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During the late evening of Friday, December 10, 2021, a violent, long-tracked and devastating EF4 tornado, sometimes referred to as the Western Kentucky tornado, [3] Mayfield tornado, [4] or The Beast, [5] moved across Western Kentucky, United States, producing severe-to-catastrophic damage in numerous towns, including Mayfield, Princeton, Dawson Springs, and Bremen. [2]
The tornado then lifted and dissipated at 1:38 a.m. CST (07:38 UTC) near Cedar Spring, after causing one final area of EF1-strength tree damage along KY 259. The path length of the tornado was 29.26 miles (47.09 km). [17] In total, 17 people were killed and 63 people were injured by this tornado. [23]
On the night of Dec. 10 and into the early hours of Dec. 11, 2021, a series of tornadoes tore through parts of Western Kentucky, killing more than 80 people and destroying homes, stores, churches ...
Survey team has also confirmed tornado damage in Jeffersonville, IN (EF-0, 80 mph) and Prospect, KY (EF-1, 105 mph). These are preliminary findings, and we still have yet to determine whether it ...
Storm damage near the University of Kentucky camps in Lexington, Ky, Tuesday evening, April 2, 2023. Storm damage near the University of Kentucky camps in Lexington, Ky, Tuesday, April 2, 2023.
On April 27, 1971, a violent F4 tornado struck Gosser Ridge and other parts of Russell and Pulaski County, Kentucky. [1] [2] [3] In November 1999, the National Climatic Data Center published a list of the historical F5 tornadoes in the United States from 1880 to 1999, which rated the Gosser Ridge tornado as an F5 tornado. [4]
Three tornadoes, touching down in various Kentucky counties, caused chaos in the Bluegrass State during Tuesday's severe storms, damaging powerlines, family homes, vehicles and more. The National ...
The Brandenburg tornado is the only tornado to have officially produced documented F5/EF5 damage in the state of Kentucky, with the 1971 Gosser Ridge, Kentucky tornado being rated F5 by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, before being downgraded to F4 after 2000. [10]