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A series of three tornadoes cut a long path of destruction across south central Kentucky during the late afternoon and early evening of April 16. Three people were killed, two in Barren county and one in Metcalfe, as the tornadoes moved through. A 78 year old man was killed by fallen debris from his house in Wisdom accounting for the Metcalfe county death. In Glasgow of Barren county, a 67 year old man was killed in his mobile home and a 47 year old man was killed by flying debris off his greenhouse. The Glasgow area of Barren county and the Pellyton area of Adair county were hardest hit sustaining F3 damage. In Glasgow, 1 house was destroyed and 45 were badly damaged. 35 mobile homes and 25 barns were also badly damaged or destroyed. Winds were estimated at around 175 mph in the Glasgow area. Another wide area area of severe destruction took place across northern Adair county from around Portland to Pellyton. There, 14 houses were destroyed or received major damage. 3 mobile homes and 27 barns were also destroyed. 146 homes and 50 barns were damaged or destroyed across Barren county, while 30 homes, 84 barns, 2 schools and 8 businesses were damaged or destroyed across Adair county. Metcalfe county also sustained minimal damage to 19 structures, major damage to 43 and destruction to 54. F2 damage was estimated across much of Metcalfe county. Many eyewitnesses across the affected counties reported two smaller sub-vortices within the parent funnels. After reviewing Doppler radar reflectivity patterns and damage patterns, it appears the first tornado moved from northern Logan county to the Barren-Metcalfe county line. Then another formed in the near Wisdom in Metcalfe county before it dissipated 2 miles east of Edmonton. A final tornado from the parent supercell formed near Portland in Adair county and moved 20 miles to Pellyton before also dissipating.

Near New Roe, KY, a large mobile home was lifted into the air,twisted, and tumbled down a hill. The home did have substantial tie downs which were ripped from the ground. One of the tie downs was bent into a U" shape. Debris was blown across New Roe Road

about a quarter mile away. Other tree damage and minor structural damage was noted downwind from the mobile home site."

The tornado destroyed 12 homes and mobile homes, mainly in the Amos community and in the Tracy Lane area. Many other homes and buildings were damaged. Four people were killed in the Tracy Lane area, and eleven others were injured in southeast Allen County. The tornado continued through rural and wooded sections of eastern Allen County, and crossed into Monroe County, Kentucky near the town of Fountain Run.

A cold front along with a strong upper level low produced a squall line that crossed central Kentucky. This set off widespread severe weather, and spawned several tornadoes.

This short-lived tornado was on the ground for about a mile and a half. Along its path, the tornado did considerable damage to a a stand of substantially sized hardwood trees, some up to four feet in diameter. There was also damage to two barns and one home, where residents witnessed the tornado.

A slow moving thunderstorm produced heavy rain and resulted in localized flash flooding on the east side of Louisville.||Later in the night, severe thunderstorms moved into south central Kentucky from Tennessee. One of these storms produced a short lived tornado in Allen County.

The National Weather Service in conjunction with Allen County EMA conducted a storm survey across the western half of Allen County. There was significant straight line wind damage across much of the county facing an easterly and southeasterly direction. Interspersed with the straight line wind damage was at least one tornado across western Allen County north of and paralleling KY 585.||The tornado touched down near the Horseshoe Ford Road and Horseshoe Bend Road intersection. There were numerous large hardwood trees split, twisted, and uprooted facing from northerly to southeasterly. Horseshoe Bend Road was closed due to trees down across the road and from flooding. Winds in this area were estimated to be between 90 and 95 mph. Further east along Mayhew Road a large, well-built barn|was uplifted and removed from its foundation with several cedar and maple trees twisted and snapped. Across a farmer's field, corn was flattened and twisted in multiple directions. Large, heavy fuel tanks were rolled in two different directions on Mayhew Road. Several barns and outbuilding had roof damage as well.||At the Mayhew and Pope Road intersection there was extensive softwood and hardwood tree damage, especially around the Harmony|Missionary Baptist Church at 5226 Pope Road. Residents said there was a major pressure change with the tornado.||There were indications there may have been more than one tornado as tree positions would go from a tornadic circulation of northeasterly to southeasterly direction and then to all straight line wind damage in an easterly wind direction, then back to a tornadic circulation in multiple directions. Radar supports this ground analysis with mesovortices along the leading edge of the potent squall line. The width of the individual circulations varied between 75 and 125 yards with widespread straight line wind damage all around. Most of the wind damage was between 85 and 95 mph.||More tree and power line damage was along KY 585 near Shores Road. The tornado dissipated halfway between the intersection of KY 585 and Shores Road and the intersection of Shirk Road and Grider Drive.||The survey crew traveled all along southern Allen County south of Scottsville and found straight line winds facing east and southeasterly directions.

A large Mesoscale Convective System (MCS) formed over Missouri early in the day. By evening, a line of severe storms had made its way into Kentucky and sounthern Indiana. This line continued south and southeast through Kentucky causing widespread damage and a loss of life. In the end, 3 tornadoes were confirmed with many other reports of downed trees, severe hail, property damage, and power outages.

The National Weather Service conducted a storm damage survey across southeast Allen County to assess damage from the storms on Friday Evening, June 21. There was a significant amount of straight line wind damage across southern Allen County. Most of this damage had wind speeds between 60-65 mph all facing east southeast direction. There were two significant areas of straight line wind damage. There was a barn north of Amos on Highway 99. The second was two large barns just north of Hayesville, TN. ||Interspersed among the straight line wind damage was a tornado which first touched down a half mile east of Amos. A family farm had numerous trees twisted, snapped, and uprooted. Several barns sustained severe structural damage to the roofs. A dozen or so portions of two by fours were impaled into the ground in multiple directions. ||Further southeast on Highland Church Road numerous trees were uprooted and snapped with trees facing from the north northeast to the southeast direction. There was clear evidence that the tornado went to the Tennessee state line in Macon County as we could see trees snapped and uprooted on the state line which correlates well with the NWS Nashville storm survey across the Macon County line. ||At 2592 Highland Church Road (Highland General Baptist Church) there was significant brick damage on the west, south, and east sides of the church due to open vents. The survey crew zig zagged across roads south of Scottsville to Highway 31 but only found sporadic straight line tree and barn damage all facing a southeasterly direction. ||The very last concentrated area of damage the team found was at 444 Old Buck Creek Road were there was numerous softwood tree damage at the residence with power poles down across the road.

A large Mesoscale Convective System (MCS) formed over Missouri early in the day. By evening, a line of severe storms had made its way into Kentucky and sounthern Indiana. This line continued south and southeast through Kentucky causing widespread damage and a loss of life. In the end, 3 tornadoes were confirmed with many other reports of downed trees, severe hail, property damage, and power outages.

Most of the damage was around the southeastern portion of the Alvaton community, east of Bowling Green. Several trees were either uprooted or pushed over, facing from the west-southwest to the east-northeast just west of Highway 231 on Fairview Road. The wind swath was about 200 yards wide. Just east of Highway 231 a large 40 x 60 storage barn for a camper had its roof partially lifted downwind to the east northeast. The metal siding was flung up to 150 yards into the trees. The tree damage continued along Alvaton- Scottsville Road into Marble Gate Ct. Several homes sustained roof damage, with several porches partially lifted up causing structural damage. One home on Marble Gate Court had four 20-pound steel chairs flung about 50 yards and the 35-pound table thrown 25 yards. Portions of the porch covering were blown 125 yards into the yard of their next-door neighbors yard, 2 of which punctured the house like a flying 2 by 4 missile. There were also portions of the deck impaled in the ground. The damage swatch then increased to about 225 yards and winds increased to 80 to 85 mph. There were at least three trees laying on homes.||Just east off Claypool Boyce Road... there was a distinct change in the tree pattern. Instead of just going to the northeast trees were now going to the northwest, north and northeast. A large 2 x 8 went flying and got wedged between the windshield wiper and the windshield but incredibly did not crack the windshield. This is where a small tornado formed within the straight-line wind path, with winds between 80 and 85 mph. Residents reported half inch hail, followed by a surge in lightning, then quiet, then a 20 second loud roar with popping in their ears followed by complete silence again. Further east in the 500 block of Kara Court, there was significant tree damage with the back of the house being uplifted and insulation being thrown upwind and downwind around the back of the house. Trees were laying in all directions with lots of twisting and many snapped trees. At the 200 block of Cross Creek Court, the clearest evidence of trees are facing all eight inter-cardinal headings. In this area, trees were snapped and uprooted all over the place. ||The survey team estimated well over 500 trees in a 1 mile stretch had been uprooted snapped or pushed over. Two of the snapped trees landed on pick up trucks. Winds increased to EF1 range of 95 mph and a width of 225 yards. At the 2400 block of WG Talley Road was the most significant damage of the entire survey. Three barns were destroyed, 2 of them were concreted in strong firm footers. One of the barns was 30 x 80, one was 150 x 100, and one was 12 x 16 along with numerous sheds destroyed, and debris was thrown in all directions downwind up to 500 yards. A 5000 pound horse trailer was thrown to the northwest 70 yards. ||A very well-built family residence took a direct hit from an EF2 tornado, with the front side of the home having the plywood exposed and with most of the shingles gone but the rest of the house fully intact due to the house having all the proper clips, braces, and rebar. Wind speeds at this point were 116 mph with a width of 250 yards. EF-1 Tree damage continued into Allen County along Allen Springs Road. The tornado lifted just north of Bailey School Road in far NW Allen County.

During the day of March 2nd, southerly warm moist air moved through Kentucky from Tennessee just ahead of an upper trough and cold front. As a result, a series of strong storms moved across south central Kentucky late on the evening of March 2nd and into the morning of March 3rd. Along with large hail, high winds, and some flash flooding, one particular storm produced a brief but strong tornado in southeast Warren County that crossed over into Allen County.

The tornado first touched down along Millstown Road southwest of Park City. It uprooted and snapped the trunks of several large trees, and did some minor roof damage to a nearby home. The tornado was on the ground intermittently along its path to the south and east of Park City, destroying eight barns and uprooting or snapping numerous trees. Right before it lifted, it tore the front porch off a home and destroyed a barn. A path of straight line wind damage continued for around a mile and a half after the tornado lifted.

The EF-1 tornado tracked along a roughly 6 mile long intermittent path from northeastern Barren County into far northern Metcalfe County. It first touched down as an EF-0 tornado 1 mile northeast of Hiseville. The tornado then produced EF-1 damage along its path before lifting about one mile south of the town of Center in Metcalfe County. A home was damaged along with several out-buildings - including a well constructed barn which was destroyed - and numerous trees were uprooted. The tornado was 30 yards wide and ended seven minutes later at 311 pm CDT. Maximum winds ranged from 75 to 90 mph. No injuries or fatalities were associated with this tornado.

The tornado tracked intermittently along a path 18 miles long, with a maximum width of 150 yards. There were several areas along and near the path with evidence of straight line wind damage.||The tornado fist touched down just inside the Warren County line, near the Edmonson County border, about 6.5 miles southwest of Brownsville around 6 pm CST. The tornado traveled roughly along the Warren and Edmonson County lines, doing damage in Warren County. After one mile, the tornado lifted and descended back to the ground about three and a quarter miles later. While it was aloft, significant straight-line wind damage occurred along a 2-mile wide path along both sides of the county line. After descending to the ground again 3.5 miles northwest of Smiths Grove, the tornado remained on the ground for more than 7 miles, doing its last structural damage in the county less than a half mile southwest of Hays around 618 pm CST. ||In Barren County, the tornado passed over mostly rural cropland exhibiting little damage, but destroyed two large barns and damaged a home about 6 miles west of Glasgow in Barren County around 627 pm CST before finally lifting shortly thereafter. . ||This EF-1 tornado produced wind speeds up to 105 mph along its intermittent 18 mile path length. Damage was done to hardwood trees, barns, homes and outbuildings. A well-defined rotation pattern could also be seen in tall grass.

A short-lived EF-1 tornado destroyed a well built barn and knocked down several trees along Finney Road, located a mile east of the small town of Rocky Hill.

Low-topped showers with weak rotation were observed late in the afternoon on August 20 over south-central Kentucky. One shower spawned a brief tornado south of Glasgow in Barren County. The tornado touched down at approximately 5:30 pm CDT in a cornfield near Morrison Park Road, just east of Tompkinsville Road. The tornado moved east-northeast, roughly paralleling Morrison Park Road, flattening corn on several farms. Structural damage was observed on one farm, where the metal roof was torn off a barn, and minor damage occurred to several other buildings as a result of this debris. Several trees were snapped or uprooted before the tornado lifted at 5:33 PM CDT, just east of Highway 90.

This is the final 0.3 miles of the tornado that touched down in Warren County near the intersection of Hays Pondsville Rd and FH Roundtree Rd. In Barren County, the roof of a sunroom was torn off a home and an outbuilding destroyed. The tornado then moved over open countryside where drone footage showed it deposited the remainder of its debris. The total path length of the tornado in both counties was 1.9 miles.

NWS Storm Survey Teams found EF-1 tornado damage across northern Barren County. The damage began along the 2100 block of Carden Road which included a 80 x 100ft Amish built barn which was destroyed. Damage from the barn was thrown 400 yards to the northeast and east. Along Carden Road, trees were snapped, topped and twisted. There was sporadic roof damage to homes including gutters, siding, and shingle damage. Winds in this area were 90 to 95 mph with a width of 75 yards.||Along Highway 90, the tornado increased to a width of 125 yards with many barns incurring structural roof damage. At the Legacy Dairy Farms, an older 40 x 60ft barn was destroyed and there was sidewall damage to a large grain silo along Goodnight-Hiseville Road. Winds in this area were 85 mph.||Along Route 740, the tornado paralleled the road and the width increased to 150 yards. In Hiseville, there was barn damage with half a dozen barns sustaining significant structural damage. A 50ft diameter well-built grain silo was twisted and knocked over, and numerous trees were twisted, snapped, or uprooted. Most of the trees were facing north, northeast, east, and a few in the southeasterly direction. At the Hiseville Cemetery, modern and older gravestones were knocked over and cedar trees were knocked over and topped.

During New Year's Eve into New Year's Day, active weather was observed across Kentucky as several waves of low pressure moved along a frontal boundary that was stalled across the region. This resulted in multiple rounds of widespread precipitation, and rainfall amounts of 2 to 4 inches with locally higher amounts observed across the area. As the boundary lifted north as a warm front New Year's Day, strong to severe storms were able to develop within the warm sector ahead of an approaching cold front, with multiple tornadoes and scattered straight-line wind damage being observed.

An NWS storm survey confirmed an EF-1 tornado touched down 1.7 miles west-northwest of Sugar Grove near the intersection of Dimple and Belcher Roads. The tornado continued for four minutes along a 3.4 mile long path with winds to 100 mph, lifting 0.7 miles northeast of Needmore. The path was 50 yards wide. Near Needmore trees were snapped and a section of a residence's roof was removed. Elsewhere along the path minor roof damage occurred and a mobile home was moved from its foundation. The tornado lifted just east of the William H. Natcher/Green River Parkway.

An EF-1 tornado with maximum winds of 105 mph first touched down just west of Huntsville, located in Butler County. Damage was first surveyed on Blaine Road where several trees were uprooted. While moving across Huntsville along Huntsville-Quality road, it damaged a few homes and uprooted additional trees. Along Silver City-Huntsville road, additional homes and outbuildings were damaged. A man was injured within a double wide mobile home when its roof and a wall were lifted from the structure. This injury occurred just west of the intersection of Panther Creek and Silver City-Huntsville Road. Finally, farther east along Muddy Creek Road, the tornado damaged several additional homes and trees before lifting 4 mile east of Huntsville.

A storm chaser reported a funnel cloud descending from a rotating wall cloud located 5 miles SSW of Woodbury. This supercell produced hail and damaging winds in Morgantown.

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The National Weather Service in conjunction with WxorNot Bowling Green Meteorologist Landon Hampton determined a low end EF-1 tornado touched down in southwestern Butler County. The tornado touched down south of D&G archery in far western Butler County. The overwhelming majority of the damage was snapped, twisted & uprooted trees. The only exception was a building damaged right near the initial point where it touched down near a pond. The tornado was in an extremely rugged area except where it crossed Hwy 70. The tornado ended about 3/4 mile northeast of Hwy 70 in rugged countryside.

The National Weather Service conducted a storm damage survey in Butler County Kentucky. The survey was challenging due to closed roads due to high water and trees blocking some country roads. The damage began near Ewing Road where trees were snapped and twisted. This continued along Graveltown Road where more trees were twisted and snapped and couple were uprooted. Wind speeds averaged 90 mph with a width of 75 to 100 yards. ||The tornado reached its peak intensity on Highway 106 where it did significant damage to a large barn. Wind speeds increased to 95 mph with a width of 100 yards. The tornado crossed Highway 106 uprooting 2 trees and then lifted 200 yards past the highway.

EDMONSON CO.

EDMONSON CO.

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EDMONSON CO.

A storm damage survey team concluded that an EF-1 tornado with wind speeds of 100 miles per hour touched down in northwest Edmonson county at 540 pm CDT Saturday April 24 2010. The 50 yard wide damage path started near Sunfish and traveled east southeast for 1.1 miles. A well built home suffered significant damage along with a shed that was destroyed. Also, several outbuildings were damaged and numerous hardwood and softwood trees were wither uprooted or snapped.

EDMONSON CO.

A circulation embedded within a squall line that earlier produced an EF-2 tornado in Warren County spawned a second tornado that briefly touched down in Rocky Hill. It then lifted and touched down again around one mile to the northeast. Along its second track, which was around seven tenths of a mile, it snapped several trees within two long rows of trees along fence lines. Near the end of its path, along Louisville Road, it tore half the roof off of a home and destroyed a nearby barn.

EDMONSON CO.

A narrow tornado developed quickly just west of 3667 Grassland Black Gold Rd (Highway 1365) and snapped a few softwood and few wood large limbs. It then grew in width and intensity as it crossed Highway 1365 and uprooted, snapped and twisted over 200 trees in a heavily forested area around a deep karst ravine. A drone was used to pinpoint the exact storm end point which was about 100 yards east of Highway 1365 near a farmer's field.

EDMONSON CO.

This weak tornado skipped along mainly at |treetop level near the Moutardier Recreation |Area about 1/2 mile south of the Edmonson-|Grayson County Line. The tornado snapped the |upper reaches of several tree trunks near its|initial point near several homes - leaving |debris in a circular pattern - then skipped|eastward, causing other minor tree damage |before dropping down to become a waterspout |on Nolin Lake northeast of the Moutardier|Marina. The waterspout was captured on video |and shared on social media, confirming the |existence of the rotation and funnel. The|waterspout dissipated as it approached the |east shore of the channel.

EDMONSON CO.

A brief tornado touchdown was embedded at the end of a longer axis of straight line winds about 6.2 miles SE of Brownsville. Evidence of cyclonic rotation was noted in this concentrated area of damage where several 1 to 2 foot diameter trees were either uprooted or snapped. On the south side of the path, trees were laying in an ENE direction, with the trees on the left/north side of the path laying NNW. The tornado touchdown was very brief and lifted at the intersection of Cedar Sink Road and Brownsville Road just inside the SW border of Mammoth Cave National Park. Peak winds were estimated at 80 mph, with a max path width of 65 yards. The path length was about a third of a mile and the tornado was on the ground for less than 1 minute.

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Two buildings were lifted up and moved greater than 50 yards. A tractor trailer was deposited on a car.

A porch roof and several attached columns were ripped off a house. A large pine tree was ripped apart and debris was spread in three directions. A barn was moved three feet away from its foundation, and one of its sides was caved in.

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The tornado first touched down near Lone Star, where it destroyed several barns and a mobile home on or near Lone Star Road. The tornado next touched down along U.S. Highway 31W north of Bonnieville, where it heavily damaged or destroyed several more barns or mobile homes. It touched down again near the intersection of Hammonville and Bacon Creek Roads. Here, it caused minor damage to some homes, destroyed a barn, and damaged the roof of another. The tornado continued on eastward, where it damaged several barns near U.S. Highway 31E.

This tornado touched down in a wooded area midway between J Riggs Rd and Copelin Rd north of state highway 728, snapping trees as it moved southeast along a hay field where it destroyed two 1200 lb hay bales and rolled numerous others up to a tenth of a mile into a soybean field and uphill onto a knoll. Snapping trees on the land adjacent to the hay and soybean fields, the tornado took a slight right turn, crossing highway 728, and destroyed a large barn. Large parts of the barn debris were lofted into trees southwest of the structure, snapping their trunks. A 20 x 20 section of the barn was blown 500 feet to the south-southeast. The tornado continued southward for another two-tenths of a mile, downing trees along Campground Rd before lifting. Maximum winds with this tornado were estimated to be 90 to 95 mph.

NWS Storm Survey Teams found EF-0 tornado damage across northern Hart County. A barn along E Sullivan Rd was damaged where some of the roofing was found 400 yards away. The weak tornado was very elevated and next hit power lines on the east side of the road. The most significant damage was to a 100 x 50ft barn with damage thrown 200-250 yards back to the southwest. The barn foundation moved 18 inches to the east. A 2 x 4 from the barn was thrown 60 yards to the north-northwest and was impaled into the 2nd story of an adjacent house. There was very minor tree damage as much of the tornado was highly elevated. The tornado lifted in a field just northeast of this residence.

During New Year's Eve into New Year's Day, active weather was observed across Kentucky as several waves of low pressure moved along a frontal boundary that was stalled across the region. This resulted in multiple rounds of widespread precipitation, and rainfall amounts of 2 to 4 inches with locally higher amounts observed across the area. As the boundary lifted north as a warm front New Year's Day, strong to severe storms were able to develop within the warm sector ahead of an approaching cold front, with multiple tornadoes and scattered straight-line wind damage being observed.

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A funnel cloud was sighted at State Road 106 four miles east of Lewisburg.

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A National Weather Service storm survey confirmed a strong, long-tracked tornado that first touched down northwest of Adairville near the intersection of Vick Road and State Highway 96, where a barn sustained roof damage and another outbuilding was destroyed. This tornado had a 14 mile long track, 9 of which was in Logan County. Overall, this tornado stayed on the ground for 29 minutes. Damage consistent with a high-end EF-2 tornado was surveyed from near State Highway 96 to just west of the Logan Simpson County line. The worst damage occurred to the north-northeast of Adairville, where the twister crossed Highway 663. Several homes suffered extensive damage. Three people were injured while taking shelter in the bathroom of one home. A fourth injury occurred at a residence along Trimble Road. The tornado weakened as it crossed into Simpson County just north of the intersection of Conn and Reames-Dixon Roads.

A NWS Nashville Storm Survey concluded that an EF-1 tornado down southeast of Adairville, traveled 1.5 miles, and then lifted approximately 2.5 miles east of Adairville. Along its path, the tornado did minor roof damage to a house near Martin Rd. A home and an outbuilding had minor damage near Barnes Rd, along with several downed trees. The most significant damage happened just before the tornado lifted near Prices Mill Road, where a large barn lost a significant portion of its roof structure. Maximum estimated winds were 90-95 mph, and the max width was 50 to 75 yards.

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The National Weather Service conducted a storm damage survey in Logan county Kentucky. The damage moved in from Robertson County Tennessee near the end of McGee Road where two homes received extensive damage. The first home, a well built stone home had significant roof damage and the screened in porch was destroyed. The family pick up truck was tossed around 40 yards to the north. On the family cemetery plot several tombstones were knocked over and one headstone was destroyed. There were several outbuildings and 2 pole Barnes were destroyed on the property as well. ||The second home experienced significant foundation damage and the roof was completely thrown off. The family pick up truck was thrown 250 yards and thrown down into a field. Insulation from the home was thrown down wind over 300 yards. The debris field from the two homes was thrown in a farmers field between 100 yards in a quarter mile down wind with several 2 x 4 and 2 x 10 and bricks being impaled into the ground. Winds were estimated between 120 and 130 mph. ||The tornado then moved through several farmers fields doing extensive tree damage and fence damage. Power lines were down throughout this entire stretch.| |The tornado then hit 901 Dot Road destroying 2 barns, moving heavy farm equipment, blowing out exterior walls and destroying the roof at the property. Tragically, a woman in the home was killed by falling debris. The family pet dog was found alive by rescuers underneath extensive rubble. Debris was thrown up to 500 yards and debris with a width of between 250 and and 300 yards in a farmers field. Winds were estimated to be 135 mph at this location. ||Next, the tornado hit a large family farm at 3604 Schley Road destroying the second story. Three farm silos that were empty or destroyed with the metal sheets being thrown over a quarter mile down wind. The tornado continued through farm fields destroying several trees and uprooting them.||The tornado became more elevated at the intersection of Mortimor Station Road and Mirriaheh Road. In this area trees we snapped, and several homes experienced shingle siding and roof damage. Winds were estimated to be 100 to 110 mph here. ||As the tornado was lifting, it snapped some trees in the Schochoh community.

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The first damage was observed off of old Greenville Road where several homes experience siding and roof damage. There were some snapped cedar trees and a couple of uprooted trees and one residence at the end of the road saw the windows moving back-and-forth and their ears completely popped as they were heading to the basement. Back to the southwest there was extensive tree damage all along Elamond Road. There were over 100 trees snapped, twisted, and uprooted. At 291 Elamond Road, part of the roof was peeled back with extensive siding damage. Winds were estimated to be between 100 and 110 mph but the width was between 150-300 yards wide.

This confirmed tornado was a continuation of a tornadic storm that crossed from Todd County Kentucky to Logan County Kentucky. The tornado first crossed the Todd/Logan county line about a mile south of Allensville around 12:19 PM EST. Small tree limbs were broken along Keysburg Road (KY Route 102). The tornado continued across mostly rural fields before striking a barn along Joe Riley road where major roof damage was observed as well as moderate tree damage. Near this location is where the max wind speeds were observed at 85 mph, or high end EF-0. This rating was changed from a previously reported EF-1 rating due to the nature of surrounding damage observed.||The tornado continued along rural open farm fields before damaging a mix of hard and softwood trees. Some trees had large limbs downed, while others had snapped trunks along Kenny Stratton Road west of Lickskillet. The tornado ended at around 12:22 PM EST along with no further damage observed past Olmstead Road.

During New Year's Eve into New Year's Day, active weather was observed across Kentucky as several waves of low pressure moved along a frontal boundary that was stalled across the region. This resulted in multiple rounds of widespread precipitation, and rainfall amounts of 2 to 4 inches with locally higher amounts observed across the area. As the boundary lifted north as a warm front New Year's Day, strong to severe storms were able to develop within the warm sector ahead of an approaching cold front, with multiple tornadoes and scattered straight-line wind damage being observed.

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This tornado first touched down in Barren County, about one mile northeast of Hiseville, before tracking into Metcalfe County. While the tornado produced EF-1 damage in Barren County, only EF-0 damage occurred along the Metcalfe part of its path, uplifting a pole barn and scattering it across a field. The tornado then lifted about one mile south of Center near State Highway 1243.

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This short-lived tornado was only on the ground for approximately 1.3 miles, touching down in far southern Metcalfe County, and lifting in far northern Monroe County. Along its path of about 3 minutes in duration, the tornado had a maximum width of 150 yards and did damage to a metal shed, minor damage to the roof and porch of two separate homes, moved a tobacco barn off its foundation, and snapped numerous trees and tree limbs.||The tornado first touched down in extreme southern Metcalfe County about 1.2 miles west-northwest of the town of Cyclone around 701 pm CDT. The tornado moved over primarily rural pasture and cropland into far northern Monroe County, where it lifted about one third of a mile south of Cyclone around 704 pm CDT. ||This EF-1 tornado produced top wind speeds of 105 mph.

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This EF-1 tornado touched down just southeast of Center, near Herbert-Hodges Road. It damaged several barns and snapped numerous trees along its path.

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This squall-line tornado was on the ground for just over a quarter of a mile, but caused considerable destruction. It touched down about 0.3 miles southwest of Center, destroying two large barns and a small outbuilding in addition to taking the roof off a small home. The front porch of a nearby home was briefly raised, causing the supports to fall out. The tornado moved northeast, streaming debris from the four buildings in a cyclonic pattern and into a nearby automotive repair shop that had one door blown in and another outward. The large metal shop had minor roof damage, but was pierced in several locations by debris from the outbuildings to the southwest and the entire facility was shifted slightly off its foundation. Numerous vehicles near the repair shop sustained damage when hit by large debris from the barns to the southwest. The cab of a small pickup was crushed by debris and the vehicle blown onto Highway 969. An RV parked next to the shop was blown into a utility pole. Several other vehicles had windows broken out. Metal roof panels from the destroyed buildings, along with insulation from the small home, was wrapped around trees as far as a half mile from their origin, with other small debris observed as far as 3/4 mile from the initial touchdown location.

This small tornado touched down near the intersection of Iron Mountain and Kidd Roads where it heavily damaged a barn, then moved east-northeast over open farmland before hitting a farm on the west side of Center Three Springs Road. It tore the back end off a large barn there and collapsed a 60 foot silo, then crossed the road and snapped off several trees before lifting. The doors on a nearby barn were blown in.

This small, short-lived tornado touched down shortly after the previous tornado to its northwest lifted. It began in a field west of Center Peggyville Road, taking out several trees in a tree line before moving east where it destroyed a large, well-built barn, lofting debris into the air and sending it as far as 1/4 mile to the east. After crossing the road, it snapped several trees on the edge of a large grove and narrowly missed another home.

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This short-lived spin-up occurred as a northeast-moving storm interacted with outflow winds from a southeastward-moving storm in eastern Metcalfe County. The first damage occurred along Subtle Road, where a carport was overturned and a large part of a metal outbuilding's roof was torn off, in addition to snapping numerous trees. The tornado then moved east-northeast at tree-top level over wooded areas and farm fields, doing its next major damage a mile away where it pushed a double-wide mobile home to the northwest off its blocks, breaking windows, and ripping off shingles from the roof. The tornado continued on for another mile, causing occasional tree damage, and dropping debris before lifting near the east end of Groce Road, where it peeled roofing material from a metal out building. Maximum wind speeds with this tornado were estimated at 80 to 85 mph.

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The tornado crossed into Monroe County, Kentucky from Macon County, Tennessee. About two miles west of Gamaliel, the tornado destroyed two conventional homes and two mobile homes. Thirteen residents of the four homes took shelter in the basement of one of the homes. They escaped without injury, although they were trapped in rubble for 30 minutes. Several other homes were damaged in a subdivision a mile north of Gamaliel. The tornado ripped the roof off a brick home there. It tracked across rural Monroe County, uprooting and snapping large trees. On the north side of Tompkinsville, it destroyed a large wood frame warehouse and twisted a large steel frame metal building off its foundation. A nearby well built brick home had its roof and exterior walls swept away. It also destroyed a detached three car garage.