Tornado in Kentucky, June 10, 1998

Name: Tornado in Kentucky, June 10, 1998
Start: 1998-06-10T16:12
End: 1998-06-10T16:25
Location: Kentucky

June 10, 1998 · NWS PAH · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $100,000
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.

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1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.

Tornado, Muhlenberg

When: June 10, 4:12 PM CST to 4:25 PM CST
Where: Muhlenberg County, Powderly to 1 mi of Beechmont
Rating: F1
Path length: 7.5 mi
Path width: 50 yd
Property damage: $100,000
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 37.250, -87.170

A rotating thunderstorm tracked from near the Hopkins County line at Bremen southeast across most of the county. A funnel cloud associated with this storm touched down in the Central City/Powderly area and lifted near Beechmont. The main effect of this storm was downed trees and limbs. About a half dozen buildings were damaged by falling trees or limbs. A garage collapsed in Powderly. Several vehicles were damaged, including two that were blown off the road. An estimate of the number of trees down ranged between 50 and 100. No injuries were reported.

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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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: 5660471.