EF1 Tornado — Bullitt, Kentucky

2025-03-30 · near Cupio, Bullitt, Kentucky

Event narrative

The National Weather Service surveyed a long-track EF-1 tornado that moved from Midway through the north side of Fort Knox and then ended just west of the Clermont exit on I-65. Numerous trees were downed or snapped along the damage path, which ran a little over 30 miles and was on the ground a little over 30 minutes.

The most notable damage in Bullitt County was a large barn destroyed west of Clermont.

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 1247770. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.