EF1 tornado in Todd County, Kentucky

The tornado tracked from west to east, passing just north of Elkton by only about one mile. Several older barns were damaged or destroyed. Many large trees were uprooted or snapped. Two semi trailers were flipped over. One of the trailers, which was at the intersection of Highways 181 and 106, was storing construction equipment. There was minor roof damage. Peak winds were estimated near 90 mph.

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.