LOUISVILLE, KY (WAVE) – The National Weather Service has confirmed that four tornadoes touched down in Kentuckiana during the severe storms that hit Tuesday morning.
Both of the latest confirmations happened in southern Indiana. The first touchdown was in Floyds Knobs at 11 a.m. on East Riley Road where a garage was destroyed before the storm headed east toward Binford Road where it took down some trees.
An NWS survey team said the tornado crossed Paoli Pike just north of Interstate 265 and caused damage to roofs at the Knob Point Apartments.
The storm was only on the ground for two minutes, but traveled 1.2 miles. It was 50 yards wide and had wind speeds of 95 to 100 miles per hour.
The next tornado touched down at 11:06 a.m. in Clarksville, Indiana in the Walmart parking lot on Veterans Parkway just west of Interstate 65. The weather service said the tornado, rated EF-0, overturned a car on I-65 and skipped over an area before coming down again in a subdivision.
Its second touchdown left damage along Belmar Drive and Meadows Drive, as well as the intersection of Kingsfield Street and Crown Court. Several fences were knocked down and the NWS story survey team said there was evidence of cyclonic circulation.
Before the storm ended, it lifted up a third time and landed on Armstrong Road where it took the roof off a barn.
NWS officials say this storm covered a path of 1.9 miles and was 30 yards wide. Its wind speeds are estimated to have been 75 miles per hour.
Shortly after the Clarksville tornado, the storm survey team determined that an EF-1 tornado touched down near the intersection of the Watterson Expressway and Brownsboro Road. That storm tracked northeast to a point near the intersection of Hurstbourne Parkway and Brownsboro Road near the Summit shopping plaza where it lifted from the ground.
The report said the storm reformed briefly and crossed the Gene Snyder Freeway (I-265). NWS says the preliminary track of the storm was 4.2 miles and it had a width of 250 yards.
A pair of semis were blown over on the Snyder near the Brownsboro Road exit during the storm. The Springhurst Tennis Center and the Meijer store at Springhurst also were damaged.
The fourth confirmed touchdown was in the Madison, Indiana where a tornado rated EF-0 hit the airport. The tornado was a quarter-mile long and 60 yards wide. It had a maximum speed of 85 miles per hour.
No injuries were reported from any of the tornado touchdowns.
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Damaged plane at the Madison, IN airport.
Semis blown over on the Gene Snyder Freeway.
Damage to the Springhurst Tennis Center
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