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2021 Western Kentucky tornado (Shark's Reanalysis)

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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

Will be analyzed sometime this week, live updates soon.