Tornado in Kentucky, August 17, 2000

Deaths

0

Injuries

0

Property damage

None recorded

Crop damage

None recorded

Events

1

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 Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 55 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:37 UTC.

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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.

• Flash Flooding in Colorado, August 17, 20001 death · 4 events
• Rip Current in California, August 17, 20001 death · 1 event
• Flood and Damaging Wind in Arizona, August 17, 20004 injured · $500,000 · 70 kt wind · 2 events
• Flooding and Hail in Indiana, August 17, 20001 injured · $370,000 · 2.5 in hail · 25 events
• Damaging Wind in Illinois, August 17, 20001 injured · $30,000 · 1 event
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, August 17, 2000$30,000 · 50 kt wind · 8 events
• Damaging Winds in Indiana, August 17, 2000$35,000 · 59 kt wind · 4 events
• Damaging Wind in Wisconsin, August 17, 2000$35,000 · 52 kt wind · 1 event
• Flash Flood and Damaging Wind in California, August 17, 2000$30,000 · 64 kt wind · 2 events
• Damaging Wind in Tennessee, August 17, 2000$30,000 · 1 event
• Damaging Wind in Virginia, August 17, 2000$29,000 · 1 event
• Damaging Wind in Tennessee, August 17, 2000$28,000 · 1 event

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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: 5157079.