well built barn, and threw the structure 50 yards. It moved an 18 thousand pound trailer four feet, and flipped it. Another barn was destroyed, and every shingle was blown off a well constructed roof top. Several other homes suffered some degree of roof damage. Besides the structural damage, around 40 large hardwood trees were uprooted along the path.

Straight line winds destroyed several large barns and uprooted several trees on Mt. Eden Road south of Interstate 64.

Straight line winds blew the roof off a home. One business and a mobile home had extensive damage. Several mobile homes received some minor damage. Numerous trees and power lines were downed.

The tornado destroyed or heavily damaage two shop buildings at a construction company. A couple trailers on the company site were rolled over. Farther along the tornado's path, it knocked a mobile home off the foundation, and rolled it over two nearby cars. Two occupants of the mobile home were injured.

Thunderstorm winds downed trees and power lines.

The tornado destroyed a large barn. Sheet metal from the barn was thrown over 300 yards, and some metal from the barn was 50 yards to the west.

Thunderstorm winds downed trees at the intersection of Floyd and Jacob Streets.

Thunderstorm winds downed power lines along Cane Run Road at New Lynview.

The tornado touched down on Pleasant Drive about two miles southeast of Springfield. It was embedded within an area of straight-line wind damage. The tornado blew the roof off a house, and threw it about 125 yards downwind. Several pine trees were snapped and small outbuildings were destroyed. A 14 inch diameter pine tree was snapped and moved about 45 yards downwind as well.

Thunderstorm winds downed power lines.

A few cars were damaged by hail.

Thunderstorm winds damaged a garage.

This tornado touched down on Russell Lane about eight miles east-northeast of Springfield. The tornado completely blew away a large, well-constructed out-building. Six-by-six inch posts were snapped and piled up, while metal sheeting was blown about a quarter of a mile away. Concrete joists weighing two hundred pounds were displaced.

Thunderstorm winds collapsed barns. Vehicles in the barns were damaged. Trees were downed.

The tornado downed numerous hardwood trees on a steep ridge near Elkhorn Creek. It increased in intensity as it moved to the northeast, and did extensive roof damage to two homes on the west side of Lucas Lane. It destroyed five barns on the east side of the road.

Thunderstorm winds blew a tree on to a trailer destroyed on Pike Road. Power lines were downed on Pyles Road.

The tornado touched down on the east side of Harrodsburg and collapsed three walls of a warehouse. Near the intersection of KY 152 and Mac Court extensive tree damage occurred. Metal sheeting was found in trees. A large tree fell on a house and power lines, and that same house had its garage destroyed. A small branch was driven into the side of a car and a chimney was knocked down from a house. Near KY 152 and Montrose Street the roof of a factory was blown in and extensive tree damage occurred. An elementary school suffered extensive roof and ceiling damage.

Thunderstorm winds caused barn and roof damage along Rogers Gap Road east of Interstate 75. Trees were also downed.

Straight line winds pushed a one storey house a foot off of its foundation. A section of the roof was also blown off and thrown 100 yards. Winds also destroyed a nearby shed, and uprooted several pine trees.

Downburst winds damaged some outbuildings and downed several trees.

The Wolf Run Wild Life Refuge near Camp Nelson had extensive roof damage.

The tornado touched down near 812 Mt. Vernon Road, damaging a home and a barn at that location. Along Connersville Road, the tornado lifted the roofs off three homes and damaged three others. It also destroyed several barns and outbuildings, and snapped numerous hardwood trees. It damaged a few more barns and trees before lifting about a half mile southwest of Cynthiana. Several businesses in the city of Cynthiana had sign damage from 70 mph straight line winds.

A concentrated area of straight line winds in downtown Lexington showed evidence of wind speeds up to 75 mph. Winds knocked down two brick walls of a new tire store. A nearby restaurant had windows blown out. Aluminum siding was blown in at a loading dock. A business had roof material blown off on to another nearby building. The orientation of the wind damage all indicated west to east straight line winds.

Thunderstorm winds damaged a barn and some fences. Trees were also downed.

A house was destroyed when thunderstorm winds uprooted a large tree, and blew it on to the house.

Straight line winds destroyed a barn.

Thunderstorm winds downed numerous trees.

Thunderstorm winds damaged the roof of a house on Gay Evans Road. A barn was blown down on White Conkwright Road. Winds downed trees and power lines. One tree was downed on a car.

A barn was destroyed and several others were heavily damaged norhteast of Middleburg on Highway 198. Several large pine trees were snapped on a golf course on Short Town Road.

Straight line windes did heavy damage to three modular homes, one of the homes was uninhabitable. Two trailers and another home had minor damage. Several barns were damaged. Trees and power lines were downed.

The first damage occurred two miles west of Carlisle where straight line winds blew the roofs off a barn and a trailer, and a manufacturing company suffered significant roof damage. Tree and barn damage occurred on KY 32 and KY 1455 north of Carlisle. The most significant damage happened three miles northeast of Carlisle near the intersection of KY 32 and Stoney Creek Road. A small barn was completely destroyed and blown into the highway. Several other barns had their roofs removed. A car was blow 15 feet into a telephone pole by the winds.

Straight line winds blew shingles off roofs and downed trees along Arnold Hale Road.

Thunderstorm winds downed trees at Highway 300 and Yates Road.

The tornado destroyed two barns and caused substantial damage to three others. A house was damaged, and a corn crib was destroyed. Many trees were uprooted and a few were snapped.

Thunderstorm winds destroyed several barns. Six cattle were killed.

Straight line winds blew a storage shed blown onto the road at the intersection of State Highway 627 and Lost Fork Road. A small construction trailer was destroyed at the intersection of Lower Hines Creek Road and U.S. Highway 25. Winds overturned the ice making machine at a nearby store.

Straight line winds blew shingles off some homes. Roofs on some homes had structural damage. Several trees were uprooted. Part of the structure of a gas station was blown on to Highway 627 just southwest of the Fort Boonesboro State Park.

Roads were closed countywide due to high water and streams were out of their banks.

The tornado destroyed 12 homes and mobile homes, mainly in the Amos community and in the Tracy Lane area. Many other homes and buildings were damaged. Four people were killed in the Tracy Lane area, and eleven others were injured in southeast Allen County. The tornado continued through rural and wooded sections of eastern Allen County, and crossed into Monroe County, Kentucky near the town of Fountain Run.

This EF3 tornado crossed into a wooded section of Monroe County from Allen County, and lifted near Highway 87 south of the town of Fountain Run. Several outbuildings were destroyed and a car was flipped on Circle D Lane. On Akersville Road, fences were downed and about 200,000 log feet of timber were knocked down.

Water covered highway 49 north of Liberty.

Thunderstorm winds downed trees and power lines along Dixie Highway in the Watson Lane area. Parts of Dixie Highway were blocked.