Thunderstorm Wind, Ballard
- When
- July 20, 4:30 PM CST
- Where
- Ballard County
- Coordinates
- 37.080, -88.900
Damaging Winds in Kentucky, July 20, 1981
25 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
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 25
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
25 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, McCracken
- When
- July 20, 4:30 PM CST
- Where
- McCracken County
- Coordinates
- 37.080, -88.630
Thunderstorm Wind, Lyon
- When
- July 20, 4:55 PM CST
- Where
- Lyon County
- Coordinates
- 36.970, -88.070
Thunderstorm Wind, Crittenden
- When
- July 20, 4:55 PM CST
- Where
- Crittenden County
- Coordinates
- 37.330, -88.080
Thunderstorm Wind, Hopkins
- When
- July 20, 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Hopkins County
- Coordinates
- 37.330, -87.500
Thunderstorm Wind, Marshall
- When
- July 20, 5:15 PM CST
- Where
- Marshall County
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph)
- Coordinates
- 36.870, -88.350
Thunderstorm Wind, Caldwell
- When
- July 20, 5:20 PM CST
- Where
- Caldwell County
- Coordinates
- 37.120, -87.850
Thunderstorm Wind, Ohio
- When
- July 20, 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- Ohio County
- Coordinates
- 37.420, -87.000
Thunderstorm Wind, Henderson
- When
- July 20, 5:45 PM CST
- Where
- Henderson County
- Coordinates
- 37.830, -87.580
Thunderstorm Wind, Muhlenberg
- When
- July 20, 5:50 PM CST
- Where
- Muhlenberg County
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph)
- Coordinates
- 37.200, -87.180
Thunderstorm Wind, Christian
- When
- July 20, 5:50 PM CST
- Where
- Christian County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 36.850, -87.480
Thunderstorm Wind, Campbell
- When
- July 20, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Campbell County
- Coordinates
- 37.530, -87.270
Thunderstorm Wind, Union
- When
- July 20, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Union County
- Coordinates
- 37.680, -87.920
Thunderstorm Wind, Webster
- When
- July 20, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Webster County
- Coordinates
- 37.520, -87.700
Thunderstorm Wind, Daviess
- When
- July 20, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Daviess County
- Coordinates
- 37.770, -87.120
Thunderstorm Wind, Todd
- When
- July 20, 6:15 PM CST
- Where
- Todd County
- Measured
- 62 kt (71 mph)
- Coordinates
- 36.820, -87.150
Thunderstorm Wind, Todd
- When
- July 20, 6:15 PM CST
- Where
- Todd County
- Coordinates
- 36.650, -87.170
Thunderstorm Wind, Butler
- When
- July 20, 6:20 PM CST
- Where
- Butler County
- Coordinates
- 37.220, -86.700
Thunderstorm Wind, Fulton
- When
- July 20, 6:30 PM CST
- Where
- Fulton County
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph)
- Coordinates
- 36.520, -88.870
Thunderstorm Wind, Warren
- When
- July 20, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Warren County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 36.980, -86.430
Thunderstorm Wind, Meade
- When
- July 20, 7:15 PM CST
- Where
- Meade County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 38.000, -86.170
Thunderstorm Wind, Hardin
- When
- July 20, 7:25 PM CST
- Where
- Hardin County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 37.900, -85.970
Thunderstorm Wind, Hardin
- When
- July 20, 7:30 PM CST
- Where
- Hardin County
- Coordinates
- 37.700, -85.870
Thunderstorm Wind, Jefferson
- When
- July 20, 7:30 PM CST
- Where
- Jefferson County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 38.230, -85.780
Thunderstorm Wind, Pulaski
- When
- July 20, 9:30 PM CST
- Where
- Pulaski County
- Coordinates
- 37.220, -84.630
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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, July 20, 1981
- Tornadoes and Hail in Missouri, July 20, 1981
- Tornado and Hail in Oklahoma, July 20, 1981
- Tornado in New Jersey, July 20, 1981
- Tornadoes and Hail in Wisconsin, July 20, 1981
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Illinois, July 20, 1981
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Indiana, July 20, 1981
- Damaging Winds in Iowa, July 20, 1981
- Damaging Winds in Maryland, July 20, 1981
- Damaging Winds in Tennessee, July 20, 1981
- Damaging Wind in Virginia, July 20, 1981
- Tornado in Minnesota, July 20, 1981
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: 10033298, 10033299, 10033300, 10033301, 10033302, 10033303, 10033304, 10033305, 10033306, 10033307, 10033308, 10033309, 10033310, 10033311, 10033312, 10033313, 10033314, 10033315, 10033316, 10033317, 10033318, 10033319, 10033320, 10033321, 10030229.