National Weather Service completed reports of Feb. 28 storms

March 6, 2017 By Jim Muir Leave a Comment

Track of the Perryville to Mulkeytown tornado that caused some considerable damage on the west side of the county. (NWS image)

Track of the Perryville to Mulkeytown tornado that caused some considerable damage on the west side of the county. (NWS image)

Here is a link to the completed storm reports by the National Weather Service in Paducah, KY on the Feburary 28-March 1 storms where an F-4 tornado did some considerable damage in the west side of Franklin County. There is some great information in here, especially for weather enthusiasts. Here was the overview of the night from the NWS website A significant severe weather event occurred in our forecast area from the evening of February 28th into the early morning hours of March 1st. Two waves of severe storms occurred with the first consisting of multiple supercells during the evening hours, one of which produced 2 long track tornadoes. The second round was an intense squall line that moved into southeast Missouri and southern Illinois after 3 AM and was out of the area by 7 AM. Damaging winds in excess of 80 mph were reported with this line as it moved across western Kentucky. There were 6 confirmed tornadoes from this event, with 1 EF-4 (Perryville, MO), 1 EF-3 (Crossville, IL), and 1 EF-2 (Cuba, KY). The Perryville, MO tornado was on the ground for 50 miles, becoming the longest track tornado in our forecast area since April 1981..

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