Kentucky, 2000

Tornado in Kentucky, May 23, 2000

May 23, 2000 · 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
0
Property damage
$4,000
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.

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Event by event

1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.

Tornado, Calloway

When
May 23, 6:04 PM CST to 6:05 PM CST
Where
Calloway County, 5 mi E of Murray
Rating
F0
Path length
0.2 mi
Path width
20 yd
Property damage
$4,000
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
36.617, -88.233

The supercell thunderstorm that produced the F-1 tornado near Almo Heights in Calloway County generated another weaker, short-lived tornado between Murray and Hamlin. Spotters and sheriff deputies chasing the funnel cloud clearly observed multiple brief touchdowns in open fields and woodlands. Tree limbs were torn off. There was no structural damage. The path width was estimated to be no more than 50 feet wide.

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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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: 5143171.