Tornado, Green
- When
- March 28, 7:25 PM EST to 7:31 PM EST
- Where
- Green County, Creal
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 3 mi
- Path width
- 300 yd
- Property damage
- $20,000
- Coordinates
- 37.430, -85.650
Tornadoes in Kentucky, March 28, 1997
A second tornado formed on the southern flank of the supercell that produced the tornado from Bonnieville to Magnolia. This second tornado formed as the first one dissipated.
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
- $120,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 3
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.
A second tornado formed on the southern flank of the supercell that produced the tornado from Bonnieville to Magnolia. This second tornado formed as the first one dissipated. This second tornado touched down in Creal and did some damage there including a barn that was thrown across Highway 61. County road 2762 was also blocked by downed trees. Then the tornado proceeded northeastward and crossed Highway 210 into southern Larue county where again several trees and some power lines blocked the road there. There were 5 mobile homes and 4 barns destroyed and a church damaged in Pleasant Ridge. From there, the tornado moved northeastward into Marion county and dissipated 3 miles west of St. Joseph. Numerous trees and power lines were down across western Marion county.
The radar
The Louisville radar (KLVX), 66 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:23 UTC.
Event by event
3 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Larue
- When
- March 28, 7:31 PM EST to 7:41 PM EST
- Where
- Larue County, Creal to 3 mi E of Attilla
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 5 mi
- Path width
- 300 yd
- Property damage
- $100,000
- Coordinates
- 37.450, -85.620
Tornado, Marion
- When
- March 28, 7:41 PM EST to 7:43 PM EST
- Where
- Marion County, Attilla to 1 mi W of St Joseph
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 3 mi
- Path width
- 300 yd
- Coordinates
- 37.500, -85.480
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.
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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: 5597240, 5597241, 5597242.