EF0 Tornado — Washington, Kentucky

2024-04-02 · near Tatham Spgs, Washington, Kentucky

Event narrative

As the tornado was exiting Nelson County and entering Washington County, it was weakening as it crossed Kentucky 555 and the Chaplain River. There were a few top trees and wind speeds had decreased to 75 mph with a width of 60 yards before the tornado lifted. This EF1 tornado traveled a total of 5.02 miles from where it began near Maude Cooksey Lane and Hagan Lane in Nelson County to where it ended in Washington County.

Wider weather episode

As a surface low cut across Missouri and Illinois, its eastward stretching warm front moved north across central Indiana while its cold front moved east towards the Lower Ohio Valley. This placed central Kentucky in the warm sector, where 3 separate lines of convection moved through during the day. The first line of storms generating from an early morning outflow boundary dropped southeast through the area. This produced six tornadoes, mainly through the Bluegrass region. The second line, moving west to east, just produced some passing showers and thunderstorms. The third line, just ahead of the cold front, moved through during the evening hours. This produced three more tornadoes along the Interstate 71 corridor. One of these tornadoes began in Clark County, Indiana before crossing the Ohio River into Kentucky.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1176642. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.