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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 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]
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.
At least one tornado did impact Milton, Kentucky, as well as Hanover, Indiana. Officials are working to determine if the damage caused in both areas may be the same tornado or two separate events.
Tornadoes in Kentucky caused damage throughout the state, but Dawson Springs may have been hit hardest by the May 26 storms as power outages remain. ... Kentucky power outage map: 2024 Ky. tornadoes
Tornado outbreak sequence of May 3–9, 1961; Tornado outbreak sequence of May 14–31, 1962; Tornado outbreak sequence of June 1966; Tornado outbreak of April 30 – May 2, 1967; Tornado outbreak of April 21–24, 1968; 1969 Hazlehurst tornadoes; Tornado outbreak sequence of June 10–16, 1970; 1971 Gosser Ridge tornado; 1974 Brandenburg tornado
At least one tornado impacted Milton, Kentucky, as well as Hanover, Indiana. Officials are working to determine if the damage caused in both areas came from the same tornado or two separate events.