EF1 tornado in Trigg County, Kentucky
Tornado April 13, 2022 · Trigg County, Kentucky
NOAA records this tornado county by county. Its path ran through Trigg County → Lyon County; the totals above are for the whole tornado.
The path drawn at its surveyed width of 150 yards (0.09 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.
What the National Weather Service wrote
The tornado formed southwest of Hematite Lake in the Land Between The Lakes National Recreation Area. It crossed just south of the Woodlands Nature Station and then across Lake Barkley into Lyon County. Many tree limbs were blown down. Multiple large trees were uprooted. Peak winds were estimated near 95 mph.
The wider storm
A squall line of thunderstorms occurred ahead of a strong cold front that trailed southward from a low pressure center over the Great Lakes region. The squall line moved rapidly east-northeast from Arkansas and northwest Tennessee across southwest Kentucky. Pockets of minor to moderate wind damage occurred south of a line from Paducah to Madisonville to Owensboro. A few brief tornadoes accompanied meso-vortices within the line. Heavy rainfall associated with this system caused minor flooding on the Green River, along with a few flooded roads.
Began near Energy (36.8800, -88.0600).
Other tornadoes from the same storm system
6 more tornadoes the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1012049. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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