EF1 Tornado — Taylor, Kentucky
2025-04-03 · near Burdick, Taylor, Kentucky
Event narrative
A storm damage team surveyed EF1 tornado damage with a max wind speed around 110 mph and a max width of 125 yards in Taylor County Kentucky. The tornado touched down southwest of Burdick along Milder Creek Road and Lemon Bend Road where cedar tree damage occurred. The tornado then continued between Joe Kerr Road and Gilpin Road, twisting trees and damaging a roof structure. The tornado then continued to Joe Kerr Road and Milder Creek Road, where it took a roof off a garage barn and did
damage to several trees.
The tornado continued across KY Highway 55 and did tree damage along Lone Valley Road with several trees uprooted and large branches damaged. Damage continued to be observed to the northeast along Strawberry Farm Road where several trees were snapped for a max width of 125 yards. Nearby Tuckers Tiki Bar and Restaurant had significant roof damage where an estimated peak wind speed of 110 mph occurred with this tornado.
The tornado moved to the east where tree damage occurred along State Park Road in Green River Lake State Park. The tornado continued skipping across mainly rural areas of Green River Lake State Park before significant damage occurred on County Park Road
in Taylor County Park, where several trees had been topped off or snapped. The tornado lifted after doing more tree damage at the end of Capps Road, just before going back over Green River Lake.
Wider weather episode
On the night of April 2nd, 2025, a cold front approached the lower Ohio Valley. Along and ahead of the cold front, numerous supercells developed over southern Illinois and western Kentucky. These storms tracked eastward and occasionally grew upscale into a QLCS with bowing segments. Storms lasted all night and into the morning hours, as the cold front began to stall over the lower Ohio Valley. These storms left behind a wake of damage in many counties in central Kentucky. Over the next few days, waves of showers and storms rode along the cold front bringing lots of rain which lead to widespread flash and areal flooding. Showers and storms came through daily, until the evening of April 6th. Later, this flooding turned into historic and near-record breaking river flooding along many river basins.
Overall, 6 tornadoes touched down from late evening into the overnight on April 2nd and 3rd, including one EF-3, one EF-2's, and four EF-1's. Many additional pockets of wind damage occurred, as well as widespread areal and flash flooding through late week into the weekend. Some river crests were historic, including a new record crest at Camp Nelson on the Kentucky River and the #2 all time crest at Frankfort. The crest at McAlpine Upper on the Ohio River was #8 all time.
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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1258709. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.