All Kentucky Hail Reports in May 2004
Population: 4,206,074
38.20042, -84.87762
Updated: 06/04/2026
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May 2004 · within 10 miles
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Hail Frequency
Kentucky, Kentucky
Based on annual avg. of SPC reports since 2004. Not a formal risk assessment.
Hail Summary — Kentucky, KY May 2004
Kentucky had 79 hail reports in May 2004. Reports were recorded across 46 counties, with Harlan County reporting the most activity at 7 reports. The largest hail reported in Kentucky in May 2004 was 2.50 inches (baseball-sized) near Loyall, KY. Use the summary, hail map, report list, and city pages below to research hail activity across Kentucky and explore the areas with the most reported hail.
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Monthly Hail Activity
Historical monthly hail pattern for Kentucky, based on precomputed state hail history since 2004.
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Hail Reports in Kentucky in May 2004
05/31/2004
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South Williamson, KY11:30 PM
LARGE TREE LIMBS ALSO BLOWN DOWN AT THE BIG CREEK FIRE DEPARTMENT NEAR SIDNEY. (JKL)
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City of Grand Rivers, KY10:00 PM
REPORTED BETWEEN GRAND RIVERS AND KUTTAWA AND RELAYED BY MCCRACKEN DES. (PAH)
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City of Loyall, KY4:55 PM
REPORT RECEIVED FROM PUBLIC THROUGH LOCAL TV STATION. ONE INCH HAIL BEGIN AT 455 PM AND CONTINUED UNTIL 515 PM. MAX HAIL SIZE WAS TENNIS BALL. NEAR HWY 221. (JKL)
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05/28/2004
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05/31/2004
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City of Warfield, KY3:15 AM
4 S OPPY - NUMEROUS TREES DOWN ACROSS MARTIN COUNTY...INCLUDING HIGHWAY 292...HIGHWAY 2031 2 TO 3 MILES NORTH OF WARFIELD...AND HIGHWAY 1714 BETWEEN COALPOINT AND LAURA. TIME ESTI (JKL)
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Paintsville, KY3:05 AM
HAGERHILL - TREES DOWN IN THE HAGERHILL AREA. (JKL)
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City of Lynch, KY3:00 AM
LYNCH - TREES DOWN AT LYNCH...EVARTS...CAWOOD AND GRAYS KNOB. TIME ESTIMATED. (JKL)
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City of Pineville, KY3:00 AM
PINEVILLE - TWO TREES DOWN AT HWY 221. REPORTED BY DISPATCH. (JKL)
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Jenkins, KY2:55 AM
JENKINS - TWO TREES DOWN ACROSS HIGHWAY 805. ALSO...TREES DOWN ACROSS ROUTE 7 NEAR BLACKEY..HIGHWAY 1107 NEAR LILLEY CORNETT WOODS..HIGHWAY 160 NEAR GORDON AND HIGHWAY 931 NEAR W (JKL)
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City of Hindman, KY2:40 AM
HINDMAN - TREES DOWN IN VARIOUS PLACES ACROSS COUNTY BETWEEN 240AM AND 310AM. (JKL)
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City of Paintsville, KY2:40 AM
1 S STAFFORDSVILLE - ALONG HIGHWAY 2039 TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN INTO POWERLINES. (JKL)
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Louisa, KY2:40 AM
LOUISA - TREES DOWN AROUND LOUISA. (RLX)
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Breathitt County, KY2:35 AM
2 SE LOST CREEK - TREES DOWN. (JKL)
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Flat Lick, KY2:30 AM
5 E BARBOURVILLE - SEVERAL STRUCTURES DAMAGED ALONG STINKING CREEK FROM 5 MILES EAST OF BAROURVILLE AND EXTENDING NORTHEAST. (JKL)
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City of Sandy Hook, KY2:30 AM
SANDY HOOK - TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN. REPORTED BY DISPATCH. (JKL)
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Magoffin County, KY2:30 AM
5 S SALYERSVILLE - BARN BLOWN 200 FEET. ABOUT 100 TREES DOWN. PART OF TIN ROOF REMOVED FROM HOME ON HWY 1090 BEAR BRANCH. (JKL)
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City of Jackson, KY2:20 AM
JACKSON - TREES DOWN AROUND PANBOWL LAKE. (JKL)
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City of Ashland, KY2:20 AM
ASHLAND - TREES DOWN IN TOWN (RLX)
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City of Pineville, KY2:15 AM
PINEVILLE - THREE DOWNED TREES ACROSS BELL COUNTY. ONE IN PINEVILLE,ONE IN STRAIGHT CREEK,AND ONE IN STONEY FORK. TIME ESTIMATED. (JKL)
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Hyden, KY2:15 AM
HYDEN - TREE FELL ON A BUSINESS AT HWY 406 AND JACKS CREEK. MULTIPLE TREES DOWN AT CUTSHIN AT 220AM. (JKL)
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City of Sandy Hook, KY2:15 AM
SANDY HOOK - SEVERAL TREES BLOWN DOWN BEHIND ELLIOTT COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL. (JKL)
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City of Hazard, KY2:15 AM
DICE - NUMEROUS TREES DOWNED. (JKL)
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City of Manchester, KY2:11 AM
MANCHESTER - MULTIPLE TREES DOWN ACROSS THE CITY. (JKL)
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City of West Liberty, KY2:10 AM
WEST LIBERTY - TREES DOWN COUNTY WIDE. (JKL)
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Breathitt County, KY2:05 AM
WATTS - AMBULANCE SERVICE REPORTED TREES DOWN IN THE WATTS/LOST CREEK AREA ALONG HWY 15 AT HWY 1110 INTERSECTION. WIND GUST WAS ENOUGH TO BLOW AMBULANCE INTO THE NEXT LANE. (JKL)
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City of Buckhorn, KY2:05 AM
BUCKHORN - TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY. REPORTED AT BUCKHORN AT 205AM,HAZARD AT 220AM,AND DWARF AT 215AM. (JKL)
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Coldiron, KY2:05 AM
18 SE MANCHESTER - TREES BLOWN DOWN. (JKL)
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City of Barbourville, KY2:00 AM
BARBOURVILLE - SEVERAL TREES DOWN ON COLLEGE ST. (JKL)
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Campton, KY2:00 AM
ROGERS - NUMEROUS TREES DOWN,2 BARN ROOFS DAMAGED AND BARN DOOR BLOWN IN ON TAR RIDGE ROAD (JKL)
05/31/2004
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Flat Lick, KY2:15 AM
EROSE - A TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN NEAR EROSE ALONG HIGHWAY 718...AND WAS ON THE GROUND FOR 1338 FEET. NUMEROUS TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN AND THREE HOMES WERE DAMAGED. (JKL)
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Knox County, KY2:05 AM
1 S HAMMOND - A TORNADO...210 FEET WIDE...BRIEFY TOUCHED DOWN JUST SOUTH OF HAMMOND...LIFTED...AND TOUCHED DOWN AGAIN NEAR HAMMOND. NUMEROUS TREES WERE DOWNED AND TWO TRAILERS...TWO (JKL)
05/30/2004
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City of Providence, KY9:30 PM
1 SE PROVIDENCE - SEVERAL HOMES DAMAGED. HOUSE DAMAGE ESTIMATED AT 150 THOUSAND DOLLARS. (PAH)
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City of Clay City, KY7:05 PM
CLAY CITY - AN F0 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN ONLY VERY BRIEFLY NEAR HIGHWAY 15. THE TORNADO HAD A WIDTH OF AROUND 50 FEET. A COUPLE OF TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN. (JKL)
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Salvisa, KY6:11 PM
SALVISA - (LMK)
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Parkway Village, KY5:28 PM
LOUISVILLE - LOCATED AT BARDSTOWN ROAD AND GLENN MARY. (LMK)
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Masonville, KY4:12 PM
1 S MASONVILLE - BRIEF TOUCHDOWN IN CORNFIELD. (PAH)
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Buckner, KY4:05 PM
W BUCKNER - TORNADO NEAR HWY 329 AND INTERSTATE 71 JUST WEST OF BUCKNER. (LMK)
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Parkway Village, KY3:50 PM
LOUISVILLE - AT 34TH AND RUDD STREETS. EXTENSIVE TREE AND WIRE DAMAGE. ALSO STRUCTURAL HOUSE DAMAGE. (LMK)
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City of Mortons Gap, KY3:44 PM
5 SE MADISONVILLE - BETWEEN THE TOWNS OF BARNLEY AND EARLINGTON. (PAH)
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City of Elkton, KY3:22 PM
6 N ELKTON - TOUCHDOWN 2 MILES SOUTH OF CEDAR GROVE AT COLD BANK ROAD AND ST HIGHWAY 508. (PAH)
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McCracken County, KY1:15 PM
5 W PADUCAH - BRIEF TOUCHDOWN ONE MILE EAST OF WFO PADUCAH. DISSIPATED QUICKLY. (PAH)
05/27/2004
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Lexington-Fayette, KY10:30 PM
LEXINGTON - POSSIBLE TORNADO TOUCHDOWN AT LEESTOWN ROAD AND NEW CIRCLE AND VERSAILES ROAD AT NEW CIRCLE. REPORTS OF DAMAGE TO TREES AND HOMES. (LMK)
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City of Stamping Ground, KY9:39 PM
6 NW GEORGETOWN - POSSIBLE TORNADO TOUCHDOWN IN MALLARD POINT. (LMK)
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Eminence, KY8:55 PM
EMINENCE - NUMEROUS REPORTS OF HOMES DAMAGED WITH SOME PEOLPE TRAPPED....NO INJURIES REPORTED AT THIS TIME. (LMK)
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Science Hill, KY2:00 AM
8 N SOMERSET - *** 4 INJ *** NWS STORM SURVEY TEAM CONFIRMS A STRONG F1 TONADO HIT THE TOWN OF WHITE OAK GAP. (JKL)
05/26/2004
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City of Lynch, KY5:20 PM
8 NW BIG STONE GAP - POSSIBLE TORNADO TOUCHDOWN IN THE ROAD AREA WITH LOTS OF DAMAGE AND DEBRIS. (MRX)
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Coldiron, KY4:50 PM
COLDIRON - POSSIBLE TORNADO. TREES DOWN. (JKL)
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North Corbin, KY4:10 PM
LILY - POSSIBLE TORNADO. TREES DOWNED. (JKL)
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Berea, KY3:51 PM
DISPUTANTA - (JKL)
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Manitou, KY1:30 PM
3 E NEBO - EYEWITNESS REPORT OF A TORNADO ON HWY 502 WHICH IS 3 MILES EAST OF NEBO. DAMAGE CONSISTED OF TREE AND ROOF DAMAGE...2 TO 3 TREES UPROOTED. (PAH)
05/31/2004
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City of Warfield, KY3:15 AM
4 S OPPY - NUMEROUS TREES DOWN ACROSS MARTIN COUNTY...INCLUDING HIGHWAY 292...HIGHWAY 2031 2 TO 3 MILES NORTH OF WARFIELD...AND HIGHWAY 1714 BETWEEN COALPOINT AND LAURA. TIME ESTI (JKL)
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Paintsville, KY3:05 AM
HAGERHILL - TREES DOWN IN THE HAGERHILL AREA. (JKL)
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City of Pineville, KY3:00 AM
PINEVILLE - TWO TREES DOWN AT HWY 221. REPORTED BY DISPATCH. (JKL)
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City of Lynch, KY3:00 AM
LYNCH - TREES DOWN AT LYNCH...EVARTS...CAWOOD AND GRAYS KNOB. TIME ESTIMATED. (JKL)
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Jenkins, KY2:55 AM
JENKINS - TWO TREES DOWN ACROSS HIGHWAY 805. ALSO...TREES DOWN ACROSS ROUTE 7 NEAR BLACKEY..HIGHWAY 1107 NEAR LILLEY CORNETT WOODS..HIGHWAY 160 NEAR GORDON AND HIGHWAY 931 NEAR W (JKL)
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City of Paintsville, KY2:40 AM
1 S STAFFORDSVILLE - ALONG HIGHWAY 2039 TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN INTO POWERLINES. (JKL)
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City of Hindman, KY2:40 AM
HINDMAN - TREES DOWN IN VARIOUS PLACES ACROSS COUNTY BETWEEN 240AM AND 310AM. (JKL)
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Louisa, KY2:40 AM
LOUISA - TREES DOWN AROUND LOUISA. (RLX)
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Breathitt County, KY2:35 AM
2 SE LOST CREEK - TREES DOWN. (JKL)
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Flat Lick, KY2:30 AM
5 E BARBOURVILLE - SEVERAL STRUCTURES DAMAGED ALONG STINKING CREEK FROM 5 MILES EAST OF BAROURVILLE AND EXTENDING NORTHEAST. (JKL)
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City of Sandy Hook, KY2:30 AM
SANDY HOOK - TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN. REPORTED BY DISPATCH. (JKL)
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Magoffin County, KY2:30 AM
5 S SALYERSVILLE - BARN BLOWN 200 FEET. ABOUT 100 TREES DOWN. PART OF TIN ROOF REMOVED FROM HOME ON HWY 1090 BEAR BRANCH. (JKL)
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City of Jackson, KY2:20 AM
JACKSON - TREES DOWN AROUND PANBOWL LAKE. (JKL)
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City of Ashland, KY2:20 AM
ASHLAND - TREES DOWN IN TOWN (RLX)
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Hyden, KY2:15 AM
HYDEN - TREE FELL ON A BUSINESS AT HWY 406 AND JACKS CREEK. MULTIPLE TREES DOWN AT CUTSHIN AT 220AM. (JKL)
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City of Hazard, KY2:15 AM
DICE - NUMEROUS TREES DOWNED. (JKL)
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Flat Lick, KY2:15 AM
EROSE - A TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN NEAR EROSE ALONG HIGHWAY 718...AND WAS ON THE GROUND FOR 1338 FEET. NUMEROUS TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN AND THREE HOMES WERE DAMAGED. (JKL)
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City of Pineville, KY2:15 AM
PINEVILLE - THREE DOWNED TREES ACROSS BELL COUNTY. ONE IN PINEVILLE,ONE IN STRAIGHT CREEK,AND ONE IN STONEY FORK. TIME ESTIMATED. (JKL)
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City of Sandy Hook, KY2:15 AM
SANDY HOOK - SEVERAL TREES BLOWN DOWN BEHIND ELLIOTT COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL. (JKL)
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City of Manchester, KY2:11 AM
MANCHESTER - MULTIPLE TREES DOWN ACROSS THE CITY. (JKL)
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City of West Liberty, KY2:10 AM
WEST LIBERTY - TREES DOWN COUNTY WIDE. (JKL)
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Breathitt County, KY2:05 AM
WATTS - AMBULANCE SERVICE REPORTED TREES DOWN IN THE WATTS/LOST CREEK AREA ALONG HWY 15 AT HWY 1110 INTERSECTION. WIND GUST WAS ENOUGH TO BLOW AMBULANCE INTO THE NEXT LANE. (JKL)
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Coldiron, KY2:05 AM
18 SE MANCHESTER - TREES BLOWN DOWN. (JKL)
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City of Buckhorn, KY2:05 AM
BUCKHORN - TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY. REPORTED AT BUCKHORN AT 205AM,HAZARD AT 220AM,AND DWARF AT 215AM. (JKL)