Tornado, Wayne
- When
- April 16, 6:05 PM EST to 6:11 PM EST
- Where
- Wayne County, Mt Pisgah to 3 mi ESE of Mt Pisgah
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 3.6 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Property damage
- $15,000
- Coordinates
- 36.620, -84.770
Tornadoes in Kentucky, April 16, 1998
The path of the tornado was intermittent. It first touched down in extreme southeast Wayne County, and then moved northeast across McCreary County.
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
- $45,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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 JKL wrote it up.
The path of the tornado was intermittent. It first touched down in extreme southeast Wayne County, and then moved northeast across McCreary County. The tornado downed numerous trees in both Wayne and McCreary Counties. In Wayne County the tornado damaged a barn and several outbuildings, and overturned a vehicle. Before lifting the tornado hit Smithtown in McCreary County and damaged several mobile homes, houses and outbuildings.
The radar
The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 132 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:23 UTC.
Event by event
2 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, McCreary
- When
- April 16, 6:11 PM EST to 6:30 PM EST
- Where
- McCreary County, Bell Farm to 5 mi of Smith Town
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 15 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Property damage
- $30,000
- Coordinates
- 36.630, -84.750
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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The same day elsewhere
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- Tornado and Hail in Michigan, April 16, 1998
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: 5642799, 5642800.