EF1 tornado in Warren County, Kentucky
Tornado December 11, 2021 · Warren County, Kentucky
NOAA records this tornado county by county. Its path ran through Logan County → Warren County; the totals above are for the whole tornado.
The path drawn at its surveyed width of 1,400 yards (0.80 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
This tornado formed approximately 1 mile southwest of Crossroads near Watlington Road and tracked northeast for approximately 22 miles before exiting Logan County and into western Warren County. The tornado traveled just over 6 miles into Warren County before dissipating near Hicks Lane, just west of Morgantown Road. In it's path the tornado damaged trees and leveled some small outbuildings.
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 Cave Hill (36.9980, -86.6740).
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 997154. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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