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Kentucky storm reports for January 17, 2012

NOAA recorded 36 wind reports and 5 tornado reports in Kentucky on January 17, 2012.

in Kentucky
41
Storm reports
About 10 miles from Louisville, KY
81 mph
Highest gust
Highest rating EF2, about 42 miles from Nashville, TN
5
Tornado reports
Sources: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center reports; damage surveys from the NWS Damage Assessment Toolkit

Hail, inches

  • 0.75
  • 1
  • 1.5
  • 2
  • 2.5
  • 3+

Dots: reports.

  • Wind report
  • Tornado and its path
  • Surveyed tornado path

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center, final severe weather database (from NOAA's Storm Data). Report day: 12:00 UTC on January 17, 2012 to 12:00 UTC the next day. Times are Central.

Select a dot or a path for the report. NWS survey teams walked the shaded paths after the storm; each is drawn at the widest width they found, so it can look wider than the damage at any one spot.

Reports by hour

Wind36, most at 10 AM

Tornado5, most at 10 AM

Reports per hour, Central time. Each row has its own scale.

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

TimeRatingWherePath
10:12 AMEF1About 7 miles from Louisville, KY7.92 mi long, 250 yd wide
10:20 AMEF1About 8 miles from Louisville, KY0.5 mi long, 90 yd wide
11:12 AMEF1About 16 miles from Lexington, KY0.45 mi long, 75 yd wide
12:20 PMEF0About 41 miles from Nashville, TN2.96 mi long, 150 yd wide
12:20 PMEF2About 42 miles from Nashville, TN5.26 mi long, 150 yd wide

Cities with reports nearby

Reports within 15 miles of the center of each city we track.

CityLargest hailHighest gustTornado reports
Lexington, KYNone64 mph0
Louisville, KYNone81 mph2

Reports are what observers recorded near a location, not a complete record of every storm. They don’t describe conditions at any building.