1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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The Louisville radar (KLVX), 94 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 17:57 UTC.
1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
DES reported a weak F0 tornado cut a narrow path of 2 miles along Gilbert's Creek damaging 2 storage buildings but 125 trees were uprooted. Resulting debris blocked off most of Oregon Road from US 127 to the Kentucky River where the tornado lifted.
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Every storm in Kentucky in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Kentucky, 1998Warnings in Kentucky, May 1998
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