Thunderstorm Wind, Ohio
- When
- June 14, 8:10 PM EST
- Where
- Ohio County, Centertown
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph)
- Coordinates
- 37.420, -87.000
Hail and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, June 14, 1998
A bow echo moved across central Kentucky producing widespread reports of trees and power lines down. DES, state police, spotters and the public all made reports.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. 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
- 0
- Property damage
- $60,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 29
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 bow echo moved across central Kentucky producing widespread reports of trees and power lines down. DES, state police, spotters and the public all made reports. One barn near Campbellsville was thrown several yards and heavily damaged. A few houses there also received minor damage as trees fell on them. Also, two barns were destroyed and one mobile home damaged in Buffalo as the line moved through. Finally, a barn was completly destroyed and a mobile home damaged in Mercer county.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
27 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Butler
- When
- June 14, 8:30 PM EST
- Where
- Butler County, Rochester
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.220, -86.900
Thunderstorm Wind, Breckinridge
- When
- June 14, 8:35 PM EST
- Where
- Breckinridge County, Hardinsburg
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 37.780, -86.470
Thunderstorm Wind, Grayson
- When
- June 14, 8:37 PM EST
- Where
- Grayson County, Caneyville
- Measured
- 62 kt (71 mph)
- Coordinates
- 37.420, -86.500
Thunderstorm Wind, Hancock
- When
- June 14, 8:40 PM EST
- Where
- Hancock County, 5 mi S of Hawesville
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 37.830, -86.750
Thunderstorm Wind, Edmonson
- When
- June 14, 8:45 PM EST
- Where
- Edmonson County, Brownsville
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 37.180, -86.270
Thunderstorm Wind, Hardin
- When
- June 14, 8:50 PM EST
- Where
- Hardin County, 1 mi N of Radcliff
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 37.850, -85.950
Thunderstorm Wind, Bullitt
- When
- June 14, 9:00 PM EST
- Where
- Bullitt County, Shepherdsville
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 37.980, -85.720
Thunderstorm Wind, Hardin
- When
- June 14, 9:10 PM EST
- Where
- Hardin County, Howe Vly
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 37.680, -86.080
Thunderstorm Wind, Hart
- When
- June 14, 9:10 PM EST
- Where
- Hart County, Bonnieville
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 37.370, -85.920
Thunderstorm Wind, Bullitt
- When
- June 14, 9:15 PM EST
- Where
- Bullitt County, Brooks
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 mph)
- Coordinates
- 38.070, -85.700
Thunderstorm Wind, Boyle
- When
- June 14, 9:17 PM EST
- Where
- Boyle County, Danville
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 37.650, -84.780
Thunderstorm Wind, Nelson
- When
- June 14, 9:20 PM EST
- Where
- Nelson County, Bardstown
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 37.820, -85.470
Thunderstorm Wind, Larue
- When
- June 14, 9:25 PM EST
- Where
- Larue County, Buffalo
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph)
- Property damage
- $20,000
- Coordinates
- 37.520, -85.700
Thunderstorm Wind, Washington
- When
- June 14, 9:40 PM EST
- Where
- Washington County, Springfield
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 37.680, -85.220
Thunderstorm Wind, Marion
- When
- June 14, 9:40 PM EST
- Where
- Marion County, Lebanon
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 37.570, -85.250
Thunderstorm Wind, Taylor
- When
- June 14, 9:45 PM EST
- Where
- Taylor County, Campbellsville
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph)
- Property damage
- $20,000
- Coordinates
- 37.330, -85.350
Thunderstorm Wind, Warren
- When
- June 14, 9:45 PM EST
- Where
- Warren County, Bowling Green
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 36.980, -86.430
Thunderstorm Wind, Edmonson
- When
- June 14, 9:45 PM EST
- Where
- Edmonson County, Chalybeate
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 37.130, -86.230
Hail, Metcalfe
- When
- June 14, 9:45 PM EST
- Where
- Metcalfe County, Edmonton to Beechville
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.980, -85.600
Thunderstorm Wind, Green
- When
- June 14, 9:50 PM EST
- Where
- Green County, Allendale
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 37.370, -85.580
Thunderstorm Wind, Woodford
- When
- June 14, 10:15 PM EST
- Where
- Woodford County, Versailles
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 38.050, -84.730
Thunderstorm Wind, Mercer
- When
- June 14, 10:15 PM EST
- Where
- Mercer County, Harrodsburg to 3 mi N of Harrodsburg
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Property damage
- $20,000
- Coordinates
- 37.800, -84.850
Thunderstorm Wind, Franklin
- When
- June 14, 10:20 PM EST
- Where
- Franklin County, Frankfort
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 38.200, -84.850
Thunderstorm Wind, Fayette
- When
- June 14, 10:20 PM EST
- Where
- Fayette County, Lexington to Coletown
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 38.050, -84.500
Thunderstorm Wind, Garrard
- When
- June 14, 10:25 PM EST
- Where
- Garrard County, 3 mi N of Lancaster
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 37.670, -84.580
Thunderstorm Wind, Jessamine
- When
- June 14, 10:25 PM EST
- Where
- Jessamine County, 1 mi N of Nicholasville
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 37.880, -84.570
Thunderstorm Wind, Clark
- When
- June 14, 10:40 PM EST
- Where
- Clark County, Becknerville
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 37.970, -84.280
Thunderstorm Wind, Madison
- When
- June 14, 10:45 PM EST
- Where
- Madison County, Richmond
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 37.750, -84.300
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.
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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- Flash Flooding in New York, June 14, 1998
- Tornadoes in Illinois, June 14, 1998
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- Flooding in Maine, June 14 to 16, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, June 14 to 15, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Missouri, June 14, 1998
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Tennessee, June 14, 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: 5641665, 5641666, 5641667, 5641668, 5641669, 5641670, 5641671, 5641672, 5641673, 5641674, 5641675, 5641676, 5641677, 5641678, 5640185, 5641679, 5640186, 5640187, 5640188, 5640189, 5640190, 5640191, 5640192, 5640193, 5640194, 5640195, 5640196, 5640197, 5640198.