Hail, Henderson
- When
- March 15, 5:15 PM CST
- Where
- Henderson County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.700, -87.650
Tornado and Hail in Kentucky, March 15, 1984
19 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 1 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
- 0
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 24
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
19 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Union
- When
- March 15, 5:50 PM CST
- Where
- Union County
- Coordinates
- 37.720, -87.820
Hail, Henderson
- When
- March 15, 6:05 PM CST
- Where
- Henderson County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.700, -87.650
Thunderstorm Wind, Graves
- When
- March 15, 6:10 PM CST
- Where
- Graves County
- Coordinates
- 36.730, -88.630
Thunderstorm Wind, Hickman
- When
- March 15, 6:10 PM CST
- Where
- Hickman County
- Coordinates
- 36.670, -88.980
Thunderstorm Wind, Hardin
- When
- March 15, 6:15 PM CST
- Where
- Hardin County
- Coordinates
- 37.900, -85.970
Tornado, Daviess
- When
- March 15, 6:20 PM CST
- Where
- Daviess County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 10 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 37.820, -87.250
Thunderstorm Wind, Graves
- When
- March 15, 6:30 PM CST
- Where
- Graves County
- Coordinates
- 36.730, -88.630
Thunderstorm Wind, Calloway
- When
- March 15, 6:30 PM CST
- Where
- Calloway County
- Coordinates
- 36.620, -88.320
Hail, Henderson
- When
- March 15, 6:35 PM CST
- Where
- Henderson County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.820, -87.480
Hail, Henderson
- When
- March 15, 6:35 PM CST
- Where
- Henderson County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.730, -87.700
Thunderstorm Wind, Hancock
- When
- March 15, 9:30 PM CST
- Where
- Hancock County
- Coordinates
- 37.830, -86.780
Thunderstorm Wind, Breckinridge
- When
- March 15, 10:00 PM CST
- Where
- Breckinridge County
- Coordinates
- 37.880, -86.280
Thunderstorm Wind, Meade
- When
- March 15, 10:20 PM CST
- Where
- Meade County
- Coordinates
- 37.970, -86.230
Thunderstorm Wind, Jefferson
- When
- March 15, 10:21 PM CST
- Where
- Jefferson County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 38.230, -85.670
Thunderstorm Wind, Bullitt
- When
- March 15, 10:50 PM CST
- Where
- Bullitt County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 37.980, -85.700
Thunderstorm Wind, Washington
- When
- March 15, 10:50 PM CST
- Where
- Washington County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 37.730, -85.200
Thunderstorm Wind, Clinton
- When
- March 15, 10:50 PM CST
- Where
- Clinton County
- Coordinates
- 36.700, -85.120
Thunderstorm Wind, Spencer
- When
- March 15, 10:50 PM CST
- Where
- Spencer County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 38.030, -85.320
Thunderstorm Wind, Marion
- When
- March 15, 10:50 PM CST
- Where
- Marion County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 37.550, -85.270
Thunderstorm Wind, Logan
- When
- March 15, 10:55 PM CST
- Where
- Logan County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 36.850, -86.880
Thunderstorm Wind, Shelby
- When
- March 15, 11:00 PM CST
- Where
- Shelby County
- Coordinates
- 38.120, -85.070
Thunderstorm Wind, Franklin
- When
- March 15, 11:15 PM CST
- Where
- Franklin County
- Coordinates
- 38.180, -84.900
Thunderstorm Wind, Nelson
- When
- March 15, 11:20 PM CST
- Where
- Nelson County
- Coordinates
- 37.830, -85.480
What these are
- 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.
- 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
- Tornadoes and Hail in Arkansas, March 15, 1984
- Tornado and Hail in Illinois, March 15, 1984
- Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, March 15, 1984
- Tornado and Hail in Tennessee, March 15, 1984
- Tornado and Hail in Missouri, March 15, 1984
- Tornadoes and Hail in Kansas, March 15, 1984
- Damaging Winds in Indiana, March 15, 1984
- Hail in Iowa, March 15, 1984
- Damaging Wind in Utah, March 15, 1984
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: 10030334, 10030335, 10030336, 10030337, 10030338, 10030339, 10030340, 10030341, 10030342, 10030343, 10030344, 10030345, 10030346, 10030347, 10030348, 10030349, 10030350, 10030351, 10030352, 10030353, 10030354, 10030355, 10030356, 10030357.