…NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 04/28/2014 TORNADO EVENT…
.KIMBERLY TORNADO (JEFFERSON COUNTY)…
RATING: EF-1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 100 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 3.3 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 800 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 04/28/2014
START TIME: 1000 PM CDT
START LAT/LON: 33.7514/-86.8303
END DATE: 04/28/2014
END TIME: 1009 PM CDT
END LAT/LON: 33.7897/-86.7952
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS SURVEYED DAMAGE IN NORTHERN
JEFFERSON COUNTY AND HAVE DETERMINED THAT THE DAMAGE IS CONSISTENT
WITH A TORNADO. WINDS WERE ESTIMATED TO BE AROUND 100 MPH. THE
TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN NEAR INTERSTATE 65…ABOUT ONE-HALF MILE SOUTH
OF SARDIS ROAD. THE TORNADO MOVED TO THE NORTHEAST AND CROSSED
INTERSTATE 65…SNAPPING AND UPROOTING HUNDREDS OF TREES ALONG
THE PATH. AS THE TORNADO CONTINUED TO THE NORTHEAST AND MOVED INTO
THE CITY LIMITS OF KIMBERLY…SEVERAL STRUCTURES WERE DAMAGED.
IN KIMBERLY…A VACANT LARGE RETAIL BUILDING HAD ITS ROOF REMOVED.
THE TORNADO CROSSED STOUTS ROAD…WHERE THE KIMBERLY FIRE
DEPARTMENT SUSTAINED MAJOR DAMAGE. THE TORNADO CONTINUED TO SNAP
DOZENS OF TREES AS IT MOVED NORTHEAST…AND SEVERAL HOMES HAD
SHINGLE DAMAGE. THE TORNADO LIFTED JUST AS IT CROSSED BILL JONES
ROAD.
EF0…WEAK……65 TO 85 MPH
EF1…WEAK……86 TO 110 MPH
EF2…STRONG….111 TO 135 MPH
EF3…STRONG….136 TO 165 MPH
EF4…VIOLENT…166 TO 200 MPH
EF5…VIOLENT…>200 MPH*|
NOTE:
THE INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS PRELIMINARY AND SUBJECT TO
CHANGE PENDING FINAL REVIEW OF THE EVENT AND PUBLICATION IN NWS
STORM DATA.
