Tornado, Marshall
- When
- April 4, 12:01 AM CST
- Where
- Marshall County
- Rating
- F4
- Path length
- 5.1 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Deaths
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Injuries
- 5 direct, 0 indirect
- Coordinates
- 36.750, -88.220
Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, April 4, 1968
4 tornado, 3 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 1
- Injuries
- 15
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 7
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
Event by event
4 tornado, 3 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Trigg
- When
- April 4, 12:15 AM CST
- Where
- Trigg County
- Rating
- F4
- Path length
- 22.3 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 36.780, -88.130
Tornado, Caldwell
- When
- April 4, 12:45 AM CST
- Where
- Caldwell County
- Rating
- F4
- Path length
- 9.7 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Injuries
- 5 direct, 0 indirect
- Coordinates
- 36.970, -87.800
Thunderstorm Wind, Christian
- When
- April 4, 12:45 AM CST
- Where
- Christian County
- Coordinates
- 37.000, -87.500
Tornado, Christian
- When
- April 4, 1:00 AM CST
- Where
- Christian County
- Rating
- F4
- Path length
- 4.3 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Injuries
- 5 direct, 0 indirect
- Coordinates
- 37.080, -87.700
Thunderstorm Wind, Warren
- When
- April 4, 2:00 AM CST
- Where
- Warren County
- Measured
- 58 kt (67 mph)
- Coordinates
- 37.000, -86.400
Thunderstorm Wind, Todd
- When
- April 4, 2:00 AM CST
- Where
- Todd County
- Coordinates
- 36.880, -87.180
The people who died
As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado, Marshall | 1968-04-04 | Direct |
What these are
- Tornado
- A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
More
Every storm in Kentucky in 1968Every state in 1968This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Kentucky, 1968
Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 10034931, 10034932, 10034933, 10034934, 10034935, 10034936, 10034937.