EF1 tornado in Fulton County, Kentucky

This tornado continued northeast across the Tennessee state line from Obion County into Fulton County, Kentucky. By the time the tornado reached Kentucky, it was significantly less destructive. The tornado was witnessed by a number of people, including trained spotters. One church received light to moderate damage. A small portion of the church's metal roof was blown off, and the steeple came down. A nearby small, wooden barn was heavily damaged. There was nearby tree damage. Otherwise, all the known damage occurred in the Tennessee portion of the track. The damage occurred in the vicinity of the intersection of Highways 781 and 166 west of Fulton. Peak winds in the Fulton County portion of the track were near 90 mph.

A couple of isolated tornadoes occurred with a mini-supercell thunderstorm as it tracked across southwest Kentucky. A mid-level disturbance supported the development of storms in a region where sunshine heated and destabilized the atmosphere ahead of a cold front. The cold front was approaching the Mississippi River as the storms developed. The storms intensified as a low-level jet supported an influx of warmer and moister air. Despite marginal instability, the presence of 60 to 80 knots of deep-layer bulk wind shear supported isolated supercells.