Across Graves County, 24 people died, and at least 200 people were injured. Several buildings and homes in downtown Dresden suffered significant damage or were completely destroyed. Weakening back to EF1 intensity, the tornado downed trees along Carter Ferry Road and Mud College Road. [22][23], Effects from the system responsible for the outbreak extended into Canada, where the Meteorological Service of Canada issued wind and heavy rainfall warnings for portions of Ontario. Structures destroyed: 12, Graves County, KY: Video: Kentucky tornado devastation captured by drone | CNN Passing near the MuhlenbergMcLean county line, the tornado weakened substantially as it crossed into Ohio County at 11:10p.m. (05:10 UTC), producing EF1 damage as it traversed rugged, hilly terrain to the west of Centertown. Tornado devastation of Mayfield's central business district. The most severe damage in Caldwell County occurred as the tornado passed just south of Princeton. (NWS Storm Survey), Damage to a medical center on Water Street in Mayfield. Large trees sustained severe denuding and debarking, grass was scoured from the ground, and vehicles were thrown through the air and severely mangled. Once the tornado crossed Fort Campbell Blvd, additional damage to electrical transmission lines was observed including over a dozen wood poles snapped. Injuries: 5 WFO Paducah Navigator Seventy-sixpeople have been confirmed dead, Kentucky Gov. The tornado received a maximum rating of EF2 in Stewart County, and 4 people were injured. Structures destroyed: 300 (estimate), Hopkins County, KY NWS Paducah KY Weekly Partner Briefing Around 40 people were evacuated, although the facility had major structural damage from the storm and housed dangerous equipment, he said late Saturday morning. The tornado initially caused minor damage to trees and roofs as it moved through the north side of Woodland Mills, crossing SR 5. As the tornado approached Interstate 24, mostly tree damage was observed with a few structures impacted as well. The tornado then crossed KY 54, where the last area of EF2 damage occurred, as a frail home was destroyed and left with only a few walls standing, and large trees were snapped, one of which fell on and destroyed a car. 2021 Western Kentucky tornado - Wikipedia A neighborhood near the Princeton Golf and Country Club was hit at 10:18 p.m., and several structures experienced EF-4 tornado damage. Several duplexes were destroyed at Clarkdale Court, including one that was leveled with only a pile of debris remaining. "I say to all the victims, you're in our prayers.". One such stormwhich formed from the initial mid-afternoon activity near Arkadelphia, Arkansasmatured into a long-lived supercell as it progressed in an unstable, deeply moist, and highly sheared environment;[10] this cell ultimately persisted for longer than 550 miles (890km) over several hours from eastern Arkansas to northeastern Kentucky, producing two large and intense tornadoes along its track, among eleven tornadoes in total. Photos: Before and after satellite images reveal extent of tornadoes Structures damaged: 141 Click to enlarge. [74] The following January, the factory closed and Mayfield Consumer Products laid off approximately 250 workers there, shifting operations and the remaining workers to a new plant in the nearby town of Hickory.[75]. [21][15], Multiple PDS tornado warnings and tornado emergencies were also issued as well in Arkansas, Tennessee, Kentucky, and Missouri. The tornado passed closest to Princeton around 10:21 p.m. Just south of the city, the University of Kentucky Research and Education Center experienced severe structural damage. Deaths: 0 Sat 11 Dec 2021 18.29 EST First published on Sat 11 Dec 2021 08.28 EST. Structures damaged: 40 "Rescues and search efforts are ongoing -- even before the wind stopped blowing, crews were out working," Dossett said Saturday morning. EF4 damage continued near the Mayfield Bypass (US 45 Bypass), where Mayfield Consumer Products, a candle factory where approximately 110 employees were working, was flattened. 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Map of storm reports and warning polygons, (red=Tornado Warning, yellow=Severe Tstm Warning), Convoy of Hope in Lyon County (Lyon County EMA), Rebuilding homes in Lyon County (Lyon County EMA), Delivering new appliances to tornado victims in Lyon County (Lyon County EMA). The tornado received a maximum rating of EF2 in Christian County and EF1 in Todd County, and 4 people were Many homes were destroyed along this portion of the path, including several that were obliterated and completely swept away, with little debris remaining. [1] Crossing through eleven counties of the Jackson Purchase and Western Coal Field regions during its lifespan, the tornado was exceptionally long-tracked, traveling 165.6 miles (266.5km) while at times becoming wrapped in rain. [50] Almost every house in the small community was damaged or destroyed, including some that were leveled, though they were not well-constructed. "Overwhelmed and mixed emotions," tornado survivor Kay Houston says. Dozens Dead, Injured After Historic Tornado Outbreak Multiple tornadoes touched down in several midwestern states late Friday evening. The Associated Press has confirmed the deaths of 22 people in Kentucky from the storms, as search and rescue missions are ongoing. Here are the latest weather forecasts for Tennessee, Kentucky, Missouri, Arkansas. (NWS Storm Survey), Damage to a forest along Bayou de Chien in Hickman County. The post office, city hall, fire station, and police station were also significantly damaged or destroyed,[29] and the emergency operations center lost the ability to transmit radio communications. Many family residence homes experienced loss of significant roof covering material, collapsed chimneys and garage doors, and walls completely folded with broken windows and shattered glass. A fourth tornado emergency was in effect for Dawson Springs and St. Charles as the storm moved through the area. It then continued to travel northeast where it passed Indian Branch and Morgan Branch where it continued to uproot trees and destroyed some farm outbuildings, lifted the roofs off of some single and double wide mobile homes and completely flattened some barns and single wide structures. Timothy Marshall, a meteorologist, and structural and forensic engineer, Christine L. Wielgos, a meteorologist at the National Weather Service of Paducah, & Brian E. Smith, a meteorologist at the National Weather Service of Omaha, later published a damage survey from Dawson Springs which rated this apartment complex as mid-EF3 intensity with winds estimated at 155 miles per hour (249km/h). A state of emergency has been declared by Kentucky Gov. NWS storm damage surveys found a violent EF-4tornado began in far northwest Tennesseeand moved across western Kentucky, resulting in significant destruction to portions of the region. In 2022, Timothy Marshall, . (NWS Storm Survey), Poultry farm on Clark Road in Fulton County. Sun 12 Dec 2021 08.32 EST First published on Sun 12 Dec 2021 00.57 EST. Farm outbuildings and mobile homes were demolished, and multiple houses sustained major damage or were destroyed, some of which of which were flattened. 165 damaged and 18 destroyed On December 12, 2021, the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA's Aqua satellite acquired this natural-color image of the tornado track across western Kentucky near Mayfield. First responders at the scene of a nursing home damaged by severe weather in Monette, Arkansas, where several people were trapped inside, Dec. 11, 2021. During the second, more intense tornado, peak gate-to-gate velocities of 128mph (206km/h; 111kn) were recorded at 9:58p.m. CST (04:58 UTC) over northeastern Marshall County, Kentucky. It was the deadliest and longest-tracked tornado in an outbreak that produced numerous strong tornadoes in several states; 57 fatalities were confirmed in the tornado. The Dawson Village apartment complex was totally destroyed, and several two-story brick apartment buildings sustained EF4 damage there, being largely reduced to rubble with only a few first-floor interior walls left intact. B. Pritzker said Saturday evening. [67], Disaster relief and humanitarian groups such as the American Red Cross, The Salvation Army, and World Vision collected donations and provided aid after the tornado. Local Structures destroyed or uninhabitable:356, Lyon County, KY: [1] Meanwhile, according to FEMA, in Mayfield 257 residential buildings were destroyed and about a thousand more were damaged, in a town with a population of just over 10,000. SCOTT COUNTY, Ky. (LEX 18) When storms roll in to Scott County, a lot of people think back to the early-morning of December 6, 2021. (NWS Storm Survey), Blueridge Road near Lake Barkley in Lyon County. Aerial footage of damage in Dawson Springs. (NWS Storm Survey), University of Kentucky Research and Education Center south of Princeton. 12:01am CST #SPC_Watch WW 2 TORNADO AR KY MO TN 010555Z - 011300Z, #arwx #kywx #mowx #tnwx, https://t.co . Damage to a house in rural Hickman County. 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Despite the potential for a higher-end severe threat to materialize, forecasters expressed uncertainty regarding the extent of instability, degree of directional wind shear, and late timing of potential storms. Past Briensburg, EF3 damage was noted along Lowery Road, where a poorly-anchored home was leveled, and a few other homes sustained EF2 damage along this segment of the path. The freight train was carrying hazardous materials, Beshear wrote in his letter asking for a federal emergency declaration. (NOAA/NASA), Tornado path across open fields northeast of Highway 116 to Highway 1127 in Fulton County. Andy Beshear has said. Aerial view of EF4 damage in Mayfield, Kentucky, on December 12, one of several towns impacted by the tornado. [3], On December 8, the Storm Prediction Center (SPC) delineated a slight risk of severe weather along much of the Mississippi Valley. After crossing Lake Barkley on the eastern side of the recreation area, the tornado was now in Lyon County. In Madisonville, Kentucky, a train derailment was caused by the storms, though no injuries were reported. As of 7:30 p.m. Saturday, more than 437,000 customers were without power across Tennessee, Michigan, Kentucky, Indiana and Arkansas. Most of the damage through this section of Marshall County ranged from EF2 to EF3 in intensity, though a few homes to the southwest of Benton were leveled or swept from their foundations at high-end EF3 strength. From there the tornado progressed over U.S. Highway 68, where power lines were destroyed along with collapsed metal truss towers, before arriving at the Cambridge Shores community on the western shore of Kentucky Lake at 9:57 p.m. One person died here, and the tornado produced EF-4 damage, including several homes with all the walls collapsed, large sections of roofs torn off, and uprooted hardwood trees. Recovery efforts in Princeton,Dawson Springs, and Bremen. Numerous trees and large branches were broken near and along the Western Kentucky Parkway, starting at the Wendell Ford Regional Training Center grounds and continuing to near Central City. As it moved through forested areas, it uprooted thousands of trees. Kelsey Joe Lane along Lake Barkley in Lyon County. (Brett Adair/Live Storms Media), Tornado devastation in Dawson Springs on December 13, 2021. Emmons found the cat hiding in a dresser drawer. Damage to several homes in a neighborhood at the Princeton County Club. The University of Kentucky Research Center was destroyed, with metal roof trusses carried hundreds of yards from the structure and wrapped around trees. [26], Afterward, the tornado intensified even further, reaching near high-end EF4 intensity as it tore directly through the center of town, resulting in widespread, catastrophic damage throughout the historic downtown square of Mayfield. Its path length of 165 miles was the ninth longest tornado path ever recorded in the U.S. Tornado devastation in Mayfield on December 11, 2021. During the late evening of Friday, December 10, 2021, a violent, long-tracked EF4 tornado moved across Western Kentucky, producing severe to catastrophic damage in numerous towns, including Mayfield, Princeton, Dawson Springs, and Bremen. PADUCAH McCracken County Judge Executive Craig Clymer has declared a state of emergency the county in light of tornado damage sustained during Friday's severe weather. Damaged homes on US 62 west of Dawson Springs in Lyon County. Items of Interest 1:46 . Homes were significantly damaged, barns and mobile homes were destroyed, a cow was killed, and thousands of large hardwood trees were downed. The toll makes it the deadliest tornado ever recorded in the United States in the month of December, in addition to being the deadliest tornado in over a decade. [69] In December 2022, a temporary memorial was placed in the Mayfield court square. Scott County to install tornado shelters near mobile home parks Time lapse of home reconstruction in Mayfield. The EF-3 tornado had peak winds of at least 155 mph, according to the National Weather Service. AFTER (right): Overview of damage in downtown Mayfield, Ky. on Dec. 11, 2021. . "[73] On December 17, it was reported that multiple workers at the candle factory filed a lawsuit against Mayfield Consumer Products in state court, seeking compensation and punitive damages. Aviation Weather Observations [28], The National Weather Service issued a tornado emergency for Mayfield at 9:26p.m. CST (03:26 UTC) as the now-massive wedge tornado approached the town from the southwest. One person was receiving medical treatment, he added, with the effort shifting to a search and recovery mission. Several outbuildings and mobile homes were also obliterated in the Cayce area. [26][56] The last area of EF3-strength damage occurred along KY 69 and Utley Drive northeast of Hartford, where a poorly-anchored block-foundation home was swept away and completely destroyed, and other houses nearby sustained total loss of their roofs and exterior walls. Perhaps relevant to the deadly toll in the Kentucky event, tornado frequency is increasing in winter months, . 2023 www.courier-journal.com. widespread and severe damage in Stewart County was between Indian Branch and Morgan Branch, to the south of Bumpus Mills. 5 people were injured in west Tennessee. of Oklahoma), Regional radar loop across the Lower Ohio and Lower Mississippi River valleys from 6 PM Dec. 10 to 8 AM Dec. 11. In Bremen, the tornado claimed the lives of 11 residents of the town of 300 people. Evansville, IN [7] Initial storms developed across central Arkansas around 2:00p.m. CST (20:00UTC), with even weaker activity developing over central Missouri a little over .mw-parser-output .frac{white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output .frac .num,.mw-parser-output .frac .den{font-size:80%;line-height:0;vertical-align:super}.mw-parser-output .frac .den{vertical-align:sub}.mw-parser-output .sr-only{border:0;clip:rect(0,0,0,0);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;position:absolute;width:1px}1+12 hours later; additional clusters of thunderstorms developed over southwestern Missouri (forming between Bolivar and Carthage, eventually back-building into northeastern Oklahoma) and central Arkansas (forming southwest of Hot Springs) between 5:00 and 5:30p.m. CST (23:0023:30UTC). NWS Paducah plansto document the recovery of cities and towns that were devastatedduring this tornado outbreak. Over 70 feared dead as 22 reported tornadoes rip through South, Midwest Kentucky likely saw its deadliest tornado system ever, the governor said. December 13, 2021: HQ-21-260: Release Date: . (NWS Storm Survey). ", "To lose a loved one in a storm like this is an unimaginable tragedy," Biden said on Twitter. The worst of the damage occurred near the Dawson Springs park, where several homes were completely destroyed, including a few low rise apartment buildings. The A church and a business were damaged nearby, and further weakening occurred further to the northeast, where EF0 to EF1 damage to trees and structures was noted. Michael Dossett, director of Kentucky's Division of Emergency Management, compared the storms to the April 1974 outbreak that spawned hundreds of tornadoes across several states and killed more than 30 in Kentucky alone. 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