Tornado, Russell
- When
- May 6, 1:00 AM CST
- Where
- Russell County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 3 mi
- Path width
- 20 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 36.980, -85.070
Tornadoes and Hail in Kentucky, May 6, 1984
16 thunderstorm wind, 7 hail, 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
- 9
- Property damage
- $2.8 million
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 26
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
16 thunderstorm wind, 7 hail, 3 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Warren
- When
- May 6, 1:00 AM CST
- Where
- Warren County
- Coordinates
- 37.020, -86.220
Hail, Adair
- When
- May 6, 1:30 AM CST
- Where
- Adair County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.100, -85.280
Thunderstorm Wind, Adair
- When
- May 6, 1:30 AM CST
- Where
- Adair County
- Coordinates
- 37.100, -85.280
Thunderstorm Wind, Russell
- When
- May 6, 2:00 AM CST
- Where
- Russell County
- Coordinates
- 37.020, -85.000
Thunderstorm Wind, Laurel
- When
- May 6, 2:30 AM CST
- Where
- Laurel County
- Coordinates
- 37.130, -84.080
Thunderstorm Wind, Green
- When
- May 6, 3:00 AM CST
- Where
- Green County
- Coordinates
- 37.300, -85.550
Tornado, Laurel
- When
- May 6, 3:20 AM CST
- Where
- Laurel County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 5 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Injuries
- 8 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 37.130, -84.080
Tornado, Todd
- When
- May 6, 4:15 AM CST
- Where
- Todd County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 20 yd
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 36.820, -87.150
Thunderstorm Wind, Todd
- When
- May 6, 4:20 AM CST
- Where
- Todd County
- Coordinates
- 36.820, -87.150
Thunderstorm Wind, Warren
- When
- May 6, 4:50 AM CST
- Where
- Warren County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 36.970, -86.420
Thunderstorm Wind, Todd
- When
- May 6, 4:55 AM CST
- Where
- Todd County
- Measured
- 56 kt (64 mph)
- Coordinates
- 36.830, -87.180
Thunderstorm Wind, Allen
- When
- May 6, 5:00 AM CST
- Where
- Allen County
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph)
- Coordinates
- 36.750, -86.180
Thunderstorm Wind, Logan
- When
- May 6, 5:10 AM CST
- Where
- Logan County
- Coordinates
- 36.850, -86.880
Thunderstorm Wind, Warren
- When
- May 6, 5:20 AM CST
- Where
- Warren County
- Coordinates
- 36.850, -86.500
Thunderstorm Wind, Monroe
- When
- May 6, 5:30 AM CST
- Where
- Monroe County
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph)
- Coordinates
- 36.700, -85.720
Thunderstorm Wind, Russell
- When
- May 6, 5:45 AM CST
- Where
- Russell County
- Coordinates
- 37.000, -85.050
Thunderstorm Wind, Wayne
- When
- May 6, 6:00 AM CST
- Where
- Wayne County
- Coordinates
- 36.880, -84.780
Thunderstorm Wind, Pulaski
- When
- May 6, 6:00 AM CST
- Where
- Pulaski County
- Coordinates
- 36.980, -84.580
Thunderstorm Wind, McCreary
- When
- May 6, 7:00 AM CST
- Where
- McCreary County
- Coordinates
- 36.750, -84.480
Hail, Clinton
- When
- May 6, 12:15 PM CST
- Where
- Clinton County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.700, -85.120
Hail, Union
- When
- May 6, 4:45 PM CST
- Where
- Union County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.550, -87.980
Hail, Crittenden
- When
- May 6, 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Crittenden County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.330, -88.080
Hail, Caldwell
- When
- May 6, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Caldwell County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.200, -88.070
Hail, Caldwell
- When
- May 6, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Caldwell County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.150, -87.870
Hail, Grayson
- When
- May 6, 9:00 PM CST
- Where
- Grayson County
- Measured
- 2 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.480, -86.300
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.
- 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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornado and Hail in Arkansas, May 6, 1984
- Tornadoes and Hail in Tennessee, May 6, 1984
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Carolina, May 6, 1984
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Missouri, May 6, 1984
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, May 6, 1984
- Hail in Oklahoma, May 6, 1984
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Florida, May 6, 1984
- Hail in Illinois, May 6, 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: 10031441, 10031442, 10031443, 10031444, 10031445, 10031446, 10031447, 10031448, 10031449, 10031450, 10031451, 10031452, 10031453, 10031454, 10031455, 10031456, 10031457, 10031458, 10031459, 10031460, 10031461, 10031462, 10031463, 10031464, 10031465, 10031466.