Tornadoes · United States · Kentucky

2007 tornadoes in Kentucky

30 tornadoes touched down in Kentucky in 2007, 84 percent above the average of the record for the state. None of them killed anybody.

2006 2008 The whole country in 2007

The rating scale

Tracks are drawn in the color of the rating. The Enhanced Fujita scale rates the damage rather than measuring the wind: the speeds are what that damage is taken to imply.

  1. EF065 to 85 mph

    Light damage. Surface peeled off some roofs, gutters and siding damaged, branches broken, shallow-rooted trees pushed over.

  2. EF186 to 110 mph

    Moderate damage. Roofs badly stripped, mobile homes overturned or badly damaged, exterior doors lost, windows broken.

  3. EF2111 to 135 mph

    Considerable damage. Roofs torn off well-built houses, frame homes shifted on their foundations, mobile homes destroyed, large trees snapped or uprooted, cars lifted off the ground.

  4. EF3136 to 165 mph

    Severe damage. Whole stories of well-built houses destroyed, large buildings badly damaged, trains overturned, trees debarked, heavy cars lifted and thrown.

  5. EF4166 to 200 mph

    Devastating damage. Well-built houses leveled, structures with weak foundations moved some distance, cars thrown and large missiles generated.

  6. EF5over 200 mph

    Incredible damage. Strong frame houses swept off their foundations, car-sized missiles thrown more than 100 meters, steel-reinforced concrete badly damaged, high-rise buildings deformed.

  7. Unrated

    The survey recorded a tornado but could not put a number on it, most often because it crossed open country and damaged nothing a rating can be read from.

Every tornado in Kentucky in 2007

March 1 1 tornado

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
March 12:20 PM CSTEF1Todd0.230$35,000

April 3 6 tornadoes

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
April 38:01 PM EDTEF0Taylor1.225$50,000
April 38:23 PM EDTEF1Casey13.8200$85,000
April 38:40 PM EDTEF1Pulaski0.125$15,000
April 39:28 PM EDTEF1Laurel1.850$150,000
April 310:17 PM EDTEF0Harlan0.350$20,000
April 310:25 PM EDTEF0Harlan1.250$700,000

April 26 1 tornado

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
April 267:50 PM EDTEF1Fleming3.6200$100,000

October 18 20 tornadoes

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
October 186:07 PM CDTEF1Daviess2.090$50,000
October 187:10 PM EDTEF0Jefferson0.010$3,000
October 186:10 PM CDTEF2Daviess13.9200$200,000
October 186:15 PM CDTEF0Daviess0.220$3,000
October 187:09 PM CDTEF2Webster10.23005$2.5 million
October 187:16 PM CDTEF1Caldwell5.2100$25,000
October 187:25 PM CDTEF2Caldwell8.8300$250,000
October 187:32 PM CDTEF2McLean17.33604$900,000
October 187:40 PM CDTEF2Christian1.43001$120,000
October 187:48 PM CDTEF2Hopkins1.93001$150,000
October 187:56 PM CDTEF1Trigg3.075$150,000
October 187:58 PM CDTEF1Hopkins2.0100$80,000
October 188:07 PM CDTEF1Calloway7.2180$60,000
October 188:09 PM CDTEF3Daviess7.03608$12 million
October 188:23 PM CDTEF0Trigg1.050
October 188:32 PM CDTEF2Trigg9.3200$120,000
October 189:26 PM CDTEF2Breckinridge3.0300$300,000
October 1810:50 PM EDTEF1Meade4.1300$20,000
October 1811:20 PM EDTEF1Bullitt1.6200$35,000
October 181:36 AM EDTEF0Marion0.820$100,000

November 5 1 tornado

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
November 55:12 PM ESTEF0Bath1.530$50,000

November 14 1 tornado

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
November 144:28 PM ESTEF1Laurel2.0200$75,000

Nearby

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What this means

Ratings are the survey's, read off the damage rather than measured; the rating scale is above. Tornado counts rise through the record as reporting improved, so a year in the 1950s is not comparable with one today except for the strongest tornadoes, which were always noticed.

Sources

NOAA Storm Prediction Center tornado database, 1950-2025, the official record kept by NOAA's Storm Prediction Center.