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During the late evening of Friday, December 10, 2021, a large, 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]
According to the National Weather Service, an EF-1 tornado is classified as a weak tornado with winds of 86 to 110 mph, causing moderate damage. The EF Scale, used to assess wind speeds and ...
The National Weather Service has confirmed that at least 11 tornadoes touched down across Kentucky ... in KY for the damage that occurred yesterday morning. ... storm damage in Jessamine County ...
See the damage as severe storms hit Kentucky leaving thousands without power. ... Storm damage near the University of Kentucky camps in Lexington, Ky, Tuesday, April 2, 2023.
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]
Radar 3D volume scan of the 2021 Western Kentucky tornado showing debris lofted over 30,000 feet (9.1 km) in the air as the tornado struck Mayfield, Kentucky. Between March 2022 and April 2023, the Propagation, Evolution, and Rotation in Linear Storms (PERiLS) Project occurred. The project involved over a hundred people from sixteen ...
In Kentucky, the storm has left tens of thousands without power or water, and has forced authorities to close a possible record number of roads, Beshear said. Swift water crews rescued over 1,000 ...
The derecho continued across central Kentucky and northern middle Tennessee, maintaining an average speed of 60 kt. The storm reached Bowling Green, KY/Gallatin, TN at 1700 UTC and continued into eastern Kentucky, reaching Somerset at 1810 UTC. The derecho exited Kentucky by 2000 UTC and continued eastward through Ohio and West Virginia.