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During the late evening of Friday, December 10, 2021, a large and extremely 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]
Other tornadic thunderstorms affected portions of eastern Missouri, Southern Illinois, West and Middle Tennessee, and western to central Kentucky during the late evening into the overnight hours of December 11, including two more EF3 tornadoes that struck Edwardsville, Illinois and Defiance, Missouri.
This is the 2021 Western Kentucky tornado (seen via the hook echo) prior to impacting the city of Mayfield, Kentucky with winds estimated to be at least 188 miles per hour (303 km/h). The long “line” to the south-southeast is a debris spike caused by debris lofted by the tornado.
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Kentucky cities such as Mayfield, Bowling Green and Dawson Springs were hit by tornadoes. What to know about damage, deaths, ways to help and more. ... Kentucky cities such as Mayfield, Bowling ...
In the early hours of December 11, 2021, two large and strong tornadoes would hit the city of Bowling Green, located in Warren County, Kentucky. The first tornado cut a swath of EF3 damage through city and directly killed sixteen people, while the second tornado produced EF2 damage but no injuries or fataliites. The tornadoes touched down as ...
Dec. 11—Local leaders are offering words of support following a night of devastating tornados and storms that is believed to have killed at least 70 Kentuckians primarily in the western part of ...
Clockwise from top: Tornado damage in Mayfield, Kentucky following a large EF4 tornado on December 10; A multi-vortex tornado near Punkin Center, Colorado on May 22; A radar loop of an EF4 tornado near Peachtree City, Georgia on March 25; Major damage caused by an IF4 tornado in Lužice, Czech Republic on June 24; Damage from a deadly tornado ...