Thunderstorm Wind, Jefferson
- When
- August 12, 3:00 PM CST
- Where
- Jefferson County
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 38.230, -85.670
Hail and Damaging Wind in Kentucky, August 12, 1975
2 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
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- 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
- 3
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
2 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Jefferson
- When
- August 12, 3:30 PM CST
- Where
- Jefferson County
- Measured
- 2 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.230, -85.780
Hail, Hardin
- When
- August 12, 5:45 PM CST
- Where
- Hardin County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.870, -85.970
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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Iowa, August 12, 1975
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Maine, August 12, 1975
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Minnesota, August 12, 1975
- Hail and Damaging Wind in New York, August 12, 1975
- Hail and Damaging Wind in North Carolina, August 12, 1975
- Tornado in Florida, August 12, 1975
- Hail in Wisconsin, August 12, 1975
- Damaging Wind in Wyoming, August 12, 1975
- Damaging Wind in New Mexico, August 12, 1975
- Damaging Wind in Nebraska, August 12, 1975
- Damaging Wind in Nevada, August 12, 1975
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: 10031515, 10031516, 10031517.