EF1 tornado in Spencer County, Kentucky
Tornado December 11, 2021 · Spencer County, Kentucky
The path drawn at its surveyed width of 100 yards (0.06 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
After touching down just west of US 150 (Bardstown Road) and damaging trees, the tornado moved east northeast toward Old Louisville Road. The tornado did the most damage to a farm on Old Louisville Rd. It knocked over a few silos and caused a barn to collapse in addition to damaging trees. The tornado continued northeast and did damage to an outbuilding and trees on Max Rouse Rd as well before lifting near the Salt River.
The wider storm
Strong southern winds brought warm temperatures and plenty of moisture into an environment of strong wind shear ahead of an advancing cold front. This resulted in unusually warm temperatures for a December day and the ingredients to produce a historic tornado outbreak and flash flooding. This included multiple long track tornadoes. Central Kentucky saw 18 tornadoes that injured 96 and killed 18. An additional death occurred in a flash flood.
Began near Crenshaw (38.0035, -85.4995).
Other tornadoes from the same storm system
12 more tornadoes the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 996868. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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