A clipper storm will move across the Great Lakes through this weekend with periods of light snow, gusty winds, and lake effect snow bands which could make for hazardous travel at times. A frigid airmass will spread eastward behind this storm into the Midwest and Eastern U.S. through the weekend. Read More >
Louisville, KY
Weather Forecast Office
May 13, 1998
Counties: Mercer
F-scale: F0
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Time: Noon
Noted discrepancies: SPC lists a path width of 30 yards, NCDC says 20 yards.
Notes: Storm Data takes this tornado on a two mile long path along Gilberts Creek from Salvisa to two miles east of Salvisa. Oregon Road was blocked by felled trees from US 127 to the Kentucky River where the tornado lifted.
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