EF1 tornado in Hopkins County, Kentucky
Tornado April 10, 2009 · Hopkins County, Kentucky
NOAA records this tornado county by county. Its path ran through Christian County → Hopkins County; the totals above are for the whole tornado.
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
The tornado continued into Hopkins County from Christian County for about a mile. The tornado deposited insulation in tree tops from a house in Christian County. Little additional damage occurred after crossing the county line.
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 Romney (37.1260, -87.4768).
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 159909. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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