The severe weather that pelted Clinton County last Monday, April 4, causing minor damage to trees and structures across the entire county, included at least two tornados.

News of that determination came in the form of a statement released last week by the National Weather Service office in Louisville, Kentucky, which includes Clinton County as a part of it’s service area.

According to the National Weather Service, the storms that moved into and across Clinton County last week produced two “short-lived” tornados, the first one striking at 3:14 p.m. in the Lee’s Chapel Community, and the second at 3:16 p.m. in Seventy Six.

The bulletin issued by the NWS stated: “A short-lived EF-1 tornado with winds to 90 m.p.h. touched down 4.25 miles southwest of Albany at 3:14 p.m. CDT. A large boat storage barn, 125 x 30 feet, had its roof lifted and thrown approximately 90 yards. A second storage shed was also destroyed. A house along the path had a window blown out and the metal roof peeled back. Multiple trees were uprooted as well. The path length was 350 yards, and the width 100 yards. There were no injuries or fatalities.

“On either side of the tornado track straight-line wind damage extended out 100 yards with limbs and trees blown down. The straight-line winds were estimated at 70 m.p.h..”

The storage facility referred to by the NWS bulletin was the Lowhorn Boat Storage located on KY 738, or the Wolf River Dock Road in south-west Clinton County.

The second tornado that touched down briefly in the Seventy-Six Community was described in a second bulletin as: “In addition, an EF-0 tornado with winds to 85 m.p.h. struck northern Clinton County about three-quarters of a mile north-northeast of Seventy-Six at 3:16 p.m. CDT. Multiple pine, ash, and oak trees were snapped and uprooted. The path length was 250 yards with a width of 60 yards. There were no injuries or fatalities.”

The determinations were made by a National Weather Service Storm Survey Team that visited Clinton County last week.

The two tornados that struck Clinton County during the April 4 round of severe weather, were two of several that were confirmed by the NWS last week.

Additional tornados that were confirmed within the Louisville office region of the NWS were in Monroe, Butler, Grayson, Hart, Russell and Casey Counties.