Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, March 15 to 16, 2026

The National Weather Service conducted a storm survey on Tuesday, March 17th for the storms that occurred on Sunday night, March 15th. A tornado was determined to have occurred in Logan County with max winds of 85 MPH (EF0).

Damage was first observed along Forgy Road where some large softwood trees were either uprooted or snapped. Due to the isolated nature of the damage, a lower bound was used at 80 mph as the max wind speed at this location. The tornado continued to the northeast along Duncan Ridge Road where more trees were uprooted. Moving east along Duncan Ridge Road, more trees were uprooted and a residence had shingle damage. Near Deer Lick Road (to the west of Lewisburg), there was a roof lofted off a storage outbuilding at a residence where wood planks were impaled in a couple of |directions, one of which was in the opposite direction of the storm motion due to the tornado rotation. The max wind of 85 mph occurred at this residence. Additional tree damage was observed across Deer Lick Road.

The National Weather Service conducted a storm survey on Tuesday, March 17th for the storms that occurred on Sunday night, March 15th. A tornado was determined to have occurred in Butler County with max winds of 80 MPH (EF0).

Damage was first observed along Flat Rock Road south of Dimple where a roof was lifted off a storage outbuilding and lofted into nearby trees. Some tree damage was also observed at this location with some evidence of being broken and twisted in different |directions due to the tornado. The tornado continued to the northeast across highway 79 where tree damage was twisted backward in the opposite direction of the storm motion to the southwest.| |The tornado continued across Dimple Road and damaged mobile homes along the road. One home had a shed that was destroyed and lofted above the homes and placed in a nearby farm field. One mobile home was shifted on the foundation, but did not overturn due to proper anchoring. Tree branch damage in this vicinity showed different |directions to the damage along with twisting, which was evidence of rotation. Roof damage to another mobile home near this location was evident and the roof was lofted about a tenth of a mile downstream into a farm field.

The next damage was uphill at a farm, where a storage outbuilding had damage to the roof. The rooftop was lofted in the air over several pieces of farm equipment, split in two, and the two pieces of roofing material landed in two different locations (one to the|east, and the other in a more southeasterly direction). Some debris was lofted downstream into nearby fields along Belcher Road, where there were isolated trees uprooted as well.

The storm then crossed Little Muddy Creek toward Richland Church Road where several large branches to trees along the road were snapped. From this point, there was no additional damage observed.

The first report of the tornado came from Caneyville Fire Department of a tornado touchdown observed north of Caneyville. Damage was observed from high resolution satellite data north of Caneyville with tree damage near Highway 79 to near Choncie Lee Road. The tornado continued along Hopewell Road in Grayson County near the Caneyville and Millwood areas. Several farm outbuildings had the roof peeled off, with one farm having wood planks from the barn damage thrusted into the nearby residence. The residence also had shingle damage. Max winds of 100 mph were estimated in this location.

The tornado continued to the northeast across Jones Hill and highway 54 to Stones Chapel Road. Several farm outbuildings and tree damage was observed, including roof material lofted into nearby trees. The tornado continued across Clifty Church Drive |where a farm had damage to several outbuildings where rooftops were destroyed. At this location, 3 head of cattle were fatally injured resulting in roughly $7K in damages. Debris from the farm was lofted into the treeline about a tenth of a mile from the |property.

The tornado continued to the northeast toward Lilac where several farm outbuildings on a hill top were completely destroyed. Wood planks were driven into the ground in several directions and debris was lofted over the nearby hill. Significant tree damage |was observed here as well. Max estimated wind speeds of 110 mph were observed here.

The tornado continued to the northeast toward Brandenburg Road where trees were uprooted. The tornado crossed Rough River Lake several times, causing some structural and tree damage into Breckinridge County.

The National Weather Service conducted a storm survey on Wednesday, March 18th for the storms that occurred on Sunday night, March 15th. A tornado was determined to have occurred in Warren County with max winds of 90 MPH (EF1).

Damage was first observed along Pisgah Ridge near White Road south of Richardson Road. A nearby residence had minor shingle damage, but several farm outbuildings had significant roof damage. While most of the damage had a northeast direction with the storm motion, there was evidence of rotation. One barn roof was lofted to the northeast, however there were wood planks that were impaled into the ground in the opposite direction to the southwest. Also, a nearby shed was leaning to the northwest, which was toward the tornado circulation path. The tornado continued uphill toward more farm outbuildings where a roof was lofted to the north and to the east, which was slightly offset from the northeast storm motion and evidence of rotation. Max wind speeds in this location were estimated to be 90 mph.

The tornado continued to the northeast along Richardsville Road and damage was observed at a residence. A carport awning overhang roof was damaged and lifted to the northeast, however nearby tree damage occurred to the northwest toward the center of the tornado circulation. Winds at this location were between 80 and 90 mph.

The damage continued to the northeast along James Elkins Road where several trees had snapped damage. The nearby barn had roofing material loss, and the building was shifted and leaning to the northeast after being hit by the tornado. The roof damage was laying in several different directions and the snapped tree damage had evidence of breaking and twisting with the passing of the tornado. The tornado continued across Hall Road and toward Karl Young Road where damage to a home and nearby outbuildings occurred. The homeowner mentioned that the tornado had picked up a|zero turn mower and placed it back down on top of the shed roof damage. A nearby barn was destroyed as well. Debris was lofted into a nearby field to the north and northeast of the location. Several wood plank and plywood impalements were noted facing north and west, which was continued evidence of rotation. Beyond the field north of Karl Young Road, no additional damage was observed.

A large tree was blown down along Grancer Road.

The tornado uprooted a couple trees and blew off sections of a metal roof before crossing Rough River Lake back into Grayson County.

As the tornado continued along Rough River Lake, a few branches were broken.

As the tornado continued following Rough River Lake, it uprooted trees, snapped trees, and blew a metal roof off a house before crossing back into Grayson County.

The tornado uprooted trees as it moved along Rough River Lake.

The tornado tore off half an outbuilding's roof and snapped and uprooted trees before crossing back into Grayson County.

The tornado continued to do tree damage before it crossed near the triple point of Grayson, Breckinridge, and Hardin counties and into Hardin County.

The tornado entered the county near Hardin Springs where several trees were uprooted and snapped. Per high resolution satellite imagery the tornado ended just northeast of Hardin Springs and just east of Mount Olive Rd.

The estimated starting point for the tornado along this storm's track, per high resolution satellite imagery, was in a wooded area just west of Pierce Mill Road south of Garfield. Significant damage occurred to a home near Pierce Mill Road, where a portion of the roof was taken from the home above the garage and living space below. Mud splatter occurred to the front of the home at this location, and a wood plank was thrown backward into the roof above the living room. Several wood pieces were impaled into the ground at the property.

The tornado continued north northeast, causing damage in a forested area that opened up into Horn Cemetery. It then caused structural damage along Constantine Road. Downstream wooded areas showed evidence that the occluding tornado still caused damage before lifting southwest of Slaughter Road. At that point the rear flank downdraft surged ahead and caused damage along a swath just east of this track.

Multiple trees were blown down in Leitchfield, and about 1400 customers were without power as a result of thunderstorms.

A swath of damage began just as a tornado along the long-storm track was occluding. It ended close to and east of the area where a different tornado spun up, thus initially appearing from the ground survey team to be a continuous swath of damage.

The first indication of damage was a tree down near Constantine Rd east of Horn Cemetery Rd. The damage path widened near where Constantine Road intersects with Slaughter Rd, where an open air canopy was damaged. Several barns were damaged or destroyed just southwest of Hardinsburg Rd. Additional damage occurred northeast|of that road, along Vertrees Church Ln. No other downstream damage was noted as a tornado path dominated the damage just north and west of this area.

Radar data from the KLVX 88D as well as the TSDF TDWR indicated peak estimated velocities between 80 and 100 kts at around 1000 feet AGL in this region confirming the higher wind gusts that were able to mix down to the surface here and cause the observed damage.

Per high resolution satellite imagery of damage in a heavily forested area, a new tornado track began just near the intersection of Hardinsburg Rd and Fields Rd. This track briefly crossed Saint John Rd, but missed any structures there before entering another forested area. The first structural damage along this path was along Tyson Ln near Brizendine Ln where a barn hit the threshold of visible damage. Another open air barn along Brizendine Ln had its roof thrown into a wooded area west of the barn. A little farther downstream towards New Salem Church Rd there was additional structural damage.

Radar data indicated a large area of strong inbound velocity along a path east of the couplet that caused the third tornado along that storm's path. Damage first was noted to an open small barn along Salt River Rd, just south of Four Corners. High resolution satellite imagery indicated a large incoherent patch of trees damaged just west of Salt River Rd south of Berrytown Rd. Additional trees were noted on ground survey damage along Salt River Rd just south of New Salem Church Rd. Another barn and silo were damaged near the intersection of Berrytown Rd and DeWitt Ln. Damage continued upstream along Rineyville Rd where a larger outdoor garage had its roof peeled off before the tornado entered into Meade County.

The tornado crossed into Meade County near Rineyville Rd. A bigger tree fell onto a house in the Country Ct area. The tornado took a leftward turn, heading north, mimicking a turn in the tight mesovortex seen on radar imagery. It caused damage at the Meade County Bank near the intersection of Flaherty Rd and Joe Prather Hwy. Damage was observed to trees and some houses along Camelot Drive and Rabbit Run Road. The tornado continued across fields and did extensive damage to a farm beside Fort Avenue. Multiple farm buildings were significantly damaged with roofs lofted across Rabbit Run Rd east of Fort Avenue, where the damage appeared to end.

Entering into Meade County, the emergency manager noted a tree came down across the road, pulling a power line down with it, along Vowels Pl. Additional tree damage was |noted along Rolling Hills Road and then further extensive damage to a farm along Fort Ave. This is the approximate end point of stronger wind damage. KLVX velocity data showed a quick weakening trend in those stronger velocities even at higher tilts. The winds likely remained stronger downstream of the damage but did not cause as widespread of damage.

Several trees and power lines were blown down along Raider Hollow Road near Millerstown.

Power poles were blown down along Kentucky Route 86 in Cecilia.

A railroad crossing gate was broken at its hinges along Hayden School Road.

A tree was blown down, blocking Holly Drive near Dennis Way.

The National Weather Service conducted a storm damage survey on Monday, March 16th for the storms that occurred on Sunday night, March 15th.

The starting point was on the north side of Lebanon Junction where a large old softwood tree fell onto a pickup truck at a residence along state highway 61. More damage was surveyed approximately 1.5 miles ESE of Lebanon Junction along S Sanders Ln where a couple of older softwood trees again had fallen.

The next report was along Ridge Rd / CR 1442 approximately 4.5 miles SW of Mt Washington where several large softwood trees fell on power lines causing on power pole to snap and another to become uprooted.

Further downstream along the storm path, a cluster of damage along Armstrong Ln consisted of several downed trees and metal roofing stripped off of barns/garages. Some of the metal roofing panels were blown into tree tops and twisted onto power lines.

A half mile north on Armstrong Ln was another instance of several large softwood trees that had been knocked down causing damage to a chained link fence.

A tree was blown down on Blossom Road.

The National Weather Service conducted a storm survey on Thursday, March 19th for the storms that occurred early Monday morning, March 16th. Straight line winds were determined to have occurred in Nelson County near the Bardstown area with max winds|of 80 MPH.

Damage to trees occurred along the Bluegrass Parkway southwest of Bardstown, including trees damaged in an isolated nature within Bardstown city limits. South of Bardstown there was damage to trees and some structure, including a building at the Nelson County Fairgrounds and a barn with extensive roof loss along Highway 31E. |All damage was facing to the northeast, which is consistent with the storm motion and indicative of straight line winds. No rotational signatures were observed by the survey team.

A tree was blown down blocking the entire road near the intersection of Forrester Road and Cleveland Avenue in Glasgow.

A tree was blown down into the road near the intersection of US Route 68 and A H Boston Road. Another tree was reported down near the intersection of Columbia Road and Mosby Ridge Road.

A tree was blown down along Bridgeport Road.

A tree was blown down, blocking the westbound lanes of the Cumberland Parkway.

Multiple trees were blown down on Stamping Ground Road near Great Crossing High School.

A tree was down on McClelland Circle near Scott County High School.

A tree was blown down along Kentucky Route 55 between Columbia and Glens Fork.

An old building was destroyed by strong winds along Cherry Tree Road, with no other damage reported in the vicinity. Trees were also blown down on Sulphur Creek Road near Mikes Landing.

The National Weather Service conducted a storm survey on Wednesday, March 18th for the storms that occurred early Monday morning, March 16th. A tornado was determined to have occurred in Clinton County with max winds of 100 MPH (EF1).

Storm damage was first observed along Wright Parish Road southwest of Albany near Wolf River Dock Road. A line of cedar trees had extensive damage, with several treetops and branches pointing to the north, east, and opposite of the northeast storm |motion to the southwest. Some branches showed signs of being ripped and twisted from the trees as well, which was indicative of rotation from a tornado.

The tornado continued uphill to a nearby residence with several outbuildings. One barn was completely moved from the foundation with roof damage lofted into nearby fields. The damage direction was mainly to the east, pointing toward the tornadic circulation |that was moving to the northeast. Another section of barn damage was pointing to the north, indicating the right side of the circulation nearby. A drone flight confirmed this information. A nearby residence had awning damage that was moved to the northeast, with the most notable damage being a couple of wood plank impalements that were driven into the ground facing the opposite direction of the storm motion to the southwest. The max wind speed near this damage along Rice Road and Wolf River Dock |Road was 100 mph.

The tornado continued to the northeast and damage to trees and outbuildings occurred along Hay Road, Huntersville Road, and Robert Page Road. Several trees were snapped and a barn was leveled, and the convergent signature of the tree damage to the |north and east directions were noted. The tornado continued northeast along Robert Page Road where a residence had roof and siding damage that was lofted to the northeast away from the property. The debris went up to US Highway 127, and no other |damage was observable past this point.

Wind caused roof siding to rip off of a home 2 miles from US Route 127 near Hustonville.