F0 tornado in McCracken County, Kentucky

The tornado was observed from the National Weather Service office at Barkley Regional Airport in West Paducah. The tornado first touched down about a mile east of the airport and remained on the ground for a mile or two. Near the start of the tornado track, a mobile home was blown four feet off its foundation, and part of its roof was torn off. The underpinning of two or three other mobile homes was damaged. A 10 foot by 10 foot storage shed was flattened. On old Highway 60, a tree fell on a house. Peak winds were estimated at 70 MPH.

A few supercell thunderstorms tracked across western Kentucky during the early afternoon. Each thunderstorm showed distinct rotation and produced at least one tornado. The first tornadic storm developed just west of Paducah, and continued northeast across Livingston and Crittenden Counties before weakening. This storm produced only one confirmed tornado, which was at West Paducah. A second thunderstorm developed strong rotation between Princeton and Madisonville, then moved east, parallel to and a few miles north of the Western Kentucky Parkway. This storm produced the strongest tornado of the day, from Hopkins County into extreme western Muhlenberg County. A funnel cloud accompanied the storm across the rest of Muhlenberg County. A third strongly rotating storm moved across Christian and Todd Counties, and another moved south and east of Owensboro.