The Paducah office of the National Weather Service confirmed Thursday afternoon that an EF-2 tornado traveled 19.1 miles Sunday morning through parts of Trigg and Christian counties.
The tornado started at 8:59 a.m. near Kentucky 525 southeast of Cadiz, according to the NWS report. It traveled east with peak wind speeds of 115 mph, crossing the county line at PeeDee, then crossing Interstate 24, the Pennyrile Parkway and Fort Campbell Boulevard near the Silo Event Center at John Rives Road.
From there, the tornado continued east and ended at 9:14 a.m. just northwest of Pembroke.
The tornado, with a maximum width of 250 yards, snapped and uprooted numerous trees, the report states. It also brought down utility poles, including dozens on Fort Campbell Boulevard between Lovers Lane and I-24. Two homes were “directly impacted by tornadic winds” and had roof damage, the NWS reported. Several farm buildings were damaged.
There were no injuries reported in the tornado.
It was one of 12 tornadoes on Sunday in Illinois, Missouri, Kentucky and Indiana identified by officials in the Paducah office.
Jennifer P. Brown is co-founder, publisher and editor of Hoptown Chronicle. You can reach her at editor@hoptownchronicle.org. Brown was a reporter and editor at the Kentucky New Era, where she worked for 30 years. She is a co-chair of the national advisory board to the Institute for Rural Journalism and Community Issues, governing board past president for the Kentucky Historical Society, and co-founder of the Kentucky Open Government Coalition. She serves on the Hopkinsville History Foundation's board.
