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Public Information Statement
National Weather Service Louisville KY
832 PM EDT Mon Mar 31 2025

…EF1 Tornado 90 mph in Eastern Spencer County….

The National Weather Service damage survey team confirmed an EF1 tornado in Eastern Spencer County, in between Little Mount and Mount Eden. The tornado touched down on the south side of Hickory Ridge Rd, just east of Ten Mile Lane. There was sporadic topped and twisted trees, visible from drone photography. Tornado tornado wind speeds were estimated to be 80 mph, EF0, and 50 yards wide.  



The tornado did extensive at 2384 Hickory Ridge Rd, damaging a 50 by 80 barn. Several large sections of the barn were thrown up to 100 yards to a north and easterly direction. A 30 by 70 hoop barn, with supports encased in several inches of concrete, was destroyed. Sections of the barn were thrown up 225 yards to the northeast to the east southeast direction.  Parts of both barns were thrown into old telephone pole about 50 yards away, and with debris wrapped around the pole. There were a few impalement of boards downwind from the barns.  Wind speeds were 90 mph, EF1, with a width of 80 yards.  An older barn just northeast of the property had one metal panel removed from the roof.  



Drone photography showed tree damage, mainly topped and twisted trees, between Hickory Ridge Road and Mill Road with the most concentrated area along Tenmile creek. The end of the tornado occurred just south of the intersection of Mill Road and Stuart Ridge Road.  Wind speeds were between 75 and 80 mph, EF0, with a width of 50 yards. 



The National Weather Service would like to thank Spencer County Emergency Management Director Robert Klingesmith for his assistance with the survey.