EF1 tornado in Calloway County, Kentucky
Tornado October 18, 2007 · Calloway County, Kentucky
NOAA records this tornado county by county. Its path ran through Calloway County → Stewart County, Tennessee; 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
Hundreds of trees were snapped and uprooted. One home received major roof damage, primarily from falling trees. Roads were blocked by downed trees. The average path width was 150 yards. Peak winds were estimated near 95 mph. The tornado path ended at the shore of Kentucky Lake.
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 Murray (36.5757, -88.1869).
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 59859. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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