EF0 tornado in Christian County, Kentucky
Tornado April 10, 2009 · Christian County, Kentucky
The path drawn at its surveyed width of 50 yards (0.03 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.
What the National Weather Service wrote
This was the first tornado spawned by a supercell that tracked across northern Christian County. A few trees or tree limbs were down, along with a de-roofed farm shed. The porch roof of a house was damaged. Tin was peeled from a barn. Peak winds were near 75 mph.
The wider storm
A strong low pressure system tracked east to the Lower Ohio Valley, with a trailing cold front sweeping east across western Kentucky. Storms developed and increased along the advancing cold front as they moved into increasingly unstable air. Very strong low level wind shear was favorable for tornadoes. The storms became increasingly organized, with line segments and supercells moving at over 45 mph.
Began near Pod (37.0748, -87.5540).
Other tornadoes from the same storm system
3 more tornadoes the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 159907. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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