A strong low pressure system over the Northern Plains brought strong gradient winds to central Kentucky during the morning and early afternoon of November 10. In Louisville, one woman was killed and two injured when a mature tree fell on top of a sport utility vehicle.
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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.
The episode as NWS LMK wrote it up.
A strong low pressure system over the Northern Plains brought strong gradient winds to central Kentucky during the morning and early afternoon of November 10. In Louisville, one woman was killed and two injured when a mature tree fell on top of a sport utility vehicle. In Brandenburg in Meade County one man was killed and 5 others injured when a concrete wall under construction collapsed. The wall was 20-25 ft high and 70-100 ft long. Trees also fell on vehicles in Warren and Harrison counties, though no one was injured. Across much of the area trees and power lines were downed by the winds, with over 20,000 people without power during the event in Jefferson and neighboring counties.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
6 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
tree fell on garage with a car inside
church roof damaged
tree fell on van
power lines down
As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High Wind, Meade | 1998-11-10 | 43 | Male | Outside/Open Areas | Direct |
| High Wind, Jefferson | 1998-11-10 | 36 | Female | Vehicle/Towed Trailer | Direct |
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Kentucky in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Kentucky, November 1998
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: 5670613, 5670614, 5670611, 5670612, 5670615, 5670616.