æt ðæt tˈaɪm, ðɪs tɔːɹnˈeɪdoʊ wʌzðə θˈɜːddˈɛdliɪst ˌɔn ɹˈɛkɚd ɪnðə kˈɑːmənwˌɛlθ ʌv kɛntˈʌki ˈæftɚ ðə lˈuːizvˌɪl tɔːɹnˈeɪdoʊ ʌv wˈʌn θˈaʊzənd ˈeɪthˈʌndɹɪd nˈaɪnti, wˌɪtʃ tˈʊk sˈɛvənti sˈɪks lˈaɪvz, ænd ðə fˈʊltən kˈaʊntibˈɑːndʒuːɹənt tɔːɹnˈeɪdoʊ ʌv nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd sˈɛvəntˌiːn wɛn sˈɪksti fˈaɪv pˈiːpəl wɜː kˈɪld.
At that time, this tornado was the third-deadliest on record in the Commonwealth of Kentucky after the Louisville tornado of 1890, which took 76 lives, and the Fulton County-Bondurant tornado of 1917 when 65 people were killed.