EF1 Tornado — Todd, Kentucky

2025-11-22 · near Guthrie, Todd, Kentucky

Event narrative

An EF-1 tornado (with peak winds of 98mph) began north of Guthrie where several trees were snapped. The narrow tornado moved east across open fields where it flipped a pivot irrigation system. It destroyed a small outbuilding and damaged other smaller buildings nearby. Several power poles were snapped along US-79 and the intersection of US-79 and KY-848.

Wider weather episode

Southerly flow in the warm sector on the 21st allowed for warm moist advection with dew points reaching the lower 60s in portions of Western Kentucky near the Tennessee border. A line of storms developed moved through Western Kentucky in the late evening hours through just after 0000CST on the 22nd. The storm line was mainly oriented WSW to ENE along the Kentucky-Tennessee border, but the leading edge turned more northerly. At that surge point, a cell on the Kentucky side produced off and on mesocyclone activity as it tracked from Calloway to Todd Counties. A brief tornado formed in Todd County north of Guthrie damaging trees and multiple outbuildings. MLCAPE was limited at a few hundred J/kg while effective bulk shear rose to around 45kts at midnight.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1299509. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.