Description

Between May 15 and 17, a major tornado outbreak swept across the central and eastern U.S., spawning around 60 confirmed tornadoes, including several violent ones rated EF-4, with winds estimated at up to 190 mph. The most destructive impacts occurred on May 16, when an EF-3 tornado struck the St. Louis region. Later that night a long-track EF-4 tornado devastated the Somerset–London area of Kentucky. The outbreak also produced widespread large hail and severe thunderstorm winds, caused over 600,000 power outages, and was the deadliest tornado event in Kentucky since 2021.