Thunderstorm Wind, Bourbon
- When
- May 19, 9:00 PM EST
- Where
- Bourbon County, Little Rock
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 38.200, -84.050
Damaging Winds in Kentucky, May 19 to 20, 1998
DES reported several trees down across each of these counties.
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
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 6
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.
DES reported several trees down across each of these counties.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
6 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Clark
- When
- May 19, 9:25 PM EST
- Where
- Clark County, Winchester
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 37.980, -84.180
Thunderstorm Wind, Jefferson
- When
- May 19, 11:53 PM EST
- Where
- Jefferson County, Louisville
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 38.230, -85.780
Thunderstorm Wind, Oldham
- When
- May 19, 11:55 PM EST
- Where
- Oldham County, Pewee Vly
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 38.320, -85.480
Thunderstorm Wind, Spencer
- When
- May 20, 12:10 AM EST
- Where
- Spencer County, Taylorsville
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 38.030, -85.350
Thunderstorm Wind, Shelby
- When
- May 20, 12:10 AM EST
- Where
- Shelby County, Shelbyville
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 38.220, -85.230
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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes and Flooding in Iowa, May 19, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, May 19 to 20, 1998
- Flash Flood and Hail in Ohio, May 19 to 20, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Illinois, May 19, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, May 19, 1998
- Flash Flooding in Illinois, May 19 to 20, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Illinois, May 19, 1998
- Tornado in Illinois, May 19, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Illinois, May 19, 1998
- High Wind in Kansas, May 19, 1998
- Tornadoes and Hail in Indiana, May 19, 1998
- Tornado and Hail in Michigan, May 19, 1998
More
Every storm in Kentucky in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Kentucky, May 1998
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: 5637936, 5637935, 5637934, 5637933, 5637931, 5637932.