Thunderstorm Wind, Ballard
- When
- July 4, 3:00 PM CST
- Where
- Ballard County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Coordinates
- 37.020, -88.980
Damaging Winds in Kentucky, July 4, 1987
3 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
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- 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
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 3
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
3 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Graves
- When
- July 4, 3:10 PM CST
- Where
- Graves County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 36.730, -88.630
Thunderstorm Wind, Breckinridge
- When
- July 4, 5:15 PM CST
- Where
- Breckinridge County
- Coordinates
- 37.780, -86.470
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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornado and Hail in Colorado, July 4, 1987
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, July 4, 1987
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, July 4, 1987
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, July 4, 1987
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Missouri, July 4, 1987
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Alabama, July 4, 1987
- Damaging Wind in Mississippi, July 4, 1987
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, July 4, 1987
- Damaging Wind in South Carolina, July 4, 1987
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: 10030227, 10030228, 10031285.