EF1 tornado in Breckinridge County, Kentucky

Tornado June 21, 2026 · Breckinridge County, Kentucky

EF1

Rating

1.1 mi

Path length

70 yd

Path width

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 70 yards (0.04 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

A brief, but fairly intense tornado started along Parr Road. The tornado intensified quickly as it approached a large worship and dwelling space near County Road 2780. The tornado destroyed the shed, completely removing its roof and most walls, and snapped trees near it at the base, before lifting quickly as it moved east.

The wider storm

On the night of June 21st, 2026 and into the early morning of June 22nd, 2026, a Mesoscale Convective System moved through southern Indiana and northern Kentucky. This system brought multiple lines of storms and some supercells. Several tornadoes occurred along with flash flooding.

Began near Clifton Mills (37.8848, -86.3822).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF0 Hancock County EF0 Breckinridge County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1355852. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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