Thunderstorm Wind, Harrison
- When
- August 28, 9:00 PM EST
- Where
- Harrison County, Cynthiana
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Property damage
- $500
- Coordinates
- 38.380, -84.300
Several trees were down, one on a pickup truck.
Damaging Wind in Kentucky, August 28, 1997
1 thunderstorm wind, 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
- 0
- Property damage
- $500
- 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.
The radar
The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 123 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 02:02 UTC.
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
- Tornadoes and Hail in Nebraska, August 28, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Montana, August 28 to 29, 1997
- Flash Flood and Hail in Nevada, August 28, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, August 28, 1997
- Tornado and Hail in Colorado, August 28, 1997
- Hail in Colorado, August 28, 1997
- Flash Flooding in New Hampshire, August 28, 1997
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Wind in Arizona, August 28, 1997
- Lightning Strikes in Pennsylvania, August 28, 1997
- Hail in Montana, August 28, 1997
- High Wind in Alaska, August 28, 1997
- Hail in New York, August 28, 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: 5606600.