Tornado, Boone
- When
- April 8, 1:45 PM CST
- Where
- Boone County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 1.5 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Injuries
- 4 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 38.950, -84.670
Tornadoes and Hail in Kentucky, April 8, 1980
6 hail, 4 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind, 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
- 2
- Injuries
- 13
- Property damage
- $550,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 11
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
6 hail, 4 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Boone
- When
- April 8, 2:00 PM CST
- Where
- Boone County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.050, -84.670
Tornado, McCreary
- When
- April 8, 2:10 PM CST
- Where
- McCreary County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 11.2 mi
- Path width
- 200 yd
- Deaths
- 2 direct, 0 indirect
- Injuries
- 9 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 36.720, -84.470
Tornado, Laurel
- When
- April 8, 2:15 PM CST
- Where
- Laurel County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 2.7 mi
- Path width
- 60 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 37.070, -84.100
Hail, Laurel
- When
- April 8, 2:30 PM CST
- Where
- Laurel County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.930, -83.830
Tornado, Bracken
- When
- April 8, 2:40 PM CST
- Where
- Bracken County
- Rating
- F1
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 38.800, -84.220
Hail, Rowan
- When
- April 8, 2:40 PM CST
- Where
- Rowan County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.180, -83.430
Hail, Leslie
- When
- April 8, 3:10 PM CST
- Where
- Leslie County
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.170, -83.530
Thunderstorm Wind, Perry
- When
- April 8, 3:30 PM CST
- Where
- Perry County
- Coordinates
- 37.250, -83.200
Hail, Pike
- When
- April 8, 4:15 PM CST
- Where
- Pike County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.480, -82.520
Hail, Knox
- When
- April 8, 4:20 PM CST
- Where
- Knox County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.870, -83.880
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
- Tornadoes and Hail in Ohio, April 8, 1980
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Mississippi, April 8, 1980
- Tornadoes and Hail in Indiana, April 8, 1980
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Illinois, April 8, 1980
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Georgia, April 8, 1980
- Tornado and Hail in Michigan, April 8, 1980
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Tennessee, April 8, 1980
- Hail and Damaging Winds in West Virginia, April 8, 1980
- Hail in Arkansas, April 8, 1980
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Missouri, April 8, 1980
- Damaging Winds in Virginia, April 8, 1980
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, April 8, 1980
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: 10031028, 10031029, 10031030, 10031031, 10031032, 10031033, 10031034, 10031035, 10031036, 10031037, 10031038.