Thunderstorm Wind, Ballard
- When
- November 19, 7:30 PM CST
- Where
- Ballard County
- Coordinates
- 37.080, -89.000
Tornado and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, November 19, 1970
12 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 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
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 13
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
12 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Trigg
- When
- November 19, 9:30 PM CST
- Where
- Trigg County
- Coordinates
- 36.880, -87.780
Thunderstorm Wind, Muhlenberg
- When
- November 19, 10:00 PM CST
- Where
- Muhlenberg County
- Coordinates
- 37.200, -87.080
Thunderstorm Wind, Hopkins
- When
- November 19, 10:00 PM CST
- Where
- Hopkins County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 37.280, -87.500
Thunderstorm Wind, Ohio
- When
- November 19, 10:15 PM CST
- Where
- Ohio County
- Coordinates
- 37.500, -86.900
Tornado, Ohio
- When
- November 19, 10:25 PM CST
- Where
- Ohio County
- Rating
- F2
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 37.700, -86.900
Thunderstorm Wind, Christian
- When
- November 19, 10:28 PM CST
- Where
- Christian County
- Measured
- 53 kt (61 mph)
- Coordinates
- 36.780, -87.500
Thunderstorm Wind, Breckinridge
- When
- November 19, 10:55 PM CST
- Where
- Breckinridge County
- Coordinates
- 37.780, -86.500
Thunderstorm Wind, Logan
- When
- November 19, 11:00 PM CST
- Where
- Logan County
- Coordinates
- 36.880, -86.900
Thunderstorm Wind, Grayson
- When
- November 19, 11:10 PM CST
- Where
- Grayson County
- Coordinates
- 37.380, -86.500
Thunderstorm Wind, Meade
- When
- November 19, 11:19 PM CST
- Where
- Meade County
- Measured
- 56 kt (64 mph)
- Coordinates
- 37.880, -86.000
Thunderstorm Wind, Simpson
- When
- November 19, 11:35 PM CST
- Where
- Simpson County
- Coordinates
- 36.700, -86.580
Thunderstorm Wind, Hardin
- When
- November 19, 11:40 PM CST
- Where
- Hardin County
- Coordinates
- 37.700, -85.900
What these are
- 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.
- 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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes and Hail in Arkansas, November 19, 1970
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Indiana, November 19, 1970
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Tennessee, November 19, 1970
- Damaging Winds in Mississippi, November 19, 1970
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, November 19, 1970
- Damaging Wind in Illinois, November 19, 1970
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, November 19, 1970
More
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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: 10036019, 10036020, 10036021, 10036022, 10036023, 10036024, 10036025, 10036026, 10036027, 10036028, 10036029, 10036030, 10036031.