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Tornado - Southern Todd County, KY TODD COUNTY, KY Date 12/9/2023 Time (Local) 1:57 PM - 2:15 PM CST EF Rating 2 Est. Peak Winds 125 mph Path Length 13.2 miles Max Width 400 yards Injuries/Deaths 0/0 Summary: Hundreds of trees snapped or uprooted. At least a dozen outbuildings destroyed, including barns, sheds and garages. Many homes suffered minor damages to roofs, siding, and gutters. Several homes had parts of roofs removed. Several broken power poles. This was part of a longer-tracked tornado that continued into Logan County, KY and began in Montgomery Co., TN. Tornado Track Map Downloadable KMZ File

The Enhanced Fujita (EF) Scale classifies tornadoes into the following categories:

EF0 Weak 65-85 mph	EF1 Moderate 86-110 mph	EF2 Significant 111-135 mph	EF3 Severe 136-165 mph	EF4 Extreme 166-200 mph	EF5 Catastrophic 200+ mph

Photos

Damage in southern Todd County courtesy of WEKT Radio	Damage in southern Todd County courtesy of WEKT Radio	Damage in southern Todd County courtesy of WEKT Radio	Damage in southern Todd County courtesy of 博体育 Storm Survey

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Storm Relative Velocity at 1:57 PM CST	Storm Relative Velocity at 2:08 PM CST	Storm Relative Velocity at 2:14 PM CST

Storm Reports

Preliminary Local Storm ...Summary
博体育 Paducah KY
629 PM CST  Dec 9 2023

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ....LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0203 PM               2 WNW Guthrie           36.66N 87.21W
12/09/2023                   Todd               KY   Broadcast Media

            Trees down along US 41 southeast of Trenton,
            KY. Relayed by WHOP radio. Time estimated
            from .

0211 PM               4 NE Guthrie            36.69N 87.13W
12/09/2023                   Todd               KY   Trained Spotter

            Trained spotter reports many trees and
            powerlines down and barnes destroyed in
            addition to minor damage to houses along US
            79 southwest of Allensville. Time estimated
            from .

0214 PM               Allensville             36.72N 87.07W
12/09/2023                   Todd               KY   Public

            Social media and public reports quite a bit
            of damage in and near Allensville.

1135 AM                  3 NNW Lone Oak          37.07N 88.69W
12/09/2023  E0.70 inch       McCracken          KY   Public

            Reported at Kentucky Oaks Mall in Paducah.

0947 AM                  Fulton                  36.51N 88.88W
12/09/2023  M0.70 inch       Fulton             KY   Trained Spotter

Environment

A cold front was moving eastward across western Kentucky around midday on December 9th. Aloft we had a strong mid and upper level jet streak across the Midwest with Kentucky and Tennessee in the favored right entrance region for thunderstorm development.

Surface Chart (MSLP) at 12 PM CST Dec 9	500 mb chart at 12 PM CST Dec 9	300 mb chart at 12 PM CST Dec 9

The airmass had become quite unstable by Noon across western Tennessee and into far southern portions of west Kentucky (SBCAPE in excess of 1000 j/kg). As is commonly the case during the cool season, we had plenty of wind shear present with both low level and deep layer values supportive for damaging winds and tornado threats with any thunderstorms.

Surface Based CAPE at 12 PM CST Dec 9	Effective Bulk Shear at 2 PM CST Dec 9	0-1 km shear at 1 PM CST Dec 9	Effective SRH at 12 PM CST Dec 9