All Kentucky Hail Reports in 2009
Population: 4,206,074
38.20042, -84.87762
Updated: 06/04/2026
254
Hail Reports
2009 · within 10 miles
2.75″
Largest Hail
Baseball+-sized
Very High
Hail Frequency
Kentucky, Kentucky
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Hail Summary — Kentucky, KY 2009
Kentucky had 254 hail reports in 2009. Reports were recorded across 94 counties, with Christian County reporting the most activity at 9 reports. The largest hail reported in Kentucky in 2009 was 2.75 inches (baseball+-sized) near Boston, 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 Size Severity by Month
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Hail Reports in Kentucky in 2009
09/08/2009
0.75 IN
IN
Visalia, KY7:54 PM
DIME TO PENNY SIZE HAIL ONGOING ALONG THE KENTON-CAMPBELL COUNTY LINE. (ILN)
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1.0 IN
IN
0.88 IN
IN
Lexington-Fayette, KY6:01 PM
AT THE INTERSECTION OF MAN O WAR BLVD AND RICHMOND RD. (LMK)
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08/04/2009
0.88 IN
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0.75 IN
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1.75 IN
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City of Vanceburg, KY8:43 AM
DIME TO GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL OCCURRRED FOR 3 MINUTES. (ILN)
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0.75 IN
IN
07/25/2009
0.75 IN
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0.75 IN
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0.75 IN
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0.75 IN
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0.88 IN
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1.0 IN
IN
Magoffin County, KY4:41 PM
REPORT RECEIVED FROM AUTOMATED REPORTING SYSTEM. EVENT TIME ESTIMATED OFF OF RADAR. (JKL)
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0.88 IN
IN
Magoffin County, KY4:25 PM
NICKLE SIZED HAIL REPORTED BY THE GENERAL PUBLIC IN THE BOARDTREE RD AREA NEAR HIGHWAY 30. (JKL)
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07/20/2009
1.0 IN
IN
City of Warfield, KY6:38 PM
HAIL FELL BETWEEN 638 AND 653 PM. THE HAIL GOT AS LARGE AS THE SIZE OF QUARTERS. (JKL)
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0.88 IN
IN
City of Pikeville, KY5:30 PM
SEVERAL INCHES OF PEA TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL ACCUMULATED ON THE GROUND BETWEEN 530 AND 550 PM. (JKL)
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07/11/2009
0.88 IN
IN
07/01/2009
0.75 IN
IN
1.0 IN
IN
City of McKee, KY2:04 AM
QUARTER SIZED HAIL AND TREES DOWN ON HWY 587. HAIL STILL LAYING AROUND IN PILES AROUND DAWN THIS MORNING. (JKL)
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2.0 IN
IN
City of Mount Vernon, KY1:35 AM
OR LARGER. EVENT OCCURRED BETWEEN 120 AND 135 AM. (JKL)
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1.75 IN
IN
Science Hill, KY1:03 AM
TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTED QUARTER TO GOLFBALL SIZED HAIL. (JKL)
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1.75 IN
IN
1.0 IN
IN
Russell County, KY12:22 AM
QUARTER SIZED HAIL FELL FOR 4 MINUTES ENDING AT 1222 AM EDT (LMK)
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0.75 IN
IN
06/30/2009
0.75 IN
IN
12/09/2009
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Parkway Village, KY3:20 AM
LOUISVILLE - POWERLINE DOWN AT 33RD ST AND PFANZ ST (LMK)
10/09/2009
MPH
Pike County, KY6:55 PM
3 ESE SHELBIANA - LARGE TREE LIMBS WERE BLOWN DOWN IN THE POWELLS CREEK COMMUNITY NEAR MILLARD. (JKL)
MPH
Bell County, KY6:00 PM
2 E PINEVILLE - CABLE TELEVISION LINES WERE BLOWN DOWN AT LAUREL HILL. (JKL)
MPH
City of West Liberty, KY4:44 PM
WILLIAMS - TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN NEAR THE MORGAN MAGOFFIN COUNTY LINE ALONG HIGHWAY 460. (JKL)
MPH
Beattyville, KY4:43 PM
3 SSW BEATTYVILLE - TWO TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN ON HIGHWAY 52 JUST OUTSIDE OF BEATTYVILLE. (JKL)
MPH
Ravenna, KY4:43 PM
10 W BEATTYVILLE - A TREE WAS BLOWN DOWN 10 MILES WEST OF BEATTYVILLE NEAR THE ESTILL COUNTY LINE. (JKL)
MPH
City of Booneville, KY4:36 PM
VINCENT - A 70 FOOT TALL OAK TREE WAS BLOWN DOWN IN VINCENT. (JKL)
MPH
Annville, KY4:25 PM
WELCHBURG - TWO TREES DOWN ON HIGHWAY 421 AT WELCHBURG. (JKL)
MPH
City of Campton, KY4:05 PM
5 NNW CAMPTON - TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN ALONG HIGHWAY 715 NEAR ANGEL WINDOWS AND THE ARCHES AREA OF NORTHWESTERN WOLFE COUNTY. (JKL)
MPH
City of Monticello, KY3:55 PM
STEUBENVILLE - TREES AND POWER LINES WERE BLOWN DOWN IN STEUBENVILLE AND CONLEY BOTTOM. (JKL)
MPH
City of Irvine, KY3:50 PM
IRVINE - TREES DOWN ON MILLERS CREEK ROAD AND MURPHYS FORD ROAD.TREES DOWN ON PHONE AND CABLE LINES AT 714 BROADWAY STREET IN IRVINE. (JKL)
MPH
City of Somerset, KY3:45 PM
SOMERSET - MULTIPLE INSTANCES OF WIND DAMAGED OCCURRED COUNTYWIDE BETWEEN 330 PM AND 415 PM. FURTHER DETAILS WILL BE FORTHCOMING AS MORE DETAILED REPORTS ARE RECEIVED. (JKL)
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Sardis, KY3:28 PM
FAUBUSH - TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN IN FAUBUSH. (JKL)
MPH
City of Crab Orchard, KY3:11 PM
CRAB ORCHARD - TWO TREES DOWNED NEAR CRAB ORCHARD AND STANFORD. (LMK)
60.0 MPH
MPH
City of Richmond, KY2:55 PM
WACO - (LMK)
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Tompkinsville, KY2:40 PM
ROCKBRIDGE - TREE DAMAGE AND DAMAGE TO A HOUSE. (LMK)
MPH
Liberty, KY2:38 PM
1 N RHEBER - EMERGENCY MANAGER FROM TAYLOR COUNTY RELAYED REPORTS SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO HOMES IN THE RHEBER AREA OF CASEY COUNTY. (LMK)
MPH
City of Glasgow, KY1:30 PM
GLASGOW - TREE DOWN IN THE CITY. (LMK)
MPH
City of Loretto, KY5:15 AM
5 NW LEBANON - A BARN AND AN OUTBUILDING WERE DAMAGED OFF SAM BROWNING ROAD. (LMK)
MPH
City of Lawrenceburg, KY4:59 AM
3 SE LAWRENCEBURG - CARPORT DAMAGED NEAR INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 127 AND THE BLUEGRASS PARKWAY. SEVERAL TREE LIMBS DOWNED IN SAME AREA. (LMK)
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New Haven, KY4:48 AM
3 W NEW HAVEN - TWO TREES DOWN ALONG YOUNGER CREEK ROAD JUST WEST OF NEW HAVEN. (LMK)
MPH
Upton, KY4:30 AM
2 NNW UPTON - A 52 BY 32 FOOT BARN NEAR THE OLD DIXIE LOOP WAS BLOWN AWAY. MANY TREES AND POWER POLES WERE SNAPPED IN THE SAME AREA. TREES WERE DOWNED ALONG HIGHWAY 31W BETWEEN UPTON (LMK)
MPH
Lewisburg, KY4:15 AM
QUALITY - TWO TREES DOWNED ACROSS ROADS IN SOUTHERN BUTLER COUNTY. ONE WAS ACROSS STATE HIGHWAY 106 NEAR LOGAN COUNTY. (LMK)
MPH
Cecilia, KY4:10 AM
3 W CECILIA - THE DOOR WAS BLOWN OFF A MOBILE HOME. (LMK)
MPH
City of Cadiz, KY3:30 AM
4 N CADIZ - DAMAGE TO OUTBUILDINGS AND TREES ON A FARM. TIME ESTIMATED. (PAH)
10/09/2009
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TOR
Ravenna, KY4:20 PM
5 S IRVINE - NWS STORM SURVEY TEAM HAS CONFIRMED THAT AN EF1 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN ABOUT 5 MILES SOUTH OF IRVINE ON MURPHYS FORD ROAD. (JKL)
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TOR
Ravenna, KY3:43 PM
JINKS - AN EF1 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN NEAR SANG BRANCH OR ABOUT ONE HALF OF A MILE EAST OF JINKS AND HAD AN INTERMITTENT PATH OF ABOUT 3.75 MILES IN LENGTH. THE TORNADO LIFTED IN (JKL)
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TOR
Liberty, KY2:36 PM
2 NW RHEBER - EF-2 TORNADO BEGAN NEAR DELP ROAD AND ENDED AT SR 70 AND KY-206. SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO HOMES AND TREES UPROOTED. (LMK)
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TOR
Monroe County, KY1:20 PM
2 WSW ROCKBRIDGE - EF-2 TORNADO CONFIRMED. DAMAGE TO HOMES...BARNS AND TREES WITH THE HIGHEST CONCENTRATION FROM ROCKBRIDGE RD AND BRAY SCHOOL ROAD NE TO NORTH WILLOW SPRINGS ROAD. NO INJ (LMK)
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TOR
Breckinridge County, KY3:20 AM
2 NNE DYER - EF-0 TORNADO. DAMAGE TO SEVERAL MOBILE HOMES... BARNS AND TREES ON LYONS-DAUGHTERY ROAD. (LMK)
08/04/2009
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TOR
Christian County, KY7:55 PM
2 N HOPKINSVILLE - *** 1 INJ *** LATE REPORT...DOWNBURST WITH EMBEDDED BRIEF TORNADOES. 2.7 MILES N OF HOPKINSVILLE TO JUST E OF EXIT 12 ON PENNYRILE PARKWAY. 80 MPH WITH 2 EF0 TORNADOES. (PAH)
07/31/2009
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TOR
Scottsville, KY12:35 AM
8 N SCOTTSVILLE - NWS STORM SURVEY CONFIRMED AN EF-1 TORNADO THAT TOUCHED DOWN 8.3 MILES NORTH OF SCOTTSVILLE NEAR US 235 AND LIFTED NORTH OF KY 1533. TORNADO WAS ON THE GROUND FOR APPRO (LMK)
07/04/2009
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TOR
LaFayette, KY8:13 PM
1 SE HERNDON - EF1 TORNADO WAS NOTED 1.25 MILES SE OF HERNDON OR 11 MILES SSW OF HOPKINSVILLE TO 1.75 MILES SE HERNDON OR 11 MILES S OF HOPKINSVILLE. PEAK WIND WAS ESTIMATED AT 95 MPH (PAH)
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TOR
Trigg County, KY7:39 PM
4 SW GOLDEN POND - AN EFO TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GOLDEN POND KENTUCKY TO 3.5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GOLDEN POND KENTUCKY. PEAK WIND WAS 70 MPH. AVERAGE PATH WIDTH WAS 50 YA (PAH)
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TOR
Dexter, KY7:29 PM
3 NE ALMO - AN EF0 TORNADO OCCURRED FROM 3 MILES NORTHEAST OF ALMO KENTUCKY TO NEAR HICO KENTUCKY. PEAK WINDS WERE 75 MPH. AVERAGE PATH WIDTH WAS 50 YARDS AND PATH LENGTH WAS 2 MIL (PAH)
06/17/2009
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TOR
Todd County, KY8:25 PM
6 S ELKTON - ...UNCONFIRMED...REPORTS OF SMALL TORNADO GOING UP AND DOWN ALONG HIGHWAY 181 HALFWAY BETWEEN THE COMMUNITIES OF ELKTON AND GUTHRIE. (PAH)
06/16/2009
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TOR
Lewis County, KY9:25 PM
TOLLESBORO - AN NWS STORM SURVEY CONFIRMED A BRIEF TORNADO TOUCHDOWN IN TOLLESBORO KENTUCKY. SEVERAL HOMES AND MOBILE HOMES RECEIVED STRUCTURAL DAMAGE...MOSTLY MINOR. ONE BARN WAS D (ILN)
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TOR
City of London, KY5:45 PM
LEVI JACKSON S.P. - POSSIBLE TORNADO TOUCHDOWN. (JKL)
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TOR
City of Grand Rivers, KY1:28 PM
2 WSW SUWANEE - NEAR COMPLETE DESTRUCTION OF THREE FARM OUTBUILDINGS/BARNS. FOUR 1500 POUND HAY BALES TOSSED END OVER END. DEBRIS THROWN INTO TREES 90 DEGREES TO THE LEFT OF PATH. LARG (PAH)
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TOR
City of Grand Rivers, KY1:18 PM
2 WSW SUWANEE - NEAR COMPLETE DESTRUCTION OF THREE FARM OUTBUILDINGS/BARNS. FOUR 1500 POUND HAY BALES TOSSED END OVER END. DEBRIS THROWN INTO TREES 90 DEGREES TO THE LEFT OF PATH. LARG (PAH)
06/14/2009
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TOR
Elkfork, KY6:55 PM
1 NW RELIEF - AN EF1 TORNADO WITH WINDS OF 90-95 MPH TOUCHED DOWN 1.5 MILES NORTHWEST OF RELIEF. THE TORNADO WAS ON THE GROUND FOR 1.5 MILES AND HAD A PATH WIDTH OF 75 YARDS. THE TOR (JKL)
06/11/2009
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TOR
Summer Shade, KY9:01 PM
3 SW BEAUMONT - AN EF 1 TORNADO WAS FOUND ALONG AN INTERMITTENT AND SHORT 1.3 MILE TRACK BEGINNING 1.2 MILES WNW OF THE TOWN OF CYCLONE IN SOUTHERN METCALFE COUNTY UNTIL IT LIFTED 0.3 (LMK)
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TOR
Brownsville, KY8:00 PM
7 SW BROWNSVILLE - AN EF 1 TORNADO WAS FOUND ALONG AN 18 MILE INTERMITTENT PATH FROM THE WARREN EDMONSON COUNTY LINE INTO NORTHWEST BARREN COUNTY. THE TORNADO FIRST TOUCHED DOWN IN WARREN (LMK)
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TOR
Maceo, KY6:43 PM
7 NE OWENSBORO - WEAK TORNADO REPORTED AT CARPENTERS LAKE. (PAH)
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TOR
Owensboro, KY6:36 PM
1 NE OWENSBORO - TORNADO REPORTED NE OF OWENSBORO NEAR INTERSECTION OF HIGHWY 405 AND WRIGHTS LANDING ROAD. THERE WERE MULTIPLE REPORTS. (PAH)
05/08/2009
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TOR
Irvine, KY5:23 PM
5 NW IRVINE - BRIEF EF-0 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN ON THE WEST SIDE OF SAND HILL ROAD JUST NORTH OF SAND HILL AND SOUTH OF LOWER BEND. THE ROOF OVER THE PORCH ON ONE HOUSE COLLAPSED WHEN (JKL)
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TOR
City of Livingston, KY5:23 PM
N SAND HILL - BRIEF EF-0 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN ON THE WEST SIDE OF SAND HILL ROAD JUST NORTH OF SAND HILL AND SOUTH OF LOWER BEND. THE ROOF OVER THE PORCH ON ONE HOUSE COLLAPSED WHEN (JKL)
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TOR
City of Richmond, KY5:16 PM
WACO - *** 4 INJ *** SEVERAL MOBILE HOMES WERE DAMAGED. (LMK)
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TOR
City of Richmond, KY5:04 PM
3 ENE KIRKSVILLE - *** 2 FATAL,5 INJ *** TWO ADULTS WERE KILLED WHEN THE TORNADO PICKED UP AND THREW THEIR MOBILE HOME. THE BODIES OF A 35 YEAR OLD MALE AND AN ADULT FEMALE WERE RECOVERE (LMK)
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TOR
Garrard County, KY4:55 PM
3 ESE MCCREARY - INITIAL TOUCHDOWN POINT OF TORNADO THAT TRAVELED THROUGH MADISON COUNTY AND LIFTED JUST BEFORE ESTILL COUNTY. (LMK)
12/09/2009
MPH
Parkway Village, KY3:20 AM
LOUISVILLE - POWERLINE DOWN AT 33RD ST AND PFANZ ST (LMK)
10/09/2009
MPH
Pike County, KY6:55 PM
3 ESE SHELBIANA - LARGE TREE LIMBS WERE BLOWN DOWN IN THE POWELLS CREEK COMMUNITY NEAR MILLARD. (JKL)
MPH
Bell County, KY6:00 PM
2 E PINEVILLE - CABLE TELEVISION LINES WERE BLOWN DOWN AT LAUREL HILL. (JKL)
MPH
City of West Liberty, KY4:44 PM
WILLIAMS - TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN NEAR THE MORGAN MAGOFFIN COUNTY LINE ALONG HIGHWAY 460. (JKL)
MPH
Ravenna, KY4:43 PM
10 W BEATTYVILLE - A TREE WAS BLOWN DOWN 10 MILES WEST OF BEATTYVILLE NEAR THE ESTILL COUNTY LINE. (JKL)
MPH
Beattyville, KY4:43 PM
3 SSW BEATTYVILLE - TWO TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN ON HIGHWAY 52 JUST OUTSIDE OF BEATTYVILLE. (JKL)
MPH
City of Booneville, KY4:36 PM
VINCENT - A 70 FOOT TALL OAK TREE WAS BLOWN DOWN IN VINCENT. (JKL)
MPH
Annville, KY4:25 PM
WELCHBURG - TWO TREES DOWN ON HIGHWAY 421 AT WELCHBURG. (JKL)
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TOR
Ravenna, KY4:20 PM
5 S IRVINE - NWS STORM SURVEY TEAM HAS CONFIRMED THAT AN EF1 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN ABOUT 5 MILES SOUTH OF IRVINE ON MURPHYS FORD ROAD. (JKL)
MPH
City of Campton, KY4:05 PM
5 NNW CAMPTON - TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN ALONG HIGHWAY 715 NEAR ANGEL WINDOWS AND THE ARCHES AREA OF NORTHWESTERN WOLFE COUNTY. (JKL)
MPH
City of Monticello, KY3:55 PM
STEUBENVILLE - TREES AND POWER LINES WERE BLOWN DOWN IN STEUBENVILLE AND CONLEY BOTTOM. (JKL)
MPH
City of Irvine, KY3:50 PM
IRVINE - TREES DOWN ON MILLERS CREEK ROAD AND MURPHYS FORD ROAD.TREES DOWN ON PHONE AND CABLE LINES AT 714 BROADWAY STREET IN IRVINE. (JKL)
MPH
City of Somerset, KY3:45 PM
SOMERSET - MULTIPLE INSTANCES OF WIND DAMAGED OCCURRED COUNTYWIDE BETWEEN 330 PM AND 415 PM. FURTHER DETAILS WILL BE FORTHCOMING AS MORE DETAILED REPORTS ARE RECEIVED. (JKL)
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TOR
Ravenna, KY3:43 PM
JINKS - AN EF1 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN NEAR SANG BRANCH OR ABOUT ONE HALF OF A MILE EAST OF JINKS AND HAD AN INTERMITTENT PATH OF ABOUT 3.75 MILES IN LENGTH. THE TORNADO LIFTED IN (JKL)
MPH
Sardis, KY3:28 PM
FAUBUSH - TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN IN FAUBUSH. (JKL)
MPH
City of Crab Orchard, KY3:11 PM
CRAB ORCHARD - TWO TREES DOWNED NEAR CRAB ORCHARD AND STANFORD. (LMK)
60.0 MPH
MPH
City of Richmond, KY2:55 PM
WACO - (LMK)
MPH
Tompkinsville, KY2:40 PM
ROCKBRIDGE - TREE DAMAGE AND DAMAGE TO A HOUSE. (LMK)
MPH
Liberty, KY2:38 PM
1 N RHEBER - EMERGENCY MANAGER FROM TAYLOR COUNTY RELAYED REPORTS SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO HOMES IN THE RHEBER AREA OF CASEY COUNTY. (LMK)
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TOR
Liberty, KY2:36 PM
2 NW RHEBER - EF-2 TORNADO BEGAN NEAR DELP ROAD AND ENDED AT SR 70 AND KY-206. SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO HOMES AND TREES UPROOTED. (LMK)
MPH
City of Glasgow, KY1:30 PM
GLASGOW - TREE DOWN IN THE CITY. (LMK)
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TOR
Monroe County, KY1:20 PM
2 WSW ROCKBRIDGE - EF-2 TORNADO CONFIRMED. DAMAGE TO HOMES...BARNS AND TREES WITH THE HIGHEST CONCENTRATION FROM ROCKBRIDGE RD AND BRAY SCHOOL ROAD NE TO NORTH WILLOW SPRINGS ROAD. NO INJ (LMK)
MPH
City of Loretto, KY5:15 AM
5 NW LEBANON - A BARN AND AN OUTBUILDING WERE DAMAGED OFF SAM BROWNING ROAD. (LMK)
MPH
City of Lawrenceburg, KY4:59 AM
3 SE LAWRENCEBURG - CARPORT DAMAGED NEAR INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 127 AND THE BLUEGRASS PARKWAY. SEVERAL TREE LIMBS DOWNED IN SAME AREA. (LMK)
MPH
New Haven, KY4:48 AM
3 W NEW HAVEN - TWO TREES DOWN ALONG YOUNGER CREEK ROAD JUST WEST OF NEW HAVEN. (LMK)