All Kentucky Hail Reports in May 2008
Population: 4,206,074
38.20042, -84.87762
Updated: 06/04/2026
30
Hail Reports
May 2008 · within 10 miles
1.75″
Largest Hail
Golf Ball-sized
Very High
Hail Frequency
Kentucky, Kentucky
Based on annual avg. of SPC reports since 2004. Not a formal risk assessment.
Hail Summary — Kentucky, KY May 2008
Kentucky had 30 hail reports in May 2008. Reports were recorded across 23 counties, with Carter County reporting the most activity at 2 reports. The largest hail reported in Kentucky in May 2008 was 1.75 inches (golf ball-sized) near Martin, 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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Hail Reports in Kentucky in May 2008
06/01/2008
0.75 IN
IN
Princeton, KY12:59 AM
DIME SIZE HAIL WITH DOWNED TREES REPORTED IN THE COMMUNITY. (PAH)
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0.75 IN
IN
05/31/2008
0.88 IN
IN
05/11/2008
0.88 IN
IN
0.75 IN
IN
1.75 IN
IN
City of Martin, KY10:56 AM
QUARTER TO GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL REPORTED BY STATE TROOPER. LARGE LIMBS AND A FEW POWER LINES DOWNED AS WELL. (JKL)
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0.88 IN
IN
0.75 IN
IN
0.88 IN
IN
City of Harlan, KY10:38 AM
NICKEL SIZE HAIL REPORTED OVER WIDE AREA NORTH OF THE CITY OF HARLAN (JKL)
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1.0 IN
IN
0.75 IN
IN
City of Hazard, KY10:30 AM
PENNY HAIL LASTED ABOUT 5 MINUTES. WIND ESTIMATED 50 TO 75 MPH. (JKL)
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0.88 IN
IN
City of Jackson, KY10:21 AM
NICKEL SIZE HAIL AT NWS OFFICE AT AIRPORT. EVENT LASTED 4 MINUTES (JKL)
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0.88 IN
IN
1.75 IN
IN
City of Hyden, KY10:10 AM
GOLFBALL HAIL LASTED NEARLY 5 MINUTES AT HELL FOR CERTAIN (JKL)
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0.88 IN
IN
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0.88 IN
IN
1.75 IN
IN
0.88 IN
IN
Booneville, KY9:50 AM
NICKEL SIZE HAIL AT BOONEVILLE NURSING HOME. CORRECTED TIME BASED ON RADAR. (JKL)
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0.88 IN
IN
City of Manchester, KY9:50 AM
CORRECTED TIME BASED ON RADAR AND OTHER REPORTS. NICKEL SIZE HAIL OBSERVED. (JKL)
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0.75 IN
IN
0.88 IN
IN
0.75 IN
IN
1.0 IN
IN
05/09/2008
0.88 IN
IN
0.75 IN
IN
06/01/2008
MPH
City of Oak Grove, KY2:56 AM
OAK GROVE - SEVERAL DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES ALONG WITH 2 ROOFS RECEIVING DAMAGE. A FEW OF THE ROADWAYS GOING INTO TOWN ARE PARTIALLY BLOCK DUE TO THE DAMAGE. (PAH)
MPH
City of Russellville, KY2:12 AM
RUSSELLVILLE - POWERLINES DOWNED ACROSS RUSSELLVILLE. PEA-SIZED HAIL ALSO REPORTED. (LMK)
65.0 MPH
MPH
City of Elkton, KY1:52 AM
ELKTON - WALL CLOUD REPORTED WITH THIS STORM. (PAH)
70.0 MPH
MPH
City of Crofton, KY1:31 AM
CROFTON - (PAH)
MPH
City of Marion, KY12:45 AM
MARION - DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES COMMUNITY WIDE. HAIL ALSO REPORTED WITH THIS STORM. (PAH)
05/31/2008
MPH
Whitley City, KY7:25 PM
WHITLEY CITY - NUMEROUS TREES WERE REPORTED DOWN COUNTY WIDE...MAINLY AROUND WHITLEY CITY. (JKL)
05/11/2008
MPH
Harlan, KY12:00 PM
1 NNW HARLAN - HIGH WINDS DOWNED SEVERAL UTILITY LINES IN THE BROWNING ACRES NEIGHBORHOOD,3 MI SSE OF HARLAN (JKL)
MPH
Blackey, KY11:38 AM
JEREMIAH - SEVERAL DOWNED TREES AND WIND DAMAGE TO SOME HOMES...ROOFS AND CHIMNEYS...IN THE BLAIR BRANCH COMMUNITY. (JKL)
MPH
City of Paintsville, KY11:10 AM
PAINTSVILLE - ABOUT 8 TO 10 TREES DOWN,MAINLY ON SIDE ROADS AND MAINLY IN EAST PORTION OF COUNTY. (JKL)
MPH
Wallins Creek, KY11:05 AM
5 W HARLAN - 4 TREES DOWN IN THE WALLENS CREEK AREA. (JKL)
MPH
Inez, KY11:05 AM
TOMAHAWK - NUMEROUS TREES DOWN,SOME SHREDDED. HALL BRANCH ROAD PARTIALLY BLOCKED WITH MUD SLIDE. CABLE LINES DOWN. (JKL)
MPH
Betsy Layne, KY10:55 AM
IVEL - TWO TREES DOWN ALONG HIGHWAY 23 AT A CEMETERY. TIME WAS ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. (JKL)
MPH
Wayland, KY10:54 AM
1 SSE BOSCO - NUMEROUS LARGE TREES WERE UPROOTED ACROSS A FIFTY FOOT WIDE BY ONE QUARTER MILE LONG PATH. (JKL)
MPH
City of Vicco, KY10:48 AM
VICCO - TREES AND A FEW POWERLINES DOWN. (JKL)
MPH
Prestonsburg, KY10:45 AM
BRAINARD - LARGE LIMBS DOWN BETWEEN MILEMARKERS THREE AND FOUR ON KY HWY 114. TIME WAS ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. (JKL)
MPH
City of Louisa, KY10:45 AM
5 SSW LOUISA - WINDS 30-40 MPH. TREES IN ROAD. (RLX)
MPH
Blackey, KY10:40 AM
JEREMIAH - NUMEROUS LARGE TREE LIMBS DOWNUPTO5 INCHES IN CIRCUMFERENCE. TWO CHIMNEYS BLOW DOWN ON TWO VERY OLD HOUSES IN POOR STRUCTURAL CONDITION. (JKL)
MPH
Bell County, KY10:38 AM
1 E PINEVILLE - NUMEROUS TREES DOWN EAST PORTION OF COUNTY. POWER LINES DOWN. (JKL)
MPH
Harlan, KY10:35 AM
HARLAN - NUMEROUS REPORTS OF TREES DOWN AND DOWNED POWER LINES. STATE POLICE REPORTED AT LEAST 50 TREES ACROSS ROADS. (JKL)
MPH
Carter County, KY10:20 AM
GRAHN - SEVERAL HOMES WITH THERE ROOFS BLOWN OFF. MOBILE HOME ALMOST BLOWN OVER. NWS LIKELY WILL CONDUCT A STORM SURVEY MONDAY MORNING. (RLX)
MPH
City of West Liberty, KY10:17 AM
SE WEST LIBERTY - NUMEROUS TREES ON THE GROUND FROM WEST LIBERTY TO EZEL (JKL)
MPH
City of Corbin, KY10:00 AM
CORBIN - UTILITY POLES AND LINES DOWN ALONG CUMBERLAND FALLS HWY OR 18TH STREET. (JKL)
MPH
McCreary County, KY9:57 AM
CUMBERLAND FALLS S.P. - PRELIMINARY REPORT WITH NUMEROUS TREES DOWN IN THE PARK INCLUDING FALLING ON OCCUPIED CARS AND CABINS. UNKNOWN FOR INJURIES AT THIS TIME WITH RESCUE ONGOING (JKL)
MPH
Beattyville, KY9:54 AM
1 SW MONICA - NUMEROUS TREE BRANCHES BETWEEN TWO AND FIVE INCHES IN DIAMETER WERE DOWNED ON HIGHWAY 52. ALSO...A COUPLE OF TREES WERE SPLIT DOWN THE MIDDLE AND HAD TO BE REMOVED FROM (JKL)
MPH
Wayland, KY9:54 AM
1 SSE BOSCO - NUMEROUS LARGE TREES WERE UPROOTED ACROSS A FIFTY FOOT WIDE BY ONE QUARTER MILE LONG PATH. (JKL)
05/11/2008
T
TOR
City of Hyden, KY10:35 AM
1 E WOOTON - FUNNEL CLOUD OBSERVED PASSING OVER HOUSE IN WOOTON AND THEN TOUCHING DOWN ON HWY 1807 APPROXIMATELY 1 MILE EAST OF WOOTON. HEAVY TREE AND POWER LINE DAMAGE WITH A 150 Y (JKL)
T
TOR
Hyden, KY10:27 AM
1 SE WOOTON - AN EF-1 TORNADO WITH PRELIMINARY WINDS SPEEDS AROUND 100 MPH BRIEFLY TOUCHED DOWN ONE MILE SOUTHEAST OF WOOTON. LARGE TREES WERE EITHER SNAPPED OFF OR BLOWN OVER AND A (JKL)
T
TOR
McCreary County, KY9:15 AM
CUMBERLAND FALLS S.P. - AN EF-1 TORNADO WITH PRELIMINARY WIND SPEEDS ESTIMATED JUST ABOVE 100 MILES PER HOUR TOUCHED DOWN IN CUMBERLAND FALLS STATE PARK. NUMEROUS LARGE TREES WERE SNAPPED AND (JKL)
06/01/2008
MPH
City of Oak Grove, KY2:56 AM
OAK GROVE - SEVERAL DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES ALONG WITH 2 ROOFS RECEIVING DAMAGE. A FEW OF THE ROADWAYS GOING INTO TOWN ARE PARTIALLY BLOCK DUE TO THE DAMAGE. (PAH)
MPH
City of Russellville, KY2:12 AM
RUSSELLVILLE - POWERLINES DOWNED ACROSS RUSSELLVILLE. PEA-SIZED HAIL ALSO REPORTED. (LMK)
65.0 MPH
MPH
City of Elkton, KY1:52 AM
ELKTON - WALL CLOUD REPORTED WITH THIS STORM. (PAH)
70.0 MPH
MPH
City of Crofton, KY1:31 AM
CROFTON - (PAH)
0.75 IN
IN
Princeton, KY12:59 AM
DIME SIZE HAIL WITH DOWNED TREES REPORTED IN THE COMMUNITY. (PAH)
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0.75 IN
IN
MPH
City of Marion, KY12:45 AM
MARION - DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES COMMUNITY WIDE. HAIL ALSO REPORTED WITH THIS STORM. (PAH)
05/31/2008
MPH
Whitley City, KY7:25 PM
WHITLEY CITY - NUMEROUS TREES WERE REPORTED DOWN COUNTY WIDE...MAINLY AROUND WHITLEY CITY. (JKL)
0.88 IN
IN
05/11/2008
MPH
Harlan, KY12:00 PM
1 NNW HARLAN - HIGH WINDS DOWNED SEVERAL UTILITY LINES IN THE BROWNING ACRES NEIGHBORHOOD,3 MI SSE OF HARLAN (JKL)
MPH
Blackey, KY11:38 AM
JEREMIAH - SEVERAL DOWNED TREES AND WIND DAMAGE TO SOME HOMES...ROOFS AND CHIMNEYS...IN THE BLAIR BRANCH COMMUNITY. (JKL)
0.88 IN
IN
MPH
City of Paintsville, KY11:10 AM
PAINTSVILLE - ABOUT 8 TO 10 TREES DOWN,MAINLY ON SIDE ROADS AND MAINLY IN EAST PORTION OF COUNTY. (JKL)
MPH
Wallins Creek, KY11:05 AM
5 W HARLAN - 4 TREES DOWN IN THE WALLENS CREEK AREA. (JKL)
MPH
Inez, KY11:05 AM
TOMAHAWK - NUMEROUS TREES DOWN,SOME SHREDDED. HALL BRANCH ROAD PARTIALLY BLOCKED WITH MUD SLIDE. CABLE LINES DOWN. (JKL)
0.75 IN
IN
1.75 IN
IN
City of Martin, KY10:56 AM
QUARTER TO GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL REPORTED BY STATE TROOPER. LARGE LIMBS AND A FEW POWER LINES DOWNED AS WELL. (JKL)
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MPH
Betsy Layne, KY10:55 AM
IVEL - TWO TREES DOWN ALONG HIGHWAY 23 AT A CEMETERY. TIME WAS ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. (JKL)
MPH
Wayland, KY10:54 AM
1 SSE BOSCO - NUMEROUS LARGE TREES WERE UPROOTED ACROSS A FIFTY FOOT WIDE BY ONE QUARTER MILE LONG PATH. (JKL)
MPH
City of Vicco, KY10:48 AM
VICCO - TREES AND A FEW POWERLINES DOWN. (JKL)
MPH
Prestonsburg, KY10:45 AM
BRAINARD - LARGE LIMBS DOWN BETWEEN MILEMARKERS THREE AND FOUR ON KY HWY 114. TIME WAS ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. (JKL)
MPH
City of Louisa, KY10:45 AM
5 SSW LOUISA - WINDS 30-40 MPH. TREES IN ROAD. (RLX)
0.88 IN
IN
0.75 IN
IN
MPH
Blackey, KY10:40 AM
JEREMIAH - NUMEROUS LARGE TREE LIMBS DOWNUPTO5 INCHES IN CIRCUMFERENCE. TWO CHIMNEYS BLOW DOWN ON TWO VERY OLD HOUSES IN POOR STRUCTURAL CONDITION. (JKL)