Tornado, Christian
- When
- June 3, 6:50 PM CST
- Where
- Christian County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 2.5 mi
- Path width
- 27 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 36.830, -87.480
Tornado and Hail in Kentucky, June 3, 1989
1 tornado, 1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, 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
- $250,000
- 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
1 tornado, 1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Christian
- When
- June 3, 7:12 PM CST
- Where
- Christian County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.750, -87.370
Thunderstorm Wind, Pendleton
- When
- June 3, 7:15 PM CST
- Where
- Pendleton County
- Coordinates
- 38.670, -84.330
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.
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- 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
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, June 3, 1989
- Tornadoes and Hail in Ohio, June 3, 1989
- Tornadoes and Hail in Indiana, June 3, 1989
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, June 3, 1989
- Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, June 3, 1989
- Hail in New Mexico, June 3, 1989
- Hail and Damaging Wind in North Carolina, June 3, 1989
- Hail in Colorado, June 3, 1989
- Damaging Winds in Michigan, June 3, 1989
- Damaging Wind in Iowa, June 3, 1989
- Damaging Wind in South Carolina, June 3, 1989
- Damaging Wind in Arkansas, June 3, 1989
More
Every storm in Kentucky in 1989Every state in 1989This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Kentucky, 1989Warnings in Kentucky, June 1989
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: 10031646, 10031647, 10031648.