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NOAA Storm Events Database – 2021 Western Kentucky tornado/Breckinridge County

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NOAA Storm Events Database – 2021 Western Kentucky tornado (Breckinridge County)
The United States National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s National Centers for Environmental Information finalized report in the Storm Events Database for the 2021 Western Kentucky tornado in Breckinridge County, Kentucky. This report includes the finalized damage survey (Event Narrative) and statistics for the tornado in the county as well as a meteorological synopsis (Episode Narrative) for the day and storm.

4463762NOAA Storm Events Database – 2021 Western Kentucky tornado (Breckinridge County)The United States National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Event Details:
Event Tornado
-- Scale EF1
-- Length 2.14 Miles
-- Width 1200 Yards
State KENTUCKY
County/Area BRECKINRIDGE
WFO LMK
Report Source NWS Storm Survey
NCEI Data Source CSV
Begin Date 2021-12-10 23:41 CST-6
Begin Location 3W FALLS OF ROUGH
Begin Lat/Lon 37.5791/-86.6109
End Date 2021-12-10 23:44 CST-6
End Location 2WNW FALLS OF ROUGH
End Lat/Lon 37.593/-86.576
Deaths Direct/Indirect 0/0 (fatality details below, when available...)
Injuries Direct/Indirect 0/0
Property Damage
Crop Damage 0.00K
Episode Narrative Strong southern winds brought warm temperatures and plenty of moisture into an environment of strong wind shear ahead of an advancing cold front. This resulted in unusually warm temperatures for a December day and the ingredients to produce a historic tornado outbreak and flash flooding. This included multiple long track tornadoes. Central Kentucky saw 18 tornadoes that injured 96 and killed 18. An additional death occurred in a flash flood.
Event Narrative This tornado is a continuation of the western Kentucky (Mayfield) tornado and will go down as the longest continuous tornado track on record in the Commonwealth of Kentucky at 163 miles (plus another two miles in Tennessee). This tornado developed in Obion County, Tennessee near Woodland Mills Road before tracking to the northeast through western Kentucky and on into central Kentucky (see Storm Data from the Memphis, Tennessee and the Paducah, Kentucky offices for more information on the beginning portion of this tornado). The tornado finally came to an end in Grayson County, Kentucky at Rough River Dam State Park. This is the second of five segments of this tornado in the Louisville, Kentucky County Warning Area. The tornado arrived in Breckinridge County, crossed Schneider Road, and damaged a cattle barn and trees, before entering Grayson County.
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Source: Storm Events Database: https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/stormevents/eventdetails.jsp?id=996995
Contributor(s): National Centers for Environmental Information & National Weather Service
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This work is in the public domain in the United States because it is a work of the United States federal government (see 17 U.S.C. 105).

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