Tornado, Harrison
- When
- May 28, 8:20 PM EST to 8:21 PM EST
- Where
- Harrison County, Cynthiana to 1 mi NW of Cynthiana
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Coordinates
- 38.400, -84.320
Tornado in Kentucky, May 28, 1996
Spotter reported brief F0 touchdown. A trailer was blown off its foundation, and several large trees were downed.
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
- 0
- Property damage
- $10,000
- 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 LMK wrote it up.
Spotter reported brief F0 touchdown. A trailer was blown off its foundation, and several large trees were downed.
The radar
The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 121 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:08 UTC.
Event by event
1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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- Lightning Strike in Florida, May 28, 1996
- Flash Flood in Kentucky, May 28 to 29, 1996
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- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, May 28, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Kentucky, May 28, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Kentucky, May 28, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Indiana, May 28, 1996
More
Every storm in Kentucky in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Kentucky, 1996Warnings in Kentucky, May 1996
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: 5554659.