EF2 tornado in Daviess County, Kentucky
Tornado October 18, 2007 · Daviess County, Kentucky
NOAA records this tornado county by county. Its path ran through Daviess County → Daviess County → Hancock County; the totals above are for the whole tornado.
The path drawn at its surveyed width of 180 yards (0.10 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.
What the National Weather Service wrote
Numerous trees and a few structures were damaged. The tornado damage path continued into Hancock County. Peak winds were estimated near 130 mph where the EF-2 damage occurred between Spice Knob and Scythia. The average path width was 150 yards.
The wider storm
The second and more significant severe weather outbreak of the day occurred as a cold front swept east across the Mississippi Valley. Scattered thunderstorms developed along and ahead of the front late in the afternoon. The storms organized into supercells and short lines during the evening. Over a dozen tornadoes occurred in western Kentucky.
Began near Thurston (37.8111, -86.9962).
Other tornadoes from the same storm system
13 more tornadoes the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 59841. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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