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{{Short description|Weather event in Kentucky, United States}}
{{Infobox storm
 | name                 = May 1996 [[Kentucky]] tornado outbreak
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 | type                 = Tornado outbreak
 | active               = May 28, 1996 
 | lowest pressure      = 
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 | tornadoes            = 11
 | fujitascale          = F4
 | tornado duration     = 3 hours, 55 minutes
 | highest winds        = 
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 | power outages        = 
 | casualties           = 11 injuries
 | damages              = 102.01 Million USD (1996 dollars)<ref name=NCDC>{{cite web
  | title = NCDC Query Output
  | publisher = [[National Climatic Data Center]]
  | date = 2008-04-06
  | url = http://www4.ncdc.noaa.gov/cgi-win/wwcgi.dll?wwevent~storms
  | accessdate = 2008-04-06
  | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100506004830/http://www4.ncdc.noaa.gov/cgi-win/wwcgi.dll?wwevent~storms
  | archive-date = 2010-05-06
  | url-status = dead
  }}</ref>
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The '''May 1996 Kentucky tornado outbreak''' was a small outbreak of [[tornado]]es that occurred in Central and northern Kentucky on May 28, 1996. The outbreak resulted in over $100 million in damages.<ref name=NCDC/>

==Southern Louisville suburbs tornado==
{{Infobox storm
 | name                 = Southern Louisville suburbs tornado
 | fujitascale          = F4
 | fatalities           = 10 injuries
 | damages              = $100 million (1996 USD
}}
After touching down, the tornado downed thousands of trees in [[Jefferson Memorial Forest]] (far southern Jefferson County) before it passed over [[Interstate 65|I-65]] at the Brooks exit, where it overturned five tractor-trailers and damaged an [[Arby's]], a [[Cracker Barrel]], and a [[Budgetel Inn]]. From there it moved east through the towns of Pioneer Village, Hillview, and Mount Washington at F4 intensity. The tornado, at times half a mile wide, then proceeded into [[Spencer County, Kentucky|Spencer County]] where it narrowly missed the county seat of [[Taylorsville, Kentucky|Taylorsville]] before finally, after thirty miles and over an hour of destruction, it dissipated near [[Little Mount, Kentucky|Little Mount]].<ref>National Weather Service Office Louisville, Kentucky. [http://www.ziplink.net/users/jfrantis/ky-5-28.htm Public Information Statement.] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070310215853/http://www.ziplink.net/users/jfrantis/ky-5-28.htm |date=2007-03-10 }} Retrieved on 2006-10-24.</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Shafer |first1=Sheldon |title=Forest lost thousands of big trees to tornado |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-courier-journal-1996-tornado-causes/146955803/ |access-date=May 9, 2024 |work=[[The Courier-Journal]] |date=June 4, 1996 |page=1}}</ref>

More than a thousand homes were damaged or destroyed, with the value of property damaged estimated at over US$100 million (1996 dollars). Many of these homes were large, expensive, and well-built. In spite of all the destruction, only ten injuries occurred, with the worst injury being a man treated for broken ribs.<ref>National Climatic Data Center. [http://www4.ncdc.noaa.gov/cgi-win/wwcgi.dll?wwevent~ShowEvent~264845 Event Record Details.] Retrieved on 2006-10-24.</ref> This tornado was later rated EF4 on the [[Enhanced Fujita scale]] in 2022.<ref>{{cite web |title=Tornadogenesis in High-end Tornadic Supercells (Part 3) Moore, Oklahoma EF5 on May 20, 2013 A Case Representative of Tornadogenesis |url=https://www.spc.noaa.gov/publications/broyles/tgen3.pdf |access-date=11 January 2023}}</ref>
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==See also==
*[[List of North American tornadoes and tornado outbreaks]]

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.crh.noaa.gov/lmk/soo/88dimg/52896_evt.php Case study of tornadoes]

{{1996 tornado outbreaks}}

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[[Category:F4, EF4 and IF4 tornadoes]]
[[Category:Tornadoes of 1996]]
[[Category:Bullitt County, Kentucky]]
[[Category:History of Louisville, Kentucky]]
[[Category:Tornadoes in Kentucky]]
[[Category:1996 in Kentucky]]
[[Category:May 1996 in the United States]]
[[Category:1996 in Louisville, Kentucky]]