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|image caption={{Unbulleted list|'''Clockwise from top:''' The EF4 tornado illuminated by lightning near [[Bremen, Kentucky|Bremen]] in [[Muhlenberg County, Kentucky|Muhlenberg County]]; [[Storm Prediction Center]] mesoscale discussion of the tornado as it was ongoing; high-end EF4 damage to a home in [[Bremen, Kentucky|Bremen]]; a [[NEXRAD|radar]] scan of the [[supercell]] showing the tornado as it struck Mayfield}}
|image caption={{Unbulleted list|'''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}}
|formed=December 10, 2021, 8:54 p.m. CST (UTC−06:00)
|formed=December 10, 2021, 8:54 p.m. CST (UTC−06:00)
|dissipated=December 10, 2021, 11:48 p.m. CST (UTC−06:00)
|dissipated=December 10, 2021, 11:48 p.m. CST (UTC−06:00)

Revision as of 13:51, 20 January 2026

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
Meteorological history
Formed December 10, 2021, 8:54 p.m. CST (UTC−06:00)
Dissipated December 10, 2021, 11:48 p.m. CST (UTC−06:00)
Duration 2 hours, 54 minutes
EF4 tornado
on the Enhanced Fujita scale
Max width 2,600 yards (1.48 mi; 2.38 km)
Path length 165.6 miles (266.5 km)
Highest winds 190 mph (310 km/h)
Overall effects
Fatalities 57 (+1 indirect)
Injuries 519
Areas affected Obion County, Tennessee and Western Kentucky, United States

Part of the tornado outbreak of December 10–11, 2021 and tornado outbreaks of 2021