Tornado in Kentucky, January 22, 1999

Name: Tornado in Kentucky, January 22, 1999
Start: 1999-01-22T00:52
End: 1999-01-22T00:54
Location: Kentucky

January 22, 1999 · 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: 6
Property damage: $200,000
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 1

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Event by event

1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.

Tornado, Ballard

When: January 22, 12:52 AM CST to 12:54 AM CST
Where: Ballard County, Wickliffe to 5 mi ENE of Wickliffe
Rating: F1
Path length: 1 mi
Path width: 100 yd
Injuries: 6 direct, 0 indirect
Property damage: $200,000
Reported by: NWS STORM SURVEY
Coordinates: 37.000, -89.000

This tornado was rated on the high end of the F-1 category, with top winds near 105 MPH. A mobile home containing a family of six was demolished. All six occupants escaped with only minor to moderate injuries. One small child was not discovered in the debris for over 30 minutes. Rescue workers had difficulty reaching the home due to fallen trees and barns blown onto roadways.

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

Every storm in Kentucky in 1999 Every state in 1999 This day in weather history The tornado archive for Kentucky, 1999 Warnings in Kentucky, January 1999

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: 5680320.