Tornado, Simpson
- When
- May 22, 5:25 PM CST
- Where
- Simpson County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 3 mi
- Path width
- 40 yd
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 36.750, -86.720
Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, May 22, 1989
8 thunderstorm wind, 3 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
- 3
- Property damage
- $3.0 million
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 11
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
8 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Todd
- When
- May 22, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Todd County
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph)
- Coordinates
- 36.650, -87.170
Thunderstorm Wind, Simpson
- When
- May 22, 6:15 PM CST
- Where
- Simpson County
- Coordinates
- 36.720, -86.570
Tornado, Simpson
- When
- May 22, 6:50 PM CST
- Where
- Simpson County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 5 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 36.720, -86.570
Thunderstorm Wind, Warren
- When
- May 22, 7:11 PM CST
- Where
- Warren County
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph)
- Coordinates
- 36.830, -86.400
Thunderstorm Wind, Allen
- When
- May 22, 7:20 PM CST
- Where
- Allen County
- Coordinates
- 36.830, -86.230
Thunderstorm Wind, Adair
- When
- May 22, 7:30 PM CST
- Where
- Adair County
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph)
- Coordinates
- 37.100, -85.300
Thunderstorm Wind, Barren
- When
- May 22, 7:35 PM CST
- Where
- Barren County
- Measured
- 69 kt (79 mph)
- Injuries
- 2 direct, 0 indirect
- Coordinates
- 37.000, -85.780
Thunderstorm Wind, Barren
- When
- May 22, 7:35 PM CST
- Where
- Barren County
- Coordinates
- 36.900, -86.000
Tornado, Monroe
- When
- May 22, 8:15 PM CST
- Where
- Monroe County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 36.720, -85.950
Thunderstorm Wind, Casey
- When
- May 22, 8:30 PM CST
- Where
- Casey County
- Measured
- 65 kt (75 mph)
- Coordinates
- 37.280, -84.950
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.
- 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 in Tennessee, May 22, 1989
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Missouri, May 22, 1989
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, May 22, 1989
- Tornadoes and Hail in Nebraska, May 22, 1989
- Damaging Winds in Arkansas, May 22, 1989
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, May 22, 1989
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, May 22, 1989
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, May 22, 1989
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, May 22, 1989
- Damaging Winds in Minnesota, May 22, 1989
- Damaging Winds in Georgia, May 22, 1989
- Damaging Wind in Texas, May 22, 1989
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: 10030568, 10030569, 10030570, 10030571, 10030572, 10030573, 10030574, 10030575, 10030576, 10030577, 10030578.