Thunderstorm Wind, Adair
- When
- August 9, 3:45 PM CST
- Where
- Adair County
- Coordinates
- 37.020, -85.250
Tornado and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, August 9, 1987
7 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
- $30
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 8
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
7 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Adair
- When
- August 9, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Adair County
- Coordinates
- 37.100, -85.230
Thunderstorm Wind, Casey
- When
- August 9, 5:39 PM CST
- Where
- Casey County
- Coordinates
- 37.320, -84.950
Thunderstorm Wind, Boyle
- When
- August 9, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Boyle County
- Coordinates
- 37.650, -85.000
Thunderstorm Wind, Pulaski
- When
- August 9, 6:20 PM CST
- Where
- Pulaski County
- Coordinates
- 36.970, -84.570
Tornado, Clinton
- When
- August 9, 7:23 PM EST
- Where
- Clinton County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.2 mi
- Path width
- 10 yd
- Property damage
- $30
- Coordinates
- 36.630, -85.220
Thunderstorm Wind, Lincoln
- When
- August 9, 6:30 PM CST
- Where
- Lincoln County
- Coordinates
- 37.470, -84.670
Thunderstorm Wind, Rockcastle
- When
- August 9, 7:06 PM CST
- Where
- Rockcastle County
- Coordinates
- 37.380, -84.320
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
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, August 9, 1987
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Ohio, August 9, 1987
- Tornado in Idaho, August 9, 1987
- Damaging Winds in New Jersey, August 9, 1987
- Damaging Wind in Michigan, August 9, 1987
- Hail in Colorado, August 9, 1987
- Damaging Winds in Maryland, August 9, 1987
- Damaging Wind in Nebraska, August 9, 1987
- Damaging Wind in New York, August 9, 1987
- Damaging Wind in Wyoming, August 9, 1987
More
Every storm in Kentucky in 1987Every state in 1987This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Kentucky, 1987Warnings in Kentucky, August 1987
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: 10029387, 10029388, 10029389, 10029390, 10029391, 10029394, 10029392, 10029393.