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EF1 tornado in Kenton County, Kentucky

Tornado June 17, 2026 · Kenton County, Kentucky

EF1

Rating

6.2 mi

Whole path

400 yd

Path width

$260K

Damage as recorded

NOAA records this tornado county by county. Its path ran through Boone County → Kenton County; the totals above are for the whole tornado.

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 400 yards (0.23 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What EF1 means. On the Enhanced Fujita scale, EF1 is moderate damage: roofs badly stripped, mobile homes pushed off foundations or overturned, windows broken, consistent with estimated gusts of 86–110 mph. The rating comes from a survey of the worst damage after the storm, not from a wind measurement, so it says as much about what the tornado hit as about how strong it was.

What the National Weather Service wrote

The tornado initially developed in Boone County at 2334EST, along Landings Way, about 1 mile southwest of Oakbrook. The tornado moved east and entered Kenton County at 2343EST, about 2.3 miles south-southeast of Erlanger. Several trees were snapped at residences along Autumn Road before the tornado dissipated on Tallwood Circle, where multiple large branches were downed.

The wider storm

Thunderstorms developed during the evening hours and continued into the overnight hours as a low pressure system moved through the Ohio Valley.

Began near Erlanger (38.9880, -84.6130).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

4 more tornadoes the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.

EF2 Boone County EF2 Mason County EF1 Switzerland County EF1 Grant County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1340870. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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