Thunderstorm Wind, Jefferson
- When
- July 13, 12:00 PM CST
- Where
- Jefferson County
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Coordinates
- 38.230, -85.780
Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, July 13, 1987
5 thunderstorm wind, 2 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
- 1
- Property damage
- $28,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 7
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
5 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Jefferson
- When
- July 13, 12:00 PM CST
- Where
- Jefferson County
- Coordinates
- 38.200, -85.570
Tornado, Woodford
- When
- July 13, 1:30 PM EST
- Where
- Woodford County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.2 mi
- Path width
- 10 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 38.130, -84.830
Tornado, Pulaski
- When
- July 13, 1:45 PM EST
- Where
- Pulaski County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.2 mi
- Path width
- 10 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 37.100, -84.600
Thunderstorm Wind, Pulaski
- When
- July 13, 1:30 PM CST
- Where
- Pulaski County
- Coordinates
- 37.120, -84.580
Thunderstorm Wind, Fayette
- When
- July 13, 1:32 PM CST
- Where
- Fayette County
- Coordinates
- 38.050, -84.500
Thunderstorm Wind, Laurel
- When
- July 13, 1:45 PM CST
- Where
- Laurel County
- Coordinates
- 37.130, -84.400
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
- Damaging Winds in Tennessee, July 13, 1987
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, July 13, 1987
- Damaging Winds in Alabama, July 13, 1987
- Damaging Winds in Florida, July 13, 1987
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, July 13, 1987
- Damaging Winds in Arkansas, July 13, 1987
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, July 13, 1987
- Damaging Wind in New York, July 13, 1987
- Damaging Wind in South Carolina, July 13, 1987
More
Every storm in Kentucky in 1987Every state in 1987This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Kentucky, 1987Warnings in Kentucky, July 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: 10032450, 10032451, 10032452, 10032455, 10032453, 10032454, 10032456.