From Shark's Hypothetical Weather
2021 Western Kentucky tornado
- Clockwise from top: The EF4 tornado illuminated by lightning near Bremen in Muhlenberg County; Storm Prediction Center mesoscale discussion of the tornado as it was ongoing; high-end EF4 damage to a home in Bremen; a radar scan of the supercell showing the tornado as it struck Mayfield
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| Meteorological history
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| Formed
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December 10, 2021, 8:54 p.m. CST (UTC−06:00)
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| Dissipated
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December 10, 2021, 11:48 p.m. CST (UTC−06:00)
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| Duration
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2 hours, 54 minutes
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| EF4 tornado
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| on the Enhanced Fujita scale
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| Max width
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2,600 yards (1.48 mi; 2.38 km)
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| Path length
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165.6 miles (266.5 km)
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| Highest winds
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190 mph (310 km/h)
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| Overall effects
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| Fatalities
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57 (+1 indirect)
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| Injuries
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519
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| Areas affected
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Obion County, Tennessee and Western Kentucky, United States
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| Part of the tornado outbreak of December 10–11, 2021 and tornado outbreaks of 2021
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