EF1 Tornado — Breckinridge, Kentucky

2025-03-30 · near Harned, Breckinridge, Kentucky

Event narrative

The National Weather Service conducted a storm survey in Breckinridge County, near the communities of Hardinsburg and Harned, and determined an EF-1 tornado with maximum winds of 100 mph occurred the evening of March 30th, 2025. The tornado had a path length of 2.55 miles and a width of 30 yards.

The first damage that was observed was along Butler Hobbs Road where a barn had roof panels lifted off for most of the south facing side of the building. The tornado continued along Butler Hobbs Road where several trees had large branch damage. The

tornado then crossed Ephesus Church Road where another barn had roof panel loss. The most significant damage occurred along US Highway 60 near Harned where several barn buildings had significant roof damage on the east and southeast side of the

building, which was the direction that the tornado approached. A barn and garage outbuilding were completely destroyed with estimated max wind speeds of 100 mph. A nearby residence also had wind damage, but there was clear evidence that the tornado was loosing strength with winds at this location near 80 mph. After crossing US Highway 60, there was no additional observable damage from this tornado.

Wider weather episode

On March 30th, a surface low along with the system's cold front dropped southeast from eastern Iowa through southern Indiana and central Kentucky. This resulted in a northeast to southwest oriented line of convection ahead of the front. The added shear from the surface low resulted in organized storms that produced damaging winds and 5 tornadoes throughout north central Kentucky. Wind damage continued farther east into the Bluegrass region, near Lexington.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1246578. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.