Thunderstorm Wind, Daviess
- When
- July 2, 6:43 PM CST to 6:48 PM CST
- Where
- Daviess County, West Louisville to (Owb)owensboro Arpt
- Property damage
- $20,000
- Coordinates
- 37.700, -87.280
Damaging Wind in Kentucky, July 2, 1996
A microburst near West Louisville blew down one or two tobacco barns and carports. Trees were snapped off, including one that landed on a house.
Where it happened
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $20,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
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.
What happened
The episode as NWS PAH wrote it up.
A microburst near West Louisville blew down one or two tobacco barns and carports. Trees were snapped off, including one that landed on a house. Fence posts that were set in concrete were ripped up. Bleachers and a scoreboard at a school were damaged. A damage survey conducted by the NWS determined a microburst about 1/4 mile wide and 1/2 mile long caused the damage.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
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
- Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, July 2, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Virginia, July 2, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Texas, July 2, 1996
- Damaging Wind in West Virginia, July 2, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Wisconsin, July 2, 1996
- Hail in Virginia, July 2, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Indiana, July 2, 1996
- Lightning Strike in North Carolina, July 2, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, July 2, 1996
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, July 2, 1996
- Hail in Nebraska, July 2, 1996
- Damaging Wind in West Virginia, July 2, 1996
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: 5558175.