High Wind, Ballard
- When
- April 20, 12:30 PM CST to 2:00 PM CST
- Where
- Ballard forecast zone
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 37.058, -88.999 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind in Kentucky, April 20, 2000
Strong gusty west winds in the wake of a cold front caused scattered reports of minor damage. Gusts were measured around 50 MPH.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 22 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. 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
- 22
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 PAH wrote it up.
Strong gusty west winds in the wake of a cold front caused scattered reports of minor damage. Gusts were measured around 50 MPH. Measured peak wind gusts included 53 MPH in Marshall County and 46 MPH at the Paducah National Weather Service office. Large tree limbs were blown down in a few locations, including Paducah in McCracken County and Sedalia in Graves County.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
22 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Caldwell
- When
- April 20, 12:30 PM CST to 2:00 PM CST
- Where
- Caldwell forecast zone
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 37.145, -87.868 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Calloway
- When
- April 20, 12:30 PM CST to 2:00 PM CST
- Where
- Calloway forecast zone
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 36.621, -88.272 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Carlisle
- When
- April 20, 12:30 PM CST to 2:00 PM CST
- Where
- Carlisle forecast zone
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 36.853, -88.971 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Christian
- When
- April 20, 12:30 PM CST to 2:00 PM CST
- Where
- Christian forecast zone
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 36.894, -87.490 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Crittenden
- When
- April 20, 12:30 PM CST to 2:00 PM CST
- Where
- Crittenden forecast zone
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 37.353, -88.097 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Daviess
- When
- April 20, 12:30 PM CST to 2:00 PM CST
- Where
- Daviess forecast zone
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 37.732, -87.087 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Fulton
- When
- April 20, 12:30 PM CST to 2:00 PM CST
- Where
- Fulton forecast zone
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 36.554, -89.188 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Graves
- When
- April 20, 12:30 PM CST to 2:00 PM CST
- Where
- Graves forecast zone
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 36.723, -88.651 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Henderson
- When
- April 20, 12:30 PM CST to 2:00 PM CST
- Where
- Henderson forecast zone
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 37.796, -87.573 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Hickman
- When
- April 20, 12:30 PM CST to 2:00 PM CST
- Where
- Hickman forecast zone
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 36.678, -88.976 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Hopkins
- When
- April 20, 12:30 PM CST to 2:00 PM CST
- Where
- Hopkins forecast zone
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 37.309, -87.541 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Livingston
- When
- April 20, 12:30 PM CST to 2:00 PM CST
- Where
- Livingston forecast zone
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 37.210, -88.354 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Lyon
- When
- April 20, 12:30 PM CST to 2:00 PM CST
- Where
- Lyon forecast zone
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 37.019, -88.083 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Marshall
- When
- April 20, 12:30 PM CST to 2:00 PM CST
- Where
- Marshall forecast zone
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 36.884, -88.329 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, McCracken
- When
- April 20, 12:30 PM CST to 2:00 PM CST
- Where
- McCracken forecast zone
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 37.054, -88.713 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, McLean
- When
- April 20, 12:30 PM CST to 2:00 PM CST
- Where
- McLean forecast zone
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 37.529, -87.264 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Muhlenberg
- When
- April 20, 12:30 PM CST to 2:00 PM CST
- Where
- Muhlenberg forecast zone
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 37.216, -87.142 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Todd
- When
- April 20, 12:30 PM CST to 2:00 PM CST
- Where
- Todd forecast zone
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 36.836, -87.179 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Trigg
- When
- April 20, 12:30 PM CST to 2:00 PM CST
- Where
- Trigg forecast zone
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 36.806, -87.873 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Union
- When
- April 20, 12:30 PM CST to 2:00 PM CST
- Where
- Union forecast zone
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 37.659, -87.945 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Webster
- When
- April 20, 12:30 PM CST to 2:00 PM CST
- Where
- Webster forecast zone
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 37.518, -87.683 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- High Wind
- Sustained non-thunderstorm winds of 40 mph or more for an hour, or gusts of 58 mph or more.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes and Hail in Kentucky, April 20, 2000
- Tornado in Tennessee, April 20, 2000
- Tornadoes and Hail in Illinois, April 20, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Indiana, April 20, 2000
- Flash Flood and Damaging Winds in Ohio, April 20, 2000
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Ohio, April 20, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, April 20, 2000
- Tornado in Tennessee, April 20, 2000
- Flooding and Hail in Michigan, April 20, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, April 20, 2000
- Lightning Strike in Colorado, April 20, 2000
- Tornado in Missouri, April 20, 2000
More
Every storm in Kentucky in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in Kentucky, April 2000
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: 5137249, 5137250, 5137251, 5137252, 5137253, 5137254, 5137255, 5137256, 5137257, 5137258, 5137259, 5137260, 5137261, 5137262, 5137263, 5137264, 5137265, 5137266, 5137267, 5137268, 5137269, 5138287.