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Updated: 4:02 PM Feb 11, 2008
Last Count: 27 Tornadoes Confirmed Across Ky
The National Weather Service has confirmed at this time 27 tornadoes slammed into several Ky Counties last week. Experts say they are still investigating the possibility of more twisters.
Posted: 11:48 PM Feb 9, 2008 |
An air-conditioning unit torn off the Hickory Ridge Mall in Memphis, Tenn. landed in the parking lot of the mall after a tornado struck the southeast part of Shelby County, Tenn. Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2008. (AP Photo/The Courier, Mike Avery)
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A week after deadly storms and destructive tornadoes slammed into several Kentucky Counties, The National Weather Service says they have confirmed 27 tornadoes were the cause.
Experts with the National Weather Service say that number could increase as they continue to investigate more damaged areas.
Surveyors said two twisters hit Shelby County, one touched down in Cumberland and one in Hart Counties.
Kentucky has not seen numbers this high since the tornado outbreak in April 1974.
A total of 77 people were killed across the U.S, nearly 1,400 others were injured and an estimated $110 million in damages were reported during those storms.
Devastation could be seen for miles across central Kentucky.
Madison, Franklin and Boyle Counties were among the hard hit areas.
Latest Comments
Some people are idiots. To suggest the NWS just called some of them tornadoes to set a record...how ludicrous!!! These are the same people that have caused hundreds of families to get no insurance money because they called them "straight-line winds" and you think that now all of a sudden they would reverse course and call them tornadoes, flagging federal disaster assistance?!? You must be insane or just plain ignorant if you believe that in any way. The NWS has a set of criteria to determine whether something is a tornado or straight-line wind, and believe me...they don't call it a tornado unless it was! They are basically making the determination whether you get federal assistance (which eats out of the whole federal budget, which means they could eventually face cuts if the govt got in enough of a crunch)...so don't think they would take that lightly. I hope and pray for the families who lost lives and their homes in this super-outbreak of tornadoes.
large parts of bath county were destroyed, including my mom and my sister's homes. i live no more than 25-35 feet away from their houses and my house wasn't touched if that doesn't sound like a tornado i don't know what does!! i just thank god that no one inour family or our county was injuried!!
Woohoo! Record Set!
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