High Wind, Fulton
- When
- April 30, 1:00 PM CST to 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Fulton forecast zone
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Injuries
- 3 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $50,000
- Coordinates
- 36.554, -89.188 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind in Kentucky, April 30, 1997
Strong southwest winds, not related to thunderstorms, gusted above 50 MPH. Peak wind gusts during the late afternoon reached 60 MPH on hilltops and southwest-facing exposures.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 22 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. 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
- $50,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 22
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.
Strong southwest winds, not related to thunderstorms, gusted above 50 MPH. Peak wind gusts during the late afternoon reached 60 MPH on hilltops and southwest-facing exposures. The wind contributed to the collapse of a building under construction in Powderly, which is in Muhlenberg County about 30 miles northeast of Hopkinsville. Three people were injured in the building collapse, which occurred around 3 P.M. The roof was peeled back from a mobile home in Henderson County. Two traffic lights were blown down in Henderson. A canvas bubble installed over the Henderson County YMCA tennis courts was ripped. An employee was injured while attempting to save the bubble. At the weather office in Paducah, the highest gust was about 45 MPH.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
22 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Hickman
- When
- April 30, 1:00 PM CST to 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Hickman forecast zone
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 36.678, -88.976 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Carlisle
- When
- April 30, 1:00 PM CST to 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Carlisle forecast zone
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 36.853, -88.971 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Ballard
- When
- April 30, 1:00 PM CST to 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Ballard forecast zone
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 37.058, -88.999 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, McCracken
- When
- April 30, 1:00 PM CST to 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- McCracken forecast zone
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 37.054, -88.713 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Graves
- When
- April 30, 1:00 PM CST to 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Graves forecast zone
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 36.723, -88.651 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Livingston
- When
- April 30, 1:00 PM CST to 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Livingston forecast zone
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 37.210, -88.354 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Marshall
- When
- April 30, 1:00 PM CST to 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Marshall forecast zone
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 36.884, -88.329 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Calloway
- When
- April 30, 1:00 PM CST to 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Calloway forecast zone
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 36.621, -88.272 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Crittenden
- When
- April 30, 1:00 PM CST to 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Crittenden forecast zone
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 37.353, -88.097 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Lyon
- When
- April 30, 1:00 PM CST to 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Lyon forecast zone
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 37.019, -88.083 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Trigg
- When
- April 30, 1:00 PM CST to 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Trigg forecast zone
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 36.806, -87.873 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Caldwell
- When
- April 30, 1:00 PM CST to 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Caldwell forecast zone
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 37.145, -87.868 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Union
- When
- April 30, 1:00 PM CST to 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Union forecast zone
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 37.659, -87.945 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Webster
- When
- April 30, 1:00 PM CST to 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Webster forecast zone
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 37.518, -87.683 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Hopkins
- When
- April 30, 1:00 PM CST to 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Hopkins forecast zone
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 37.309, -87.541 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Christian
- When
- April 30, 1:00 PM CST to 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Christian forecast zone
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 36.894, -87.490 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Henderson
- When
- April 30, 1:00 PM CST to 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Henderson forecast zone
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 37.796, -87.573 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Daviess
- When
- April 30, 1:00 PM CST to 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Daviess forecast zone
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 37.732, -87.087 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, McLean
- When
- April 30, 1:00 PM CST to 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- McLean forecast zone
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 37.529, -87.264 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Muhlenberg
- When
- April 30, 1:00 PM CST to 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Muhlenberg forecast zone
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 37.216, -87.142 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Todd
- When
- April 30, 1:00 PM CST to 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Todd forecast zone
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 36.836, -87.179 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- High Wind
- Sustained non-thunderstorm winds of 40 mph or more for an hour, or gusts of 58 mph or more.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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- Tornado in Indiana, April 30, 1997
- Tornado in Missouri, April 30, 1997
- High Wind in Illinois, April 30, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Michigan, April 30, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, April 30, 1997
- High Wind in Iowa, April 30, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Kentucky, April 30, 1997
- Tornadoes in Illinois, April 30, 1997
- Tornado in Illinois, April 30, 1997
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: 5593529, 5593530, 5593531, 5593666, 5593667, 5593668, 5593669, 5593670, 5593671, 5593672, 5593673, 5593674, 5593675, 5593676, 5593677, 5593678, 5593679, 5593680, 5593681, 5593682, 5593683, 5593684.