Thunderstorm Wind, Rowan
- When
- August 27, 2:18 PM CST
- Where
- Rowan County
- Coordinates
- 38.180, -83.430
Tornado and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, August 27, 1987
11 thunderstorm wind, 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
- 12
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
11 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Garrard
- When
- August 27, 3:30 PM CST
- Where
- Garrard County
- Coordinates
- 37.620, -84.580
Thunderstorm Wind, Taylor
- When
- August 27, 3:45 PM CST
- Where
- Taylor County
- Measured
- 65 kt (75 mph)
- Coordinates
- 37.330, -85.350
Thunderstorm Wind, Madison
- When
- August 27, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Madison County
- Coordinates
- 37.670, -84.330
Thunderstorm Wind, Nicholas
- When
- August 27, 4:05 PM CST
- Where
- Nicholas County
- Coordinates
- 38.320, -84.030
Thunderstorm Wind, Mercer
- When
- August 27, 4:30 PM CST
- Where
- Mercer County
- Coordinates
- 37.750, -84.750
Thunderstorm Wind, Fleming
- When
- August 27, 4:30 PM CST
- Where
- Fleming County
- Coordinates
- 38.480, -83.630
Thunderstorm Wind, Estill
- When
- August 27, 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Estill County
- Coordinates
- 37.700, -83.800
Thunderstorm Wind, Leslie
- When
- August 27, 5:12 PM CST
- Where
- Leslie County
- Coordinates
- 37.130, -83.280
Tornado, Lee
- When
- August 27, 5:25 PM CST
- Where
- Lee County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.2 mi
- Path width
- 200 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 37.600, -83.550
Thunderstorm Wind, Jefferson
- When
- August 27, 5:36 PM CST
- Where
- Jefferson County
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 38.180, -85.730
Thunderstorm Wind, Harlan
- When
- August 27, 6:30 PM CST
- Where
- Harlan County
- Coordinates
- 36.700, -83.200
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.
- 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: 10029401, 10029402, 10029403, 10029404, 10029405, 10029406, 10029407, 10029408, 10029409, 10029410, 10029411, 10029412.