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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]
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.
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 National Weather Service office in Paducah alerted Western Kentucky of tornadoes earlier Friday, surpassing the average lead time for warnings.
An “historic” tornado tracked through western Kentucky on Friday, December 10, causing widespread destruction, the National Weather Service (NWS) said.Gov Andy Beshear said at least 70 people ...
Kentucky power outage map: 2024 Ky. tornadoes When was Dawson Springs, Kentucky tornado? ... Poulos said an EF-4 tornado passed through Dawson Springs on Dec. 10, 2021. He said the latest activity ...
A deadly late-season tornado outbreak, the deadliest on record in December, [5] produced catastrophic damage and numerous fatalities across portions of the Southern United States and Ohio Valley from the evening of December 10 to the early morning of December 11, 2021.
English: Map of confirmed tornadoes and tornado warnings issued by the National Weather Service from 12 UTC December 10 to 12 UTC December 12, 2021, over the Ohio River Valley and central Mississippi valley. Most of the tornadic activity occurred on the night of December 10–11.