EF1 Tornado — Spencer, Kentucky
2025-03-30 · near Snider, Spencer, Kentucky
Event narrative
The National Weather Service damage survey team confirmed an EF1 tornado in Eastern Spencer County, in between Little Mount and Mount Eden. The tornado touched down on the south side of Hickory Ridge Rd, just east of Ten Mile Lane. There was sporadic topped and twisted trees, visible from drone photography. Tornado tornado
wind speeds were estimated to be 80 mph, EF0, and 50 yards wide.
The tornado did extensive damage to a property on Hickory Ridge Rd, damaging a 50 by 80 barn. Several large sections of the barn were thrown up to 100 yards to a north and easterly direction. A 30 by 70 hoop barn, with supports encased in several inches of concrete, was destroyed. Sections of the barn were thrown up 225 yards to the northeast to the east southeast direction. Parts of both barns were thrown into old telephone pole about 50 yards away, and with debris wrapped around the pole. There were a few impalement of boards downwind from the barns. Wind speeds were 90
mph, EF1, with a width of 80 yards. An older barn just northeast of the property had one metal panel removed from the roof.
Drone photography showed tree damage, mainly topped and twisted trees, between Hickory Ridge Road and Mill Road with the most concentrated area along Tenmile creek. The end of the tornado occurred just south of the intersection of Mill Road and Stuart
Ridge Road. Wind speeds were between 75 and 80 mph, EF0, with a width of 50 yards.
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 1246582. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.