EF0 tornado in Todd County, Kentucky
Tornado December 6, 2021 · Todd County, Kentucky
The path drawn at its surveyed width of 75 yards (0.04 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
Several sheds experienced roof damage and/or wall collapse. The tornado tracked along a nearly five-mile path between Trenton and Allensville, ending at Highway 102. Peak winds were estimated near 85 mph.
The wider storm
A strong cold front moved through the region, preceded by numerous thunderstorms during the evening hours on December 5th and into the early morning on the 6th. Large hail, a few tornadoes, and an isolated damaging wind event accompanied the strongest storms. There were four tornadoes that touched down in the Tennessee border counties of western Kentucky. A loose clustering of storms and embedded supercells caused most of the severe weather in the evening. Overnight, the severe weather was mostly in the form of a convective line with embedded mesoscale circulations. The severe storm environment was characterized by weak instability but very strong wind shear.
Began near North Zion (36.7400, -87.1700).
Other tornadoes from the same storm system
4 more tornadoes the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 989578. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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