On a Friday night December 10th of 2021, a tornado swept through the KenTenn area, claiming lives and changing the towns forever.
Current Dresden Mayor Mark Maddox reflects on the day following the devastation…
Mayor Maddox tells us how Dresden has changed since that horrific night…
In all, the tornado covered over 165 miles in almost three hours, making it the ninth longest tornado path ever recorded in the U.S, claiming 57 lives and injuring over 500 people.
The tornado was also the deadliest in U.S. history to occur in the month of December.
The storm uprooted thousands of trees. Numerous agricultural buildings and electrical and communication lines were also destroyed.
Damage Estimates by County:
*Courtesy of Weather.gov*
Fulton County, KY:
Deaths: 1
Injuries: 5
Structures damaged: 40
Structures destroyed: 21
Hickman County, KY:
Deaths: 0
Injuries: 5
Structures damaged: 40
Structures destroyed: 12
Graves County, KY:
Deaths: 24
Injuries: 200 to 225
Single family residences:
1159 damaged and 730 destroyed
Commercial properties:
165 damaged and 18 destroyed
Other structures:
66 damaged and 37 destroyed
Marshall County, KY:
Deaths: 1
Injuries: 54
Structures damaged: 341
Structures destroyed or uninhabitable: 356
Lyon County, KY:
Deaths: 1
Injuries: 5
Structures damaged: 141
Structures destroyed: 45
Caldwell County, KY:
Deaths: 4
Injuries 11 (including 3 critically)
Structures damaged: Unknown
Structures destroyed: 300 (estimate)
Hopkins County, KY
Deaths: 15
Injuries: At least 200
Structures damaged: 1000 (estimate)
Structures destroyed: 500 (estimate)
Muhlenberg County, KY
Deaths: 11
Injuries: 25
Structures damaged: 81
Structures destroyed or uninhabitable: 84
Ohio, Breckenridge, and Grayson County, KY:
No deaths or injuries.
Tennessee had a total of 4 deaths.
