EF1 tornado in Christian County, Kentucky

The tornado touched down along U.S. Highway 41A and travelled northeast to U.S. Highway 41. Hundreds of trees were snapped or uprooted. One grain bin was blown 150 feet. Several barns or sheds were levelled. At least two dozen power poles were broken along Highway 1027 and U.S. Highway 41. Several homes received mainly minor roof damage. The tornado had estimated peak winds of 105 mph. The average path width was 175 yards.

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.