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Public Information Statement...CORRECTED
National Weather Service Charleston WV
242 PM EDT Fri Apr 12 2024

...NWS Damage Survey for 04/02/24 Tornado Event...

.Update...Upon assessment of drone footage, the Greenup Ky to
Ironton OH Microburst has been reclassified as a high end EF1
Tornado with maximum winds of up to 110 mph.

.Greenup KY to Ironton OH EF1 Tornado...

Rating:                 EF1
Estimated Peak Wind:    110 mph
Path Length /statute/:  8.00 miles
Path Width /maximum/:   250 yards
Fatalities:             0
Injuries:               1

Start Date:             04/02/2024
Start Time:             10:12 AM EDT
Start Location:         1 WSW Greenup / Greenup County / KY
Start Lat/Lon:          38.5713 / -82.839

End Date:               04/02/2024
End Time:               10:20 AM EDT
End Location:           1 NW Ironton / Lawrence County / OH
End Lat/Lon:            38.5484 / -82.6962

Survey Summary:
A broken path of damage was noted on the Kentucky side of the
tornado track beginning at the Riverview Cemetery west of Greenup.
Additional damage occurred on Seaton Avenue near South 5th Street
and in the Greenup Fairgrounds where a few buildings suffered
roof damage and a large tree fell onto another building. The
tornado then likely tracked along the river before intersecting
land again on the Kentucky side and causing roof and tree damage
to several homes along Calumet Drive.

The tornado finally crossed the river and impacted a campground
on the Ohio side at Hanging Rock. More significant damage was
noted here as several travel trailers were overturned, the roof
was blown off of the Laidback Bar and significant tree damage was
noted in the adjacent camping area. Drone footage showed campers
tossed in a counter-clockwise motion and some convergence in the
tree damage. A salt storage dome was also destroyed in this area
causing significant injury to an employee.

The tornado continued to track eastward, damaging a few homes and
damaging the roof and ballfields at Ironton Middle School. The
tornado weakened but continued to cause some sporadic damage to
homes all the way to the Storms Creek Flood Wall.

Thanks to Greenup County Emergency Management, Greenup Fire
Department, Lawrence County Emergency Management, the City of
Ironton and Ohio Emergency Management Agency for their assistance
with the damage survey. Also, many thanks to Matthew Delong for
drone footage that was of tremendous help in reclassifying this as
a tornado.

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EF Scale: The Enhanced Fujita Scale classifies tornadoes into the
following categories:

EF0.....65 to 85 mph
EF1.....86 to 110 mph
EF2.....111 to 135 mph
EF3.....136 to 165 mph
EF4.....166 to 200 mph
EF5.....>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.


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ABE