Hail, Daviess
- When
- May 5, 11:59 AM CST
- Where
- Daviess County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.770, -87.120
Tornado and Hail in Kentucky, May 5, 1989
2 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 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
- $250,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 4
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
2 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Daviess
- When
- May 5, 12:01 PM CST
- Where
- Daviess County
- Coordinates
- 37.700, -87.330
Hail, Hancock
- When
- May 5, 12:20 PM CST
- Where
- Hancock County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.750, -86.820
Tornado, Daviess
- When
- May 5, 12:27 PM CST
- Where
- Daviess County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 40 yd
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 37.700, -87.280
What these are
- 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.
- 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 Hail in North Carolina, May 5, 1989
- Tornadoes and Hail in South Carolina, May 5, 1989
- Tornadoes and Hail in Georgia, May 5, 1989
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Virginia, May 5, 1989
- Tornadoes and Hail in Louisiana, May 5, 1989
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, May 5, 1989
- Hail in Illinois, May 5, 1989
- Damaging Winds in Alabama, May 5, 1989
- Hail in Indiana, May 5, 1989
- Damaging Winds in Maryland, May 5, 1989
- Damaging Wind in Mississippi, May 5, 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: 10030552, 10030553, 10030554, 10030555.