Type: | Unknown |
Active: | February 8, 2005 |
Duration of tornado outbreak1: | 5 Hours, 6 minutes |
Maximum rated tornado2: | F4 tornado |
Highest winds | Unknown |
Tornadoes confirmed: | 31 |
Damage: | $4.28M (2005 USD) |
Injuries: | Unknown |
Fatalities: | 3 |
Areas affected: | Southeastern United States, Midwest United States |
1Time from first tornado to last tornado |
Confirmed Total |
Confirmed F0 |
Confirmed F1 |
Confirmed F2 |
Confirmed F3 |
Confirmed F4 |
Confirmed F5 |
31 | 13 (6 anti-cyclonic) | 8 (2 anti-cyclonic) | 4 (2 anti-cyclonic) | 4 (2 anti-cyclonic) | 2 (0 anti-cyclonic) | 0 |
On February 8 the SPC issued a High Risk of Severe Weather extending from North Mississippi to Southwest Indiana...a 25% chance of tornadoes was highlighted in Southwest Kentucky, the threat was mostly of Large Hail and Damaging Winds with individual supercells...at about 12:00PM Eastern Daylight Time, Severe Thunderstorms started to initiate...the individual cells started to produce Weak F0 tornadoes...at 12:36PM a Tornado Warning was issued for McCracken County,KY...minutes later a F3 Tornado barreled through Paducah, Kentucky...A F4 tornado ripped through Bowling Green minutes later, killing 3 and causing $1M in damage...
Feburary 8 event[]
F# | Time | Town | State | Info |
---|---|---|---|---|
F0 | 2007-
2009 UTC |
NW of Paducah | KY | No damage reported |
F0 | 2014-2032 UTC | N of Owensboro
to NE of Evansville |
KY/IN | Light Damage reported by this Long Track F0 tornado |
F0 | 2036-2040 UTC | N of Paducah | KY | No Damage reported... |
F3 | 2046-2153 UTC | Paducah | KY | 1 Death - Heavy Damage from this F3 tornado, many homes were completely destroyed...1 person was killed by this tornado... |
F4 | 2156-2302 UTC | Bowling Green | KY | 1 Death - F4 tornado almost caused F5 damage...and killed a person, this tornado was also the widest of the day, and of winter and spring 2005 tornadoes |
F3+ | 2309-2354 UTC | Indianapolis | IN | 1 Death - Heavy Damage reported...currently unknown whether or not this event was a F3 or a F4...but is currently rated a F3 by the NWS |
F2 | 2314-2356 UTC | SW of Memphis, TN | AR | Several Chicken Coops were destroyed by this F2 tornado...event could have been two separate tornadoes |
F1 | 2319-2331 UTC | NW of Nashville | TN | A Few Houses sustained roof damage... |
F4/F5 | 2330-0046 UTC | Downtown Nashville | TN | Massive Tornado causes major injuries, unknown if event was F4 or F5, but is left rated F4 by NWS |
F3+ | 2341-0017 UTC | Kokomo to Marion | IN | Large Wedge Tornado causes High End F3/Low End F4 damage in downtown Kokomo...Starbucks in front of Markland Mall was blown down, would be blown down again by a EF3 in the August 24, 2016 tornado outbreak...Five Points Mall sustained severe damage... |
F1 | 2346-2350 UTC | Shamrock Lakes | IN | Moderate Damage reported to homes in Shamrock Lakes, became a waterspout 4 times after passing over 4 of the 7 lakes in Shamrock Lakes |
F1 | 2348-2356 UTC | Muncie | IN | Moderate Damage to several homes... |
F0 | 0011-0012 UTC | Fort Myers | FL | Weak waterspout moved on shore for about 25 seconds, very light damage reported. |
F1 | 0016-0018 UTC | St Petersburg | FL | Weak thunderstorm spawns a tornado in downtown St Petersburg causing light damage. |
This is a WIP