Thunderstorm Wind, Hancock
- When
- May 5, 6:52 PM EST
- Where
- Hancock County, Pellville
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 37.750, -86.820
Trees down
Tornado and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, May 5, 1999
9 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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
- $15,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 10
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 radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
9 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Breckinridge
- When
- May 5, 7:35 PM EST
- Where
- Breckinridge County, Stephensport
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 37.920, -86.530
Power poles down
Thunderstorm Wind, Simpson
- When
- May 5, 10:25 PM EST
- Where
- Simpson County, Franklin
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 36.720, -86.570
60 mph wind gust observed...wind was rocking vehicles
Thunderstorm Wind, Allen
- When
- May 5, 10:40 PM EST
- Where
- Allen County, Scottsville
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 36.750, -86.180
Trees down
Thunderstorm Wind, Warren
- When
- May 5, 11:09 PM EST
- Where
- Warren County, Bowling Green Arpt
- Measured
- 63 kt (72 mph)
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 36.970, -86.420
Numerous trees and power lines down in Bowling Green
Thunderstorm Wind, Simpson
- When
- May 5, 11:10 PM EST
- Where
- Simpson County, Franklin
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 36.720, -86.570
Trees down
Thunderstorm Wind, Warren
- When
- May 5, 11:10 PM EST
- Where
- Warren County, Woodburn
- Property damage
- $15,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 36.830, -86.520
An airport hangar was blown onto nearby railroad tracks, forcing crews to temporarily stop traffic. One small airplane was blown onto the railroad's signal lines.
Thunderstorm Wind, Cumberland
- When
- May 5, 11:25 PM EST
- Where
- Cumberland County, Burkesville
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 36.780, -85.370
Trees down
Tornado, Logan
- When
- May 5, 11:30 PM EST to 11:31 PM EST
- Where
- Logan County, 1 mi N of Auburn
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 36.880, -86.700
Brief tornado touchdown in field along Highway 103
Thunderstorm Wind, Clinton
- When
- May 5, 11:40 PM EST
- Where
- Clinton County, 1 mi E of Albany
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 36.680, -85.120
Trees down
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.
- 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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes in Tennessee, May 5, 1999
- Flash Flooding and Flood in Tennessee, May 5 to 9, 1999
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Tennessee, May 5, 1999
- Tornado in Indiana, May 5, 1999
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Mississippi, May 5, 1999
- Tornado and Hail in North Carolina, May 5 to 6, 1999
- Flooding and Hail in Mississippi, May 5, 1999
- Tornado in Indiana, May 5, 1999
- Tornado and Hail in Georgia, May 5 to 6, 1999
- Tornado in Illinois, May 5, 1999
- Flash Flood and Hail in Louisiana, May 5, 1999
- Damaging Winds in Arkansas, May 5, 1999
More
Every storm in Kentucky in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Kentucky, 1999Warnings in Kentucky, May 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: 5693646, 5693647, 5693648, 5693649, 5693650, 5693651, 5693741, 5693652, 5693653, 5693654.