LUTCHER, LA (WVUE) – A number of St. James Parish residents are cleaning up, after a tornado hit the Lutcher area, early Saturday morning. “I was in such shock. I never thought anything like this whatever happened to me,” said 14-year-old Kali Ramirez. “Words can’t really describe how it was. It was just very, very…
NWS: EF-1 tornado causes damage Saturday in St. James Parish near Paulina
PAULINA, La. — The National Weather Service survey team said an EF-1 tornado touched down in St. James Parish Saturday morning. The NWS said the tornado had a 1.16 mile track and was 50 yards wide between Denise St and Sugarhouse Ln. EF-1 damage was reported along Hwy 642 and the St. Joseph Street area,…
National Weather Service says EF-1 tornado caused Boyle County damage
BOYLE COUNTY, Ky. (WKYT) – The National Weather Service says an EF-1 tornado hit Boyle County Tuesday night. The estimated speeds are 90 mph, and a survey crew is working to determine the length and width of the tornado. The tornado touched down approximately 5 miles southwest of Danville. Crews also say straight-line winds caused…
New tornado confirmed in far North Georgia
The National Weather Service has confirmed an EF-1 tornado hit far North Georgia days before Monday’s severe storms left a path of destruction in south Fulton and Haralson counties. The tornado, with a path length of 5 miles, hit north White County with winds of 105 mph in the upper Chattahoochee River Campground, according to…
Tornado confirmed; hail crashed into Cullman at 130 mph
An EF-1 tornado touched down briefly near Vinemont during Monday’s storm, but the rare occurrence was the size and force of the hail. The magnitude of the hail storm, which included one spiked hail stone measuring 5.25 inches in diameter, was rare for Alabama and the Southeast, said Chris Stumpf, a meteorologist with the National…
County suffers tornado damage
Another damaging storm has hit Franklin County, seven years after the tornado that ripped through parts of the county in 2011. March 19 will go down in history as another moment when buildings and land were destroyed and panic spread. But according to Russellville Fire Chief Joe Mansell, it will also be remembered as a…
Garrard County storm damage caused by tornado, National Weather Service says
The storm that caused serious damage to several buildings over the weekend along a Garrard County ridge has been classified as a tornado, according to the National Weather Service. The tornado was small and brief, but it knocked a shed off its foundation, flipped another outbuilding and tore the outer wall from a house near…
Two tornadoes touched down in Local 6 area over weekend
The National Weather Service confirms two tornadoes touched down in the Local 6 area. Rick Shanklin with the NWS Paducah was out surveying damage today and says an EF-1 tornado touched down in Murray. That tornado brought wind speeds as fast as 105 miles per hour, spanned 1.5 miles, with a path was as wide…
EF-1 tornado damage confirmed in Faulkner County
FAULKNER COUNTY, Ark. (KATV) — — The National Weather Service has determined an EF-1 tornado brought damage to Faulkner County in Sunday night storms. The majority of the damage was found on Needs Creek Dr., which is south of Greenbrier and east of the Springhill community. The storm ripped roofs off of several homes and…
3 tornadoes touched down in Arkansas storms, damage surveys show
Three tornadoes have now been confirmed in Arkansas storms earlier this week, according to the National Weather Service. An EF-1 twister with estimated winds between 85 and 90 mph traveled Sunday night for about 4.3 miles in Franklin County, the agency’s Tulsa office reported. The weather service said the tornado touched down around 7:40 p.m.…