Tornado in Kentucky, October 15, 2004

Name: Tornado in Kentucky, October 15, 2004
Start: 2004-10-15T16:00
End: 2004-10-15T16:01
Location: Kentucky

October 15, 2004 · 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: $50,000
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, Caldwell

When: October 15, 4:00 PM CST to 4:01 PM CST
Where: Caldwell County, 5 mi NE of Princeton
Rating: F1
Path length: 0.3 mi
Path width: 100 yd
Property damage: $50,000
Reported by: NEWSPAPER
Coordinates: 37.167, -87.800

A residence on Fairview Church Road sustained major damage when it was struck by a large tree. There was severe roof damage, and much of the home's interior was damaged. Part of the ceiling collapsed, and the foundation was cracked. Other large trees landed across the driveway and demolished a fence. At a neighboring house, the wind bent a TV antenna and downed multiple trees. A swing set at another neighboring house was crushed by a large tree limb. Maximum winds in the tornado were estimated near 80 MPH.

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

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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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5423891.