Thunderstorm Wind, Jackson
- When
- March 20, 12:00 PM CST
- Where
- Jackson County
- Coordinates
- 37.350, -83.920
Tornadoes and Hail in Kentucky, March 20, 1982
10 hail, 3 tornado, 2 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
- 8
- Property damage
- $30 million
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 15
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 hail, 3 tornado, 2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Rockcastle
- When
- March 20, 2:50 PM CST
- Where
- Rockcastle County
- Measured
- 1.25 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.320, -84.180
Hail, Crittenden
- When
- March 20, 3:00 PM CST
- Where
- Crittenden County
- Measured
- 1.25 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.400, -88.080
Hail, Hopkins
- When
- March 20, 3:35 PM CST
- Where
- Hopkins County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.350, -87.650
Hail, Webster
- When
- March 20, 3:37 PM CST
- Where
- Webster County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.400, -87.430
Hail, Muhlenberg
- When
- March 20, 4:35 PM CST
- Where
- Muhlenberg County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.300, -87.130
Hail, Crittenden
- When
- March 20, 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Crittenden County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.330, -88.080
Hail, Jefferson
- When
- March 20, 5:35 PM CST
- Where
- Jefferson County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.180, -85.730
Tornado, Shelby
- When
- March 20, 6:50 PM CST
- Where
- Shelby County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 30 yd
- Injuries
- 8 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $25 million
- Coordinates
- 38.220, -85.230
Tornado, Shelby
- When
- March 20, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Shelby County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 10 mi
- Path width
- 200 yd
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 38.120, -85.180
Tornado, Franklin
- When
- March 20, 7:25 PM CST
- Where
- Franklin County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 10 mi
- Path width
- 200 yd
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 38.150, -85.020
Hail, Daviess
- When
- March 20, 7:55 PM CST
- Where
- Daviess County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.730, -87.330
Thunderstorm Wind, Daviess
- When
- March 20, 8:20 PM CST
- Where
- Daviess County
- Coordinates
- 37.770, -87.120
Hail, Muhlenberg
- When
- March 20, 8:55 PM CST
- Where
- Muhlenberg County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.200, -87.180
Hail, Grayson
- When
- March 20, 9:10 PM CST
- Where
- Grayson County
- Measured
- 2 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.580, -86.630
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.
- 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
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: 10030243, 10030244, 10030245, 10030246, 10030247, 10030248, 10030249, 10030250, 10030251, 10030252, 10030253, 10030254, 10030255, 10030256, 10030257.