By Chief Meteorologst Justin Stapleton:

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
815 PM EDT SAT OCT 10 2009

...NWS CONFIRMS EF-2 TORNADO IN MONROE COUNTY KENTUCKY...

A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STORM SURVEY TEAM INVESTIGATED STORM 
DAMAGE IN MONROE COUNTY AND CONFIRMED THAT AN EF-2 TORNADO 
TOUCHED DOWN FRIDAY AFTERNOON OCTOBER 9 2009.

THE TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN NEAR FLIPPIN KENTUCKY AND CAUSED EF-1 TREE 
DAMAGE. IT CONTINUED TO CAUSE MAINLY EF-1 DAMAGE ALONG ITS PATH TO 
NEAR MUD LICK KENTUCKY. ITS WIDTH WAS 1/8 OF MILE DURING THIS 
PERIOD. EAST OF MUD LICK TO ROCKBRIDGE...THE TORNADO BECAME STRONGER 
AND CAUSED EF-2 DAMAGE TO HOMES...BARNS AND TREES. THE HIGHEST 
CONCENTRATION OF DAMAGE WAS FROM ROCKBRIDGE ROAD AND BRAY SCHOOL 
RD...TO NORTH WILLOW SPRINGS RD. NEAR THE END OF THE PATH...THE 
TORNADO WIDTH WAS 1/2 MILE. 

THIS IS A VERY RURAL AREA OF THE COUNTY AND HOMES WERE SPARSE. 

DETAILS ON THE TORNADO FOLLOW:

BEGIN TIME...............120 PM CDT.
END TIME.................136 PM CDT.

LOCATION BEGIN...........1 MILE WSW OF FLIPPIN NEAR THE INTERSECTION 
 OF FOUNTAIN RUN RD AND STATE HIGHWAY 678. 
LOCATION END.............3 MILES ENE OF ROCKBRIDGE NEAR NORTH WILLOW 
 SPRINGS RD.

EF-SCALE RATING..........EF-2.
ESTIMATED WIND SPEEDS....115 MPH.
PATH LENGTH..............15.6 MILES
PATH WIDTH...............1/2 MILE
INJURIES.................NONE
FATALITIES...............NONE