EF0 tornado in Christian County, Kentucky

The path of this EF-0 tornado started on the west side of the Pennyrile Parkway, then moved northeast across Lake Morris. At least four barns or sheds were damaged, primarily due to partial loss of roofing and siding. One camper trailer was overturned. Limbs were broken off hundreds of trees. Some trees were uprooted. There was one eyewitness account of the tornado near the start of the damage track. The track ended on the northwest side of Highway 107. Peak winds were estimated near 85 mph.

An outbreak of severe thunderstorms and tornadoes occurred across western Kentucky. Most of the severe weather was along and south of a Paducah to Madisonville line. North of that line, serious flash flooding resulted in a fatality. A surface low pressure center tracked rapidly north-northeast from Arkansas to the upper Mississippi Valley, dragging a warm front north across western Kentucky. Instability was adequate for tornadoes and severe storms in the presence of very strong wind shear. A very moist air mass resulted in heavy rainfall, which produced localized flash flooding due to the water-logged ground. Locally 5 to 6 inches of rain had fallen over the previous week. Rainfall rates in these thunderstorms were locally one-half to one inch per hour.