Bowling Green Tornado (2021)
Tornado December 11, 2021 · Edmonson County, Kentucky
NOAA records this tornado county by county. Its path ran through Warren County → Edmonson County → Edmonson County → Barren County → Hart County; the totals above are for the whole tornado.
The path drawn at its surveyed width of 440 yards (0.25 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 north of Petros near Petros Browning Road and tracked northeast for approximately 26 miles before exiting Warren County and into southern Edmonson County. Civil Air Patrol assisted in surveying the tornado path in this rural part of Edmonson County. Scattered tree damage was observed from the western edge of the county to where the tornado dissipated, near Brownville Road.
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 Chalybeate (37.0970, -86.2110).
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 997224. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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