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During the late evening of Friday, December 10, 2021, a violent, long-tracked and devastating EF4 tornado, sometimes referred to as the Western Kentucky tornado, [3] Mayfield tornado, [4] or The Beast, [5] moved across Western Kentucky, United States, producing severe-to-catastrophic damage in numerous towns, including Mayfield, Princeton, Dawson Springs, and Bremen. [2]
On the night of Dec. 10 and into the early hours of Dec. 11, 2021, a series of tornadoes tore through parts of Western Kentucky, killing more than 80 people and destroying homes, stores, churches ...
This is the 2021 Western Kentucky tornado (seen via the hook echo) prior to impacting the city of Mayfield, Kentucky with winds estimated to be at least 188 miles per hour (303 km/h). The long “line” to the south-southeast is a debris spike caused by debris lofted by the tornado.
The tornado then lifted and dissipated at 1:38 a.m. CST (07:38 UTC) near Cedar Spring, after causing one final area of EF1-strength tree damage along KY 259. The path length of the tornado was 29.26 miles (47.09 km). [17] In total, 17 people were killed and 63 people were injured by this tornado. [23]
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Many trees were downed, a 1,700-pound (770 kg) horse trailer was thrown 300 feet (91 m) into a ravine, while multiple barns and farm buildings were completely destroyed in this area. Just northeast of this point, high-end EF2 damage occurred as the tornado crossed KY 1083, where multiple homes and outbuildings were damaged or destroyed. This ...
A deadly tornado outbreak caused at least 90 deaths across the country’s heartland on Dec. 10 – 11, 2021. An EF-4 tore through the heart of Mayfield, Kentucky, damaging facilities owned by ...
On December 10–11, 2021, a significant and deadly tornado outbreak occurred across the Central United States.The tornado outbreak produced 71 tornadoes, with the bulk of the activity coming from a very long-tracked supercell that produced several very long-track and violent tornadoes, one of which was on the ground for almost 3 hours and traveled well over 150 miles (240 km) and killing 57 ...