Here it is:
http://iwin.nws.noaa.gov/iwin/ky/public.html
I will include the whole thing below for archival purposes:
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
115 AM EDT MON JUN 04 2001
...TORNADO SURVEY CONDUCTED IN LAUREL COUNTY CONFIRMS F2 TORNADO...
ON THE EVENING OF JUNE 2ND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPED OVER
PORTIONS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY. ONE OF THESE STORMS SPAWNED A TORNADO
OVER THE TOWN OF LONDON WHERE CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE OCCURRED. NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE OFFICIALS CONDUCTED A DAMAGE SURVEY ON JUNE 3RD.
THE PATH OF DESTRUCTION BEGAN NEAR THE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH ON 5TH
STREET WHERE TREE DAMAGE WAS OBSERVED. EYE WITNESS REPORTS DAMAGE
BEGAN AT APPROXIMATELY 6:02 PM EDT. THE TORNADO THEN TRAVELED EAST
SOUTHEAST TO THE CARNABY SQUARE SHOPPING CENTER WHERE AT
APPROXIMATELY 6:05 PM EDT MAJOR DAMAGE OCCURRED. THE TORNADO WAS
REPORTED BY EYE WITNESSES TO HAVE BEEN NEARLY STATIONARY IN THE
PARKING LOT FOR NEARLY 4 MINUTES. DURING THIS TIME SEVERAL
AUTOMOBILES INCLUDING A LARGE MOVING VAN WERE OVERTURNED. A 20 X 30
FOOT CHUNK OF 4 INCH THICK BLACKTOP FROM THE PARKING LOT WAS TORN UP
AND THROWN APPROXIMATELY 100 FEET. MERCHANDISE FROM ONE THE STORES
WAS LATER FOUND 25 MILES TO THE EAST IN THE TOWN OF MANCHESTER.
THE TORNADO THEN LIFTED BEFORE CROSSING US HIGHWAY 25. THE STORM
CONTINUED ITS EASTWARD MOVEMENT AND A TORNADO AGAIN TOUCHED DOWN
ALONG BALLSINGER STREET BETWEEN 6:15 AND 6:20 PM EDT WERE SEVERAL
HOMES RECEIVED MAJOR DAMAGE. ONE DUPLEX LOST ITS ENTIRE ROOF AS A
MOTHER AND HER TWO SONS TOOK SHELTER ON THE SECOND FLOOR. A MOBILE
HOME USED FOR STORAGE WAS DEMOLISHED. ONE BLOCK OVER ON MORGAN
STREET SEVERAL BRICK AND FRAMED HOMES LOST THEIR ENTIRE ROOFS. A
FRAMED HOME PLACED ON A BLOCK FOUNDATION WAS BLOWN 15 FEET AWAY FROM
IT.
THE STORM APPEARED TO LIFT AS IT APPROACHED THE ROLLING ACRES
SUBDIVISION. WITNESSES REPORTED SEEING TWO FUNNEL CLOUDS AT THIS
TIME AS THE STORM CONTINUED MOVING EAST. DAMAGE WAS CONFINED TO
LARGE TREES AND MINOR ROOF DAMAGE.
THE STORM AGAIN DROPPED A TORNADO AS IT APPROACHED A BALL PARK JUST
NORTHWEST OF THE INTERSECTION OF KY HIGHWAY 192 AND 80. THREE OF THE
FOUR TEAMS IN THE PARK TOOK REFUGE IN THE CONCESSION STAND...THE
FOURTH TEAM REMAINED IN THE DUGOUT WHERE PARENTS COVERED THE
CHILDREN WHILE LAYING ON THE GROUND. ONE MID-SIZED TRUCK WAS TOSSED
FROM THE PARKING LOT APPROXIMATELY 150 FEET. FENCING FROM BOTH BALL
DIAMONDS WAS BLOWN AWAY.
THE LAST MAJOR DAMAGE OCCURRED AT A MOBILE HOME SALES LOT NEAR THE
INTERSECTION OF KY HIGHWAY 192 AND THE DANIEL BOONE PARKWAY. EIGHT
MOBILE HOMES WEIGHING 8 TO 12 TONS WERE TOTALED.
THE TORNADO PRODUCED DAMAGE ALONG AN APPROXIMATE 7 MILE LONG PATH
FROM 5TH STREET TO TOM CAT TRAIL NEAR HIGHWAY 80. MOST OF THE DAMAGE
OCCURRED WITHIN A 50 TO 100 YARD WIDTH. BASED ON DAMAGE SEEN...
WINDSPEEDS ARE ESTIMATED TO HAVE BEEN BETWEEN 135 AND 155 MILES PER
HOUR... WHICH WOULD RATE THIS TORNADO AS A STRONG F2 ON THE FUJITA
TORNADO DAMAGE SCALE.
ESTIMATES FROM EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS CONCLUDE THAT THERE
WERE 10 MINOR INJURIES WITH THE MOST SERIOUS CONSISTING OF BROKEN
ARMS. EIGHTEEN RESIDENCES WERE DESTROYED...21 RECEIVED MAJOR DAMAGE
WHILE 84 RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE. TWENTY-SIX BUSINESSES SUFFERED MAJOR
DAMAGE. ONE CHURCH RECEIVED MAJOR DAMAGE WITH ANOTHER RECEIVING
MINOR DAMAGE. THIRTY VEHICLES WERE DESTROYED AND THREE 18 WHEEL
TRACTOR TRAILERS WERE OVERTURNED.
$$
KEENEY/HEINLEIN
John Bradshaw wrote:
>
> Damage estimate put yesterdays tornado at upper F-2
> And 2 ppl got video of the tornado beforeit formed and during its path tru
> downtown...
>
> I will try and find out if this is available online....
>
> John
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