Thunderstorm Wind, McCracken
- When
- April 11, 7:20 PM CST
- Where
- McCracken County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 37.070, -88.770
Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, April 11, 1979
13 thunderstorm wind, 3 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
- 5
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 16
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
13 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, McCracken
- When
- April 11, 7:25 PM CST
- Where
- McCracken County
- Coordinates
- 37.080, -88.800
Thunderstorm Wind, Union
- When
- April 11, 7:30 PM CST
- Where
- Union County
- Coordinates
- 37.680, -87.920
Thunderstorm Wind, Graves
- When
- April 11, 7:40 PM CST
- Where
- Graves County
- Coordinates
- 36.730, -88.630
Tornado, Crittenden
- When
- April 11, 7:50 PM CST
- Where
- Crittenden County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 24.4 mi
- Path width
- 200 yd
- Coordinates
- 37.150, -88.180
Thunderstorm Wind, Union
- When
- April 11, 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Union County
- Coordinates
- 37.550, -87.980
Thunderstorm Wind, Union
- When
- April 11, 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Union County
- Coordinates
- 37.570, -88.070
Tornado, Webster
- When
- April 11, 8:20 PM CST
- Where
- Webster County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 23.4 mi
- Path width
- 200 yd
- Coordinates
- 37.380, -87.850
Thunderstorm Wind, Henderson
- When
- April 11, 8:25 PM CST
- Where
- Henderson County
- Coordinates
- 37.720, -87.480
Thunderstorm Wind, Henderson
- When
- April 11, 8:25 PM CST
- Where
- Henderson County
- Coordinates
- 37.670, -87.550
Thunderstorm Wind, Henderson
- When
- April 11, 8:30 PM CST
- Where
- Henderson County
- Coordinates
- 37.730, -87.620
Tornado, Henderson
- When
- April 11, 8:40 PM CST
- Where
- Henderson County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 8.2 mi
- Path width
- 200 yd
- Injuries
- 5 direct, 0 indirect
- Coordinates
- 37.650, -87.580
Thunderstorm Wind, Henderson
- When
- April 11, 8:40 PM CST
- Where
- Henderson County
- Coordinates
- 37.850, -87.350
Thunderstorm Wind, Daviess
- When
- April 11, 9:00 PM CST
- Where
- Daviess County
- Measured
- 65 kt (75 mph)
- Coordinates
- 37.750, -87.170
Thunderstorm Wind, McCracken
- When
- April 11, 9:00 PM CST
- Where
- McCracken County
- Measured
- 75 kt (86 mph)
- Coordinates
- 37.080, -88.630
Thunderstorm Wind, Henderson
- When
- April 11, 9:15 PM CST
- Where
- Henderson County
- Coordinates
- 37.770, -87.370
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
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- Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, April 11, 1979
- Tornadoes in Kansas, April 11, 1979
- Tornado and Hail in Louisiana, April 11, 1979
- Tornado and Hail in Mississippi, April 11, 1979
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Alabama, April 11, 1979
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Illinois, April 11, 1979
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, April 11, 1979
- Tornado and Hail in Nebraska, April 11, 1979
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: 10029906, 10029907, 10029908, 10029909, 10029910, 10029911, 10029912, 10029913, 10029914, 10029915, 10029916, 10029917, 10029918, 10029919, 10029920, 10029921.