Thunderstorm Wind, Logan
- When
- May 6, 1:00 AM CST
- Where
- Logan County
- Coordinates
- 36.880, -86.900
Tornado and Hail in Kentucky, May 6, 1971
10 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 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
- $250,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 12
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
10 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Boyle
- When
- May 6, 2:00 AM CST
- Where
- Boyle County
- Coordinates
- 37.700, -84.780
Thunderstorm Wind, Meade
- When
- May 6, 2:30 AM CST
- Where
- Meade County
- Coordinates
- 38.000, -86.280
Thunderstorm Wind, Fayette
- When
- May 6, 6:00 AM CST
- Where
- Fayette County
- Coordinates
- 38.000, -84.580
Thunderstorm Wind, Daviess
- When
- May 6, 11:00 AM CST
- Where
- Daviess County
- Coordinates
- 37.780, -87.280
Hail, Jefferson
- When
- May 6, 11:08 AM CST
- Where
- Jefferson County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.080, -85.780
Thunderstorm Wind, Washington
- When
- May 6, 12:25 PM CST
- Where
- Washington County
- Coordinates
- 37.700, -85.180
Tornado, Boyle
- When
- May 6, 12:55 PM CST
- Where
- Boyle County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 30.2 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 37.650, -84.770
Thunderstorm Wind, Lincoln
- When
- May 6, 1:00 PM CST
- Where
- Lincoln County
- Coordinates
- 37.500, -84.680
Thunderstorm Wind, Spencer
- When
- May 6, 1:30 PM CST
- Where
- Spencer County
- Coordinates
- 38.000, -85.280
Thunderstorm Wind, Rockcastle
- When
- May 6, 1:30 PM CST
- Where
- Rockcastle County
- Coordinates
- 37.380, -84.280
Thunderstorm Wind, Wayne
- When
- May 6, 2:00 PM CST
- Where
- Wayne County
- Coordinates
- 36.880, -84.900
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.
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- 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 Indiana, May 6, 1971
- Tornado in Ohio, May 6, 1971
- Tornadoes and Hail in Illinois, May 6, 1971
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, May 6, 1971
- Tornado and Hail in Oklahoma, May 6, 1971
- Tornado and Hail in Iowa, May 6, 1971
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, May 6, 1971
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Louisiana, May 6, 1971
- Hail in Nebraska, May 6, 1971
- Hail in Missouri, May 6, 1971
- Hail in Mississippi, May 6, 1971
- Tornado in Tennessee, May 6, 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: 10036065, 10036066, 10036067, 10036068, 10036069, 10036070, 10036071, 10036072, 10036073, 10036074, 10036075, 10037995.