All Kentucky Hail Reports in 2016
Population: 4,206,074
38.20042, -84.87762
Updated: 06/04/2026
148
Hail Reports
2016 · within 10 miles
2.75″
Largest Hail
Baseball+-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 2016
Kentucky had 148 hail reports in 2016. Reports were recorded across 61 counties, with Muhlenberg County reporting the most activity at 9 reports. The largest hail reported in Kentucky in 2016 was 2.75 inches (baseball+-sized) near Greenville, 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.
When Was the Last Time It Hailed in Kentucky?
05/19/2026
The most recent hail event in Kentucky was on 05/19/2026 near Whitesville, KY (1.00″ Quarter).
Click here to view all Kentucky hail reports on 05/19/2026
Monthly Hail Activity
Historical monthly hail pattern for Kentucky, based on precomputed state hail history since 2004.
This chart shows which months had the most reported hail for this area and selected time period.
Hail Size Severity by Month
This chart weights larger hail reports more heavily, helping show which months tend to produce more damaging hail.
This severity-weighted view gives larger hail more influence than a plain average, helping identify months that are more likely to produce damaging hail. It is based on reported hail sizes, not radar-estimated address-level hail risk.
Browse Reports by Time
Did Hail Hit Your Property?
Get a detailed hail history report for any US address — every event, size, and date. Exactly what insurers and contractors need.
Get Your Report →Hail Report Map — Kentucky, KY 2016
Use two fingers to move the map
Hail Reports in Kentucky in 2016
12/17/2016
1.0 IN
IN
2.0 IN
IN
10/20/2016
1.0 IN
IN
10/19/2016
1.75 IN
IN
2.5 IN
IN
1.75 IN
IN
1.0 IN
IN
08/28/2016
1.0 IN
IN
07/08/2016
1.75 IN
IN
1.25 IN
IN
City of Tompkinsville, KY3:40 PM
REPORTED AT CELINA ROAD... TOMPKINSVILLE... KY. (LMK)
View report →
07/03/2016
1.0 IN
IN
06/23/2016
1.0 IN
IN
1.75 IN
IN
1.0 IN
IN
06/16/2016
1.0 IN
IN
City of Elkhorn City, KY9:20 PM
QUARTER SIZE MIXED WITH PEA SIZE REPORT FROM TWITTER. (JKL)
View report →
Need this for an address?
Order a full hail history report with radar-backed detections.
Get Report →Order a full hail history report with radar-backed detections.
1.0 IN
IN
1.0 IN
IN
05/26/2016
1.0 IN
IN
1.0 IN
IN
1.5 IN
IN
05/12/2016
1.75 IN
IN
1.0 IN
IN
05/11/2016
1.0 IN
IN
1.0 IN
IN
1.75 IN
IN
12/18/2016
MPH
City of Evarts, KY5:15 AM
PUTNEY - LARGE PINE TREE BLOWN DOWN ACROSS A DRIVEWAY. REPORT FROM TWITTER. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. (JKL)
MPH
Coldiron, KY4:50 AM
COLDIRON - TWITTER REPORT OF LARGE PINE TREES UPROOTED OR SNAPPED. TIME OF REPORT FROM RADAR. (JKL)
MPH
Clay County, KY2:50 AM
2 NE MANCHESTER - TREE DOWN ON COTTON BEND ROAD. (JKL)
MPH
City of Paintsville, KY2:35 AM
PAINTSVILLE - KFC AND CITY NATIONAL BANK SIGNS DESTROYED IN PAINTSVILLE. SEVERAL TREES DOWN IN TOWN AND OUT IN THE COUNTY AS WELL. (JKL)
MPH
London, KY2:25 AM
LONDON - TREE DOWN ON RESIDENCE IN LONDON. (JKL)
MPH
Monticello, KY1:52 AM
1 SW MONTICELLO - TREE REPORTED DOWN ON HIGHWAY 1546 ABOUT A HALF MILE FROM HIGHWAY 90. (JKL)
MPH
City of Russell, KY1:36 AM
RUSSELL - TREE DOWN ON RIVERVIEW RD PER DISPATCH. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. (RLX)
MPH
Greenup, KY1:18 AM
GREENUP - TREE BLOCKING CNTY RTE 827 AT ALCORN RIDGE RD PER DISPATCH. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. (RLX)
MPH
Greenup, KY1:18 AM
5 WNW GREENUP - TREE BLOCKING CNTY RTE 827 AT ALCORN RIDGE RD PER DISPATCH. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. (RLX)
MPH
Columbia, KY12:00 AM
COLUMBIA - ROOF BLOWN OFF BUILDING ON DOWNTOWN SQUARE IN COLUMBIA... WITH POWER LINES DOWN IN THE AREA. ADAIR CO KY MESONET SITE SHOWED PEAK GUST OF 42 MPH AT THAT TIME. . (LMK)
12/17/2016
MPH
City of Cave City, KY10:28 PM
CAVE CITY - OUTBUILDING BLOWN OVER AND TREE BLOWN DOWN. PICTURES VIA TWITTER. . (LMK)
MPH
Auburn, KY9:00 PM
5 SW HADLEY - PART OF A METAL ROOF BLOWN OFF A BARN IN RICHELIEU. TIME ESTIMATED BASED ON RADAR. (LMK)
10/20/2016
MPH
Vine Grove, KY8:33 AM
2 W RINEYVILLE - SEVERAL TREES KNOCKED DOWN AS STORM PASSED THROUGH THE AREA. (LMK)
MPH
Hardin County, KY8:29 AM
4 W RINEYVILLE - SEVERAL TREES KNOCKED DOWN BY THUNDERSTORM WINDS. (LMK)
MPH
Hardin County, KY8:25 AM
4 NNE HOWE VALLEY - SEVERAL BARNS AND WOODEN FENCES DESTROYED BY THUNDERSTORM WINDS. . (LMK)
10/19/2016
MPH
Claryville, KY7:41 PM
6 SSW ALEXANDRIA - ABOUT 12 TO 15 TREES OF VARIOUS SIZES DOWN AT A RESIDENCE ON LEES RD. SOME WERE SNAPPED AND SOME UPROOTED...ALL IN THE SAME GENERAL DIRECTION. (ILN)
MPH
Claryville, KY7:40 PM
GRANTS LICK - SEVERAL TREES DOWN IN THE GRANTS LICK AREA. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. (ILN)
MPH
Independence, KY7:22 PM
3 S INDEPENDENCE - MULTIPLE TREES DOWN. (ILN)
MPH
City of Independence, KY7:20 PM
INDEPENDENCE - NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN ACROSS KENTON COUNTY. (ILN)
MPH
Walton, KY7:15 PM
6 S FLORENCE - SEVERAL TREES DOWNED NEAR FOINAVON LANE. (ILN)
MPH
Walton, KY7:12 PM
5 SSE FLORENCE - ONE LARGE TREE DOWNED ACROSS RAILROAD TRACKS NEAR RICHWOOD. A LIGHT POLE WAS BLOWN DOWN AT A TRUCK STOP NEAR INTERSTATE 71/75. (ILN)
MPH
Union, KY7:06 PM
5 SSW FLORENCE - LARGE LIMB AND TREE DOWN NEAR NEW HAVEN SCHOOL ROAD. (ILN)
MPH
Union, KY7:05 PM
5 SSE BURLINGTON - MULTIPLE TREES DOWN (ILN)
MPH
Burlington, KY7:00 PM
BURLINGTON - NUMEROUS TREES DOWN ACROSS CENTRAL PORTIONS OF BOONE COUNTY (ILN)
MPH
Union, KY6:58 PM
4 WSW UNION - TREES AND WIRES REPORTED DOWN ON BIG BONE CHURCH ROAD. (ILN)
12/26/2016
T
TOR
Symsonia, KY4:10 PM
2 SE SHARPE - THERE WAS A VERY BRIEF TORNADO TOUCHDOWN OF JUST A FEW SECONDS ON GEORGE CLARK ROAD...2.1 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SHARPE. SEVERAL CEDAR TREES WERE UPROOTED...ONE NEARBY TREE (PAH)
08/20/2016
T
TOR
Glasgow, KY6:32 PM
5 S LECTA - EF-0 TORNADO... MAX WIND 70-80 MPH...30 YARD PATH WIDTH...CORN FLATTENED AND ROOF TORN OFF A LARGE METAL OUTBUILDING. (LMK)
07/04/2016
T
TOR
City of Brodhead, KY4:27 PM
1 WNW BRODHEAD - A NWS STORM SURVEY FOUND DAMAGE CONSISTENT WITH AN EF-1 TORNADO NEAR BRODHEAD KY...WITH WINDS ESTIMATED AT 90 MPH. MULTIPLE HARDWOOD TREES WERE UPROOTED. ALSO...A SEDAN (JKL)
T
TOR
City of Louisa, KY3:44 PM
1 WSW LOUISA - NWS DAMAGE SURVEY CONFIRMED EF-2 TORNADO DAMAGE IN THE TOWN OF LOUISA. EXTENSIVE DAMAGE WAS DONE TO THE LOUISA WAL MART AND BROWN FOOD SERVICE WAREHOUSE. CARS AND SHIPP (RLX)
05/10/2016
T
TOR
Christian County, KY9:03 PM
5 NE HOPKINSVILLE - REPORTED AT JOHNSON ROAD AND PILOT ROCK ROAD. (PAH)
T
TOR
Christian County, KY8:47 PM
3 N HOPKINSVILLE - TORNADO SIGHTED AT LAKE BLYTHE. (PAH)
T
TOR
Cerulean, KY8:27 PM
CERULEAN - DEBRIS SEEN ON GROUND. (PAH)
T
TOR
Gracey, KY8:25 PM
4 SSE CERULEAN - TROOPER SIGHTED TORNADO NEAR BUFFALO ROAD AND HIGHWAY 128. DAMAGE TO HOUSE REPORTED...OCCUPANTS FLED. (PAH)
T
TOR
Cerulean, KY8:24 PM
1 SE CERULEAN - (PAH)
T
TOR
Cerulean, KY8:22 PM
BUFFALO - TORNADO SIGHTED SOUTH OF CERULEAN IN THE BUFFALO AREA. (PAH)
T
TOR
Cerulean, KY8:16 PM
2 SSE CERULEAN - STRUCTURAL DAMAGE ALONG KY HIGHWAY 126 JUST NORTH OF HIGHWAY 128. (PAH)
T
TOR
City of Morganfield, KY7:10 PM
MORGANFIELD - (PAH)
T
TOR
Union County, KY7:06 PM
5 WSW MORGANFIELD - EF1 TORNADO. PEAK WIND 50 YARDS. PATH LENGTH 3.6 MILES. PATH WIDTH 50 YARDS. ENDING 2.1 MILES W OF MORGANFIELD. NUMEROUS TREES SNAPPED OR UPROOTED. (PAH)
T
TOR
Ohio County, KY7:06 PM
1 NE HARTFORD - TORNADO HAD AN 8.6 MILE PATH LENGTH AND GOT AS WIDE AS 300 YARDS. DAMAGE OCCURRED TO MULTIPLE TREES AND PROPERTIES. TORNADO ENDED 2 MILES WSW OF OLATON. MOST SIGNIFICAN (LMK)
T
TOR
City of White Plains, KY6:30 PM
APEX - EMS/EMA TRACKED TORNADO FROM FIRST TOUCHDOWN NEAR APEX TO WEIR TO SOUTH OF DRAKESBORO NEAR BROWDER...THEN THE TORNADO LIFTED AT APPROXIMATELY 555 PM. QUARTER TO LARGER (PAH)
T
TOR
Greenville, KY6:26 PM
7 SW GREENVILLE - SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO HOUSE ON JOE ELI LANE ON MUHLENBERG/CHRISTIAN CO. LINE. RESIDENT TOOK COVER IN A STORM SHELTER. (PAH)
T
TOR
City of White Plains, KY6:25 PM
2 NE APEX - (PAH)
T
TOR
City of White Plains, KY6:25 PM
N APEX - EF-1 105 MPH PEAK WIND. PATH LENGTH 5 MILES. DOZENS OF TREES SNAPPED OR UPROOTED. 2 BARNS DESTROYED. ROOF BLOWN OFF DECK WITH PARTIAL LOSS OF ROOF DECKING ON HOUSE. PAT (PAH)
T
TOR
City of Benton, KY4:20 PM
2 WSW BENTON - TORNADO ON THE GROUND NEAR MILE MARKER 40 ON THE PURCHASE PARKWAY. (PAH)
T
TOR
Symsonia, KY4:06 PM
10 NE MAYFIELD - TORNADO ON THE GROUND PRODUCING DAMAGE ON THE GRAVES/MARSHALL COUNTY LINE. (PAH)
T
TOR
Mayfield, KY3:55 PM
2 N MAYFIELD - TORNADO ON THE GROUND CROSSING HIGHWAY 45. DAMAGE/DEBRIS HAVE BEEN CONFIRMED. (PAH)
T
TOR
Mayfield, KY3:51 PM
2 NNW MAYFIELD - TORNADO ON THE GROUND CROSSING HIGHWAY 121 (PAH)
T
TOR
Fancy Farm, KY3:47 PM
4 ENE FANCY FARM - (PAH)
T
TOR
City of Mayfield, KY3:47 PM
MAYFIELD - *** 8 INJ *** 8 NON LIFE-THREATENING INJURIES REPORTED BY KY STATE POLICE. (PAH)
T
TOR
Breckinridge County, KY3:22 PM
3 E GARFIELD - A VERY NARROW INTENSE DAMAGE PATH (25 YARDS) OF ROTATING 90-95 MPH WINDS EMBEDDED WITHIN A 3-MILE WIDE AREA OF STRAIGHT-LINED WINDS. THE TORNADO LEFT A DISTINCT PATH IN (LMK)
12/26/2016
T
TOR
Symsonia, KY4:10 PM
2 SE SHARPE - THERE WAS A VERY BRIEF TORNADO TOUCHDOWN OF JUST A FEW SECONDS ON GEORGE CLARK ROAD...2.1 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SHARPE. SEVERAL CEDAR TREES WERE UPROOTED...ONE NEARBY TREE (PAH)
12/18/2016
MPH
City of Evarts, KY5:15 AM
PUTNEY - LARGE PINE TREE BLOWN DOWN ACROSS A DRIVEWAY. REPORT FROM TWITTER. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. (JKL)
MPH
Coldiron, KY4:50 AM
COLDIRON - TWITTER REPORT OF LARGE PINE TREES UPROOTED OR SNAPPED. TIME OF REPORT FROM RADAR. (JKL)
MPH
Clay County, KY2:50 AM
2 NE MANCHESTER - TREE DOWN ON COTTON BEND ROAD. (JKL)
MPH
City of Paintsville, KY2:35 AM
PAINTSVILLE - KFC AND CITY NATIONAL BANK SIGNS DESTROYED IN PAINTSVILLE. SEVERAL TREES DOWN IN TOWN AND OUT IN THE COUNTY AS WELL. (JKL)
MPH
London, KY2:25 AM
LONDON - TREE DOWN ON RESIDENCE IN LONDON. (JKL)
MPH
Monticello, KY1:52 AM
1 SW MONTICELLO - TREE REPORTED DOWN ON HIGHWAY 1546 ABOUT A HALF MILE FROM HIGHWAY 90. (JKL)
MPH
City of Russell, KY1:36 AM
RUSSELL - TREE DOWN ON RIVERVIEW RD PER DISPATCH. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. (RLX)
MPH
Greenup, KY1:18 AM
5 WNW GREENUP - TREE BLOCKING CNTY RTE 827 AT ALCORN RIDGE RD PER DISPATCH. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. (RLX)
MPH
Greenup, KY1:18 AM
GREENUP - TREE BLOCKING CNTY RTE 827 AT ALCORN RIDGE RD PER DISPATCH. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. (RLX)
MPH
Columbia, KY12:00 AM
COLUMBIA - ROOF BLOWN OFF BUILDING ON DOWNTOWN SQUARE IN COLUMBIA... WITH POWER LINES DOWN IN THE AREA. ADAIR CO KY MESONET SITE SHOWED PEAK GUST OF 42 MPH AT THAT TIME. . (LMK)
12/17/2016
MPH
City of Cave City, KY10:28 PM
CAVE CITY - OUTBUILDING BLOWN OVER AND TREE BLOWN DOWN. PICTURES VIA TWITTER. . (LMK)
MPH
Auburn, KY9:00 PM
5 SW HADLEY - PART OF A METAL ROOF BLOWN OFF A BARN IN RICHELIEU. TIME ESTIMATED BASED ON RADAR. (LMK)
1.0 IN
IN
2.0 IN
IN
10/20/2016
1.0 IN
IN
MPH
Vine Grove, KY8:33 AM
2 W RINEYVILLE - SEVERAL TREES KNOCKED DOWN AS STORM PASSED THROUGH THE AREA. (LMK)
MPH
Hardin County, KY8:29 AM
4 W RINEYVILLE - SEVERAL TREES KNOCKED DOWN BY THUNDERSTORM WINDS. (LMK)
MPH
Hardin County, KY8:25 AM
4 NNE HOWE VALLEY - SEVERAL BARNS AND WOODEN FENCES DESTROYED BY THUNDERSTORM WINDS. . (LMK)
10/19/2016
1.75 IN
IN
MPH
Claryville, KY7:41 PM
6 SSW ALEXANDRIA - ABOUT 12 TO 15 TREES OF VARIOUS SIZES DOWN AT A RESIDENCE ON LEES RD. SOME WERE SNAPPED AND SOME UPROOTED...ALL IN THE SAME GENERAL DIRECTION. (ILN)
MPH
Claryville, KY7:40 PM
GRANTS LICK - SEVERAL TREES DOWN IN THE GRANTS LICK AREA. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. (ILN)
2.5 IN
IN
1.75 IN
IN
MPH
Independence, KY7:22 PM
3 S INDEPENDENCE - MULTIPLE TREES DOWN. (ILN)