An EF1 tornado is a tornado with speeds of 86 to 110 mph, estimated based on damage, the NWS said.
A damage survey conducted Thursday found that the tornado touched down at about 10:54 p.m. near Burlington, Kentucky, west of KY-237 at an industrial site then traveled 3.15 miles before lifting up at the airport just two minutes later. The NWS said that its winds reached an estimated peak of 105 mph, and the path reached a maximum of about 90 yards.
A spokesperson for the airport told this publication’s news partner WCPO that the tornado damaged a building under construction on the airport’s property, but nobody was injured.
The damage survey team said that the tornado also moved a 747 about five feet, and about a dozen cars were damaged by flying debris in a nearby parking garage. Finally, trees and HVAC systems were damaged on the northeast side of the airport before the tornado lifted, the survey found.
The NWS thanked the Airport Emergency Preparedness Manager, Boone County Emergency Management Agency and the Hebron Fire Department for their help with the damage survey.
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