Tornado, Simpson
- When
- May 24, 5:35 PM CST
- Where
- Simpson County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 15.1 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 36.650, -86.630
Tornado and Hail in Kentucky, May 24, 1971
7 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 hail, 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
- $2.5 million
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 9
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
7 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Simpson
- When
- May 24, 5:35 PM CST
- Where
- Simpson County
- Measured
- 1.25 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.700, -86.580
Thunderstorm Wind, Barren
- When
- May 24, 6:10 PM CST
- Where
- Barren County
- Coordinates
- 37.000, -85.900
Thunderstorm Wind, Barren
- When
- May 24, 6:20 PM CST
- Where
- Barren County
- Coordinates
- 37.080, -85.900
Thunderstorm Wind, Hart
- When
- May 24, 6:30 PM CST
- Where
- Hart County
- Coordinates
- 37.280, -85.900
Thunderstorm Wind, Larue
- When
- May 24, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Larue County
- Coordinates
- 37.580, -85.680
Thunderstorm Wind, Marion
- When
- May 24, 7:15 PM CST
- Where
- Marion County
- Coordinates
- 37.580, -85.180
Thunderstorm Wind, Jefferson
- When
- May 24, 8:45 PM CST
- Where
- Jefferson County
- Coordinates
- 38.200, -85.780
Thunderstorm Wind, Shelby
- When
- May 24, 9:30 PM CST
- Where
- Shelby County
- Coordinates
- 38.280, -85.180
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.
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- 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
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- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Ohio, May 24, 1971
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Indiana, May 24, 1971
- Tornado in Michigan, May 24, 1971
- Tornado and Hail in Missouri, May 24, 1971
- Tornado and Hail in Illinois, May 24, 1971
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, May 24, 1971
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, May 24, 1971
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Kansas, May 24, 1971
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, May 24, 1971
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, May 24, 1971
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: 10033755, 10033756, 10033757, 10033758, 10033759, 10033760, 10033761, 10033762, 10033763.