EF2 tornado in Christian County, Kentucky

The peak winds in the tornado were estimated near 120 mph. The average damage path width was about 150 yards. Three homes sustained major damage. A two-story Amish home had its entire roof system removed, and a window was blown out. A block wall milk barn was levelled except for part of the north wall. A machine shop was unroofed, and a barn was levelled. Numerous trees were snapped or uprooted. Trained spotters observed light debris in the air near Herndon.

A line of thunderstorms intensified as it moved east from Missouri. The storms increased as they moved into slightly more unstable air associated with a strengthening low level jet. The storms were aided by the approach of a strong upper level trough. Despite weak instability, winds of 90 knots in the lowest 3 kilometers coupled with extreme shear values resulted in damaging winds and isolated tornadoes with the strongest storms. Ahead of the thunderstorms, strong southerly gradient winds gusted up to 45 mph, mainly along and southeast of a line from Owensboro to Murray.