East Bernstadt is a census-designated place (CDP) and coal town in Laurel County, Kentucky, United States.

Interstate 75 also passes to the southwest of East Bernstadt, but without any direct access, the closest being from the Hal Rogers Parkway in London.

[4] During the evening of March 2, 2012, tornado that was rated EF-2 intensity by the National Weather Service (NWS) survey struck the community.

It took the home of Mike and Brenda Eversole along with his semi truck and trailer and all their belongings.

The tornado appears to have been the strongest near location 1, with estimated sustained winds of 125 miles per hour (201 km/h).

This is also roughly the area in which several homes were heavily damaged or destroyed, and where the five fatalities took place.

This tornado was just one of many associated with the outbreak that took place across the Ohio and Tennessee Valley region on Friday, March 2, 2012.