EF1 tornado in Barren County, Kentucky

The EF-1 tornado tracked along a roughly 6 mile long intermittent path from northeastern Barren County into far northern Metcalfe County. It first touched down as an EF-0 tornado 1 mile northeast of Hiseville. The tornado then produced EF-1 damage along its path before lifting about one mile south of the town of Center in Metcalfe County. A home was damaged along with several out-buildings - including a well constructed barn which was destroyed - and numerous trees were uprooted. The tornado was 30 yards wide and ended seven minutes later at 311 pm CDT. Maximum winds ranged from 75 to 90 mph. No injuries or fatalities were associated with this tornado.

A long-lived bow echo that had produced widespread wind damage over southern Illinois moved east into Kentucky during the late morning hours. As it moved east, the system encountered a strengthening low-level jet across the Ohio Valley, which helped modify the motion of the line, resulting in training storms of extremely heavy rain that caused flash flooding. Individual storms developing ahead of the line continued to produce damaging winds, with two storms producing tornadoes, before the main area of convection moved through.

NWS damage surveys determined the tornado in south-central Kentucky to be EF-1 in intensity, while the east-central Kentucky was ranked as a strong EF-3. The EF-3 tornado resulted in two fatalities and numerous injuries.