The tornado then weakened and crossed the Blue Grass Army Depot, doing minor damage. One person became paralyzed from the neck down, and a 4 year old child suffered a fractured skull and broken leg. Five other occupants of the mobile home were injured. Two adults were killed and thrown into a nearby pond. A mobile home was picked up, thrown, and disintegrated by the tornado. The tornado peaked at EF3 intensity near the intersections of KY 52 and KY 1295 in Madison County. The second home in the path of the tornado was badly damaged and a paper bill from the home was lifted into the tornado and carried 35 miles to the northeast into Powell County, landing in the yard of a National Weather Service employee. The first damage observed was of EF1 intensity, and the tornado grew to EF2 intensity before reaching the Madison County line. Notes: The tornado touched down in eastern Garrard County south of Nina on Bethel Road. Notes: Storm Data says this tornado touched down about two miles northwest of Paint Lick near the Madison County line. One farmer lost 6 cows when a barn collapsed on them. Notes: Trees were downed and a dozen barns were destroyed. Notes: Storm Data says this tornado went from near McKinney to Preachersville to near the Garrard County line, damaging the county fairgrounds and Maywood. Notes: Storm Data says this tornado touched down in Cartersville. Noted discrepancies: SPC gives a time of 5:38pm, NCDC gives 4:38pm, Storm Data says 6:38pm. Plotted on Gaffney Road as close to the given lat/lon as possible. Notes: Storm Data says this tornado struck on Gaffney Road. Grazulis doesn't many any specific locations of the injuries he reported. According to the Garrard County weekly Central Herald, there were seven injuries in Garrard County, which are not accounted for at the NCDC webpage (it lists zero injuries for the Garrard County portion of this tornado). Storm Data begins this tornado at Cottonburg, moving it to two miles north of Whitehall and beyond.
Notes: Grazulis' path width is probably the most correct. SPC and NCDC end the tornado in Clark County east of Mount Zion. Grazulis takes this tornado into Montgomery County, ending it east of Mount Sterling. SPC gives a path width of 10 yards, NCDC 30 yards, Storm Data 133 yards, Grazulis 300 yards. SPC and NCDC give a path length of 32 miles, Grazulis give 35 miles, Storm Data 22 miles. Noted discrepancies: SPC, Storm Data, and NCDC give 28 injuries, Grazulis give 27. About 100 people were left homeless in Clark County.
Thirty homes were destroyed, with F4 damage and deaths in southwest Madison County, mostly near Richmond. Grazulis narrative: Moved northeast from near Hackley and Cottonburg, passing just north of Richmond, and lifting east of Mount Sterling. At least 15 homes were destroyed or torn apart. Two other people died in Garrard County near Cartersville. An elderly man and a child were killed in a home two miles west of Berea. Narrative: Moved northeast from near Cartersville to north of Berea.