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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]
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The National Weather Service has confirmed six EF-1 tornadoes touched down in Kentucky during Tuesday’s storm. The confirmed tornadoes are in Anderson, Bourbon, Boyd, Jessamine, Jefferson and ...
The weather service post on X said the tornado watch is in effect until 7 p.m. Saturday, and there are a few tornadoes likely, possible hail and winds up to 70 mph.
At 5:48 p.m. the NWS said a confirmed tornado was located near Coldstream, Kentucky, in Jefferson County moving east at 45 mph. WKYT, the Herald-Leader’s reporting partner, reported the NWS has ...
A map of the tornadoes and straight-line wind damage reports from April 2, 2024 Many areas of Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana and West Virginia were put on flood watches prior to the event. [ 115 ] [ 116 ] In West Virginia, there were dozens of reports of straight-line wind damage along with the tornadoes.
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.
A tornado warning for the area was issued around 1:49 p.m., according to the National Weather Service. Beshear said there were no reports of fatalities or missing persons as of 7:45 p.m. Thursday.