All Kentucky Hail Reports in 2017
Population: 4,206,074
38.20042, -84.87762
Updated: 06/04/2026
143
Hail Reports
2017 · within 10 miles
2.5″
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 2017
Kentucky had 143 hail reports in 2017. Reports were recorded across 54 counties, with Calloway County reporting the most activity at 14 reports. The largest hail reported in Kentucky in 2017 was 2.50 inches (baseball-sized) near Cannonsburg, 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).
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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.
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Hail Reports in Kentucky in 2017
09/05/2017
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City of Kevil, KY7:05 AM
QUARTER TO SOME HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL IN SOUTHWEST MCCRACKEN COUNTY. LATE REPORT (PAH)
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08/01/2017
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07/23/2017
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07/06/2017
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Ferguson, KY5:15 PM
QUARTER SIZE HAIL REPORTED SOUTH OF SOMERSET. ALSO A FUNNEL CLOUD WAS SIGHTED. (JKL)
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07/01/2017
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Calloway County, KY5:50 PM
1 INCH HAIL REPORTED BY FIRE CHIEF AT HIS HOME ON POTTERTOWN ROAD EAST OF MURRAY... LASTED ABOUT 3 MINUTES... BROKE 1 WINDOW. (PAH)
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05/31/2017
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05/27/2017
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Science Hill, KY7:15 PM
THE EVENT TIME IS ESTIMATED FROM RADAR DATA FOR THIS SOCIAL MEDIA REPORT. (JKL)
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City of Hazard, KY5:48 PM
REPORT VIA SOCIAL MEDIA WITH EVENT TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR DATA. (JKL)
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Jackson, KY5:27 PM
REPORT VIA SOCIAL MEDIA AND TIME OF THE EVENT ESTIMATED FROM RADAR DATA. (JKL)
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11/18/2017
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Arlington, KY6:39 PM
3 S VALLEY VIEW - NUMEROUS TREES AND FARM OUTBUILDINGS DAMAGED BY THUNDERSTORM WINDS IN THE BALDWIN COMMUNITY. (LMK)
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Mount Vernon, KY6:27 PM
2 W LEXINGTON - POWER POLE DOWN AND LARGE TREE ON CAR. (LMK)
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Wilmore, KY6:23 PM
1 SE WILMORE - MULTIPLE TREES DOWN ON THE WESTERN SIDE OF JESSAMINE COUNTY. SOME BLOCKING ROADS. (LMK)
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High Bridge, KY6:21 PM
HIGH BRIDGE - TREE FELL ON A RESIDENCE IN HIGH BRIDGE. (LMK)
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Taylor County, KY6:05 PM
CAMPBELLSVILLE - FEW POWER LINES REPORTED DOWN. (LMK)
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Anderson County, KY5:59 PM
5 SW LAWRENCEBURG - DOWNED TREE BLOCKED HIGHWAY 62. RELAYED BY TRAINED SPOTTER. (LMK)
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Edmonson County, KY5:07 PM
SWEEDEN - AT LEAST 15 TREES DOWN ON A PROPERTY IN SWEEDEN. (LMK)
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Shepherdsville, KY5:05 PM
1 NW SHEPHERDSVILLE - NWS STORM SURVEY FOUND A SWATH OF INTERMITTENT WIND DAMAGE EXTENDING FROM SHEPHERDSVILLE... KY TO MOUNT WASHINGTON... KY. DAMAGE LENGTH WAS APPROXIMATELY 11.12 MILES WI (LMK)
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Ekron, KY4:35 PM
GUSTON - HOME DAMAGED.. TREES DOWN AND RV TURNED OVER. (LMK)
60.0 MPH
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Ohio County, KY4:26 PM
4 NE BEDA - (LMK)
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City of Beaver Dam, KY4:25 PM
BEAVER DAM - TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN. (LMK)
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City of Cadiz, KY4:15 PM
CADIZ - TREES DOWN ALONG CERULEAN ROAD. SHED BLOWN FROM FRONT YARD TO BACK YARD. POWER OUTAGES REPORTED. TIME ESTIMATED. (PAH)
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Bremen, KY4:12 PM
SW BREMEN - 2 BARNS WERE DESTROYED AND NUMEROUS TREES UPROOTED ON BENNETT LANE. (PAH)
59.0 MPH
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Gracey, KY4:09 PM
GRACEY - (PAH)
60.0 MPH
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Dawson Springs, KY3:48 PM
DAWSON SPRINGS - (PAH)
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City of Murray, KY3:48 PM
MURRAY - MULTIPLE REPORTS OF TREES DOWN WITHIN CALLOWAY CO. SPOTTER ESTIMATED WINDS NEAR 50 MPH. 37 CUSTOMERS WITHOUT POWER. (PAH)
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Fredonia, KY3:45 PM
6 NW PRINCETON - TREES DOWN NEAR HWY 91 AND WHITE SULPHUR ROAD. (PAH)
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City of Providence, KY3:45 PM
PROVIDENCE - WIDESPREAD TREE DAMAGE AND DOWNED POWERLINES. ALL OF PROVIDENCE AND CLAY ARE WITHOUT POWER. (PAH)
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City of Providence, KY3:27 PM
PROVIDENCE - DAMAGE PATH WAS APPXOIMATELY 1.25 MILES LONG ACROSS THE TOWN OF PROVIDENCE WITH WINDS RATED UP TO 75 MPH. HUNDREDS OF TREES AND LIMBS WERE UPROOTED OR SNAPPED. AROUND 5 (PAH)
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City of Paducah, KY3:15 PM
PADUCAH - REPORTED POWER OUTAGES THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY. (PAH)
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McCracken County, KY3:10 PM
WEST PADUCAH - DOWNED TREES REPORTED IN THE COMMUNITY. PHOTOS SENT SOCIAL MEDIA. (PAH)
11/05/2017
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Clay, KY9:55 PM
2 NE CLAY - FARMERS EQUIPMENT SHED DESTROYED AND BLOCKING STATE ROUTE 132 AT STATE ROUTE 132 AND SPRINGER CURRY ROAD. TREES DOWN IN SAME AREA. (PAH)
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City of Wheatcroft, KY9:45 PM
WHEATCROFT - TREE DOWN BETWEEN CLAY AND WHEATCROFT ALONG STATE ROUTE 109. (PAH)
10/07/2017
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Ohio County, KY9:40 PM
2 SW DUNDEE - DAMAGE TO A FEW HOUSE ROOFS ALONG WITH PORCH DAMAGE. (LMK)
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Hartford, KY9:25 PM
1 WNW HARTFORD - 5 POWER POLES FELL ALONG N MAIN STREET. (LMK)
11/18/2017
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Taylor County, KY6:00 PM
1 ENE HOBSON - THIS SMALL... NARROW SQUALL-LINE SPINUP TORNADO MOVED OVER RURAL COUNTRYSIDE... DAMAGING OR DESTROYING A HALF DOZEN OUTBUILDINGS AND DOING MINOR TREE DAMAGE AS IT TRAVE (LMK)
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City of Elkton, KY4:36 PM
6 NNW ELKTON - AN EF-0 TORNADO WITH PEAK WINDS OF 85 MPH TOUCHED DOWN NORTHWEST OF ELKTON KENTUCKY AND TRAVELED APPROXIMATELY 3/4 OF A MILE. A BRICK FOUNDATION WAS BLOWN OUT AND A WEL (PAH)
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Irvington, KY4:32 PM
4 N IRVINGTON - *** 1 INJ *** THE TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN JUST INSIDE THE BRECKINRIDGE-MEADE COUNTY LINE NORTH OF IRVINGTON. IT PUSHED A LARGE TOBACCO BARN 15 FEET EASTWARD... TORE OFF IT (LMK)
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Beaver Dam, KY4:32 PM
1 S BEAVER DAM - *** 1 INJ *** NWS STORM SURVEY TEAM DETERMINED THAT AN EF-1 TORNADO WITH WINDS OF 95 TO 100 MPH TOUCHED DOWN ABOUT ONE HALF MILE WSW OF BEAVER DAM ALONG US 62 AND GOSHE (LMK)
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Beaver Dam, KY4:20 PM
1 S BEAVER DAM - *** 1 INJ *** NWS STORM SURVEY TEAM DETERMINED THAT AN EF-1 TORNADO WITH WINDS OF 95 TO 100 MPH TOUCHED DOWN ABOUT ONE HALF MILE WSW OF BEAVER DAM ALONG US 62 AND GOSHE (LMK)
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City of Bremen, KY4:12 PM
2 SW BREMEN - AN EF-1 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN 2 1/4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BREMEN KENTUCKY AND LIFTED 2 3/4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BREMEN. THE PATH LENGTH WAS 2 3/4 MILES... THE MAX WIDTH WAS 3 (PAH)
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City of Bremen, KY4:02 PM
2 SW BREMEN - AN EF-1 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN 2 1/4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BREMEN KENTUCKY AND LIFTED 2 3/4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BREMEN. THE PATH LENGTH WAS 2 3/4 MILES... THE MAX WIDTH WAS 3 (PAH)
06/23/2017
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Loretto, KY6:05 PM
SAINT FRANCIS - THIS SHORT-LIVED TORNADO SPUN UP IN A BROADER AREA OF 40-60 MPH WINDS THAT CAUSED MINOR TREE DAMAGE ACROSS AN AREA OVER A MILE WIDE IN WESTERN MARION COUNTY. THE TORNAD (LMK)
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City of Hodgenville, KY5:37 PM
3 WNW BUFFALO - THE TORNADO FIRST DOWNED A LARGE TREE ON MCDOWELL RD 2.8 MILES SOUTH OF HODGENVILLE. IT DAMAGED TREE TOPS AT THE LINCOLN BIRTHPLACE NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK AS IT MOVED (LMK)
04/28/2017
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City of Goshen, KY11:53 PM
GOSHEN - EXTENSIVE DAMAGE ALONG HARMONY LANDING WITH NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER POLES DOWN. ROOF DAMAGE TO A RESIDENCE AND BARN DAMAGE. MAJOR ROOF DAMAGE TO A LARGE CHURCH AT 1620 (LMK)
04/26/2017
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Hickman County, KY8:12 PM
5 SE CLINTON - EF1 TORNADO BEGAN 4.6 MI SE OF CLINTON KY AND TRAVELED 12.5 MILES AND LIFTED 3.2 MI NNE OF WINGO KY. 150 YDS MAX PATH WIDTH. PEAK WIND SPEED 95 MPH. 3 DOZEN HOMES/BUILD (PAH)
04/05/2017
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Hardyville, KY6:20 PM
3 W PIERCE - LARGE WELL BUILT BARN DESTROYED. TWO SMALL OUTBUILDINGS AND A FIFTH WHEELER DESTROYED. DEBRIS BLOWN 1/4 MILE TO THE NORTHEAST EXHIBITED CONVERGENCE AND ROTATION. COR TO (LMK)
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Hardyville, KY6:16 PM
3 W PIERCE - CORRECTED TIME. LARGE WELL BUILT BARN DESTROYED. TWO SMALL OUTBUILDINGS AND A FIFTH WHEELER DESTROYED. DEBRIS BLOWN 1/4 MILE TO THE NORTHEAST EXHIBITED CONVERGENCE AND (LMK)
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Hiseville, KY6:13 PM
2 NW CENTER - BARNS DAMAGED...60 FT SILO COLLAPSED...TREE DAMAGE. THE DURATION OF THE TORNADO EVENT WAS 2 MINUTES. (LMK)
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Hiseville, KY6:12 PM
1 NNW CENTER - TREE DAMAGE. WELL BUILT BARN DESTROYED AND DEBRIS THROWN ONE QUARTER MILE. THE DURATION OF THE TORNADO EVENT WAS 1 MINUTE. (LMK)
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Hiseville, KY6:11 PM
2 NW CENTER - CORRECTED TIME. BARNS DAMAGED...60 FT SILO COLLAPSED...TREE DAMAGE. (LMK)
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City of Eminence, KY5:54 PM
2 ENE EMINENCE - BARNS DAMAGED... GARAGE DOOR BLOWN IN. ANTICYCLONIC TORNADO. ALSO HAIL DAMAGE TO SIDING ON HOMES. THE DURATION OF THE TORNADO EVENT WAS 2 MINUTES. (LMK)
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Hardyville, KY5:20 PM
3 W PIERCE - LARGE WELL BUILT BARN DESTROYED. TWO SMALL OUTBUILDINGS AND A FIFTH WHEELER DESTROYED. DEBRIS BLOWN 1/4 MILE TO THE NORTHEAST EXHIBITED CONVERGENCE AND ROTATION. THE DU (LMK)
03/27/2017
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Hiseville, KY6:05 PM
1 WNW CENTER - THIS SQUALL-LINE TORNADO WAS ON THE GROUND FOR JUST OVER A QUARTER MILE... BUT CAUSED CONSIDERABLE DESTRUCTION. AT TOUCH DOWN... IT DESTROYED TWO LARGE BARNS AND A SMAL (LMK)
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Cerulean, KY3:27 PM
2 SW CERULEAN - RATED AT EF-0. ESTIMATED WINDS 80 MPH. PATH LENGTH 4.4 MILES. PATH WIDTH 125 YARDS. TORNADO ENDED 3.25 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF CERULEAN... KY. TWO PEOPLE WITNESSED THE (PAH)
03/09/2017
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City of Murray, KY10:25 PM
MURRAY - EF1 TORNADO. MAX WIND SPEED 95 MPH. PATH FROM SOUTH SIDE OF MURRAY AT HIGH SCHOOL TO 5 SOUTHEAST OF MURRAY ON HIGHWAY 121. PATH LENGTH 4.8 MILES... MAX WIDTH 145 YARDS. (PAH)
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City of Hickman, KY9:41 PM
HICKMAN - POSSIBLE TORNADO DAMAGE IN TOWN INCLUDING AT THE DISPATCH CENTER. DONT KNOW THE EXTENT OF THE DAMAGE AT THIS TIME. SPOTTER ALSO REPORTED FUNNEL CLOUD EAST OF HICKMAN SO (PAH)
03/01/2017
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City of Jackson, KY9:10 AM
JACKSON - POSSIBLE TORNADO IN JACKSON. (JKL)
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Plano, KY8:24 AM
1 NNW CLAYPOOL - THE NWS IN CONJUNCTION WITH WARREN COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY DETERMINED A HIGH END EF-1 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN IN SOUTHEASTERN WARREN COUNTY... EAST OF I-65 NEAR (LMK)
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City of Campbellsburg, KY6:36 AM
2 N CAMPBELLSBURG - AN EF-1 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN 2 MILES NORTH OF CAMPBELLSBURG... KY... TRAVELED 1 MILE (CROSSING I-71 AND OVERTURNING A TRUCK)... AND THEN LIFTED 2.2 MILES NORTHEAST OF C (LMK)
11/18/2017
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Arlington, KY6:39 PM
3 S VALLEY VIEW - NUMEROUS TREES AND FARM OUTBUILDINGS DAMAGED BY THUNDERSTORM WINDS IN THE BALDWIN COMMUNITY. (LMK)
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Mount Vernon, KY6:27 PM
2 W LEXINGTON - POWER POLE DOWN AND LARGE TREE ON CAR. (LMK)
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Wilmore, KY6:23 PM
1 SE WILMORE - MULTIPLE TREES DOWN ON THE WESTERN SIDE OF JESSAMINE COUNTY. SOME BLOCKING ROADS. (LMK)
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High Bridge, KY6:21 PM
HIGH BRIDGE - TREE FELL ON A RESIDENCE IN HIGH BRIDGE. (LMK)
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Taylor County, KY6:05 PM
CAMPBELLSVILLE - FEW POWER LINES REPORTED DOWN. (LMK)
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Taylor County, KY6:00 PM
1 ENE HOBSON - THIS SMALL... NARROW SQUALL-LINE SPINUP TORNADO MOVED OVER RURAL COUNTRYSIDE... DAMAGING OR DESTROYING A HALF DOZEN OUTBUILDINGS AND DOING MINOR TREE DAMAGE AS IT TRAVE (LMK)
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Anderson County, KY5:59 PM
5 SW LAWRENCEBURG - DOWNED TREE BLOCKED HIGHWAY 62. RELAYED BY TRAINED SPOTTER. (LMK)
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Edmonson County, KY5:07 PM
SWEEDEN - AT LEAST 15 TREES DOWN ON A PROPERTY IN SWEEDEN. (LMK)
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Shepherdsville, KY5:05 PM
1 NW SHEPHERDSVILLE - NWS STORM SURVEY FOUND A SWATH OF INTERMITTENT WIND DAMAGE EXTENDING FROM SHEPHERDSVILLE... KY TO MOUNT WASHINGTON... KY. DAMAGE LENGTH WAS APPROXIMATELY 11.12 MILES WI (LMK)
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City of Elkton, KY4:36 PM
6 NNW ELKTON - AN EF-0 TORNADO WITH PEAK WINDS OF 85 MPH TOUCHED DOWN NORTHWEST OF ELKTON KENTUCKY AND TRAVELED APPROXIMATELY 3/4 OF A MILE. A BRICK FOUNDATION WAS BLOWN OUT AND A WEL (PAH)
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Ekron, KY4:35 PM
GUSTON - HOME DAMAGED.. TREES DOWN AND RV TURNED OVER. (LMK)
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Beaver Dam, KY4:32 PM
1 S BEAVER DAM - *** 1 INJ *** NWS STORM SURVEY TEAM DETERMINED THAT AN EF-1 TORNADO WITH WINDS OF 95 TO 100 MPH TOUCHED DOWN ABOUT ONE HALF MILE WSW OF BEAVER DAM ALONG US 62 AND GOSHE (LMK)
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Irvington, KY4:32 PM
4 N IRVINGTON - *** 1 INJ *** THE TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN JUST INSIDE THE BRECKINRIDGE-MEADE COUNTY LINE NORTH OF IRVINGTON. IT PUSHED A LARGE TOBACCO BARN 15 FEET EASTWARD... TORE OFF IT (LMK)
60.0 MPH
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Ohio County, KY4:26 PM
4 NE BEDA - (LMK)
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City of Beaver Dam, KY4:25 PM
BEAVER DAM - TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN. (LMK)
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Beaver Dam, KY4:20 PM
1 S BEAVER DAM - *** 1 INJ *** NWS STORM SURVEY TEAM DETERMINED THAT AN EF-1 TORNADO WITH WINDS OF 95 TO 100 MPH TOUCHED DOWN ABOUT ONE HALF MILE WSW OF BEAVER DAM ALONG US 62 AND GOSHE (LMK)
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City of Cadiz, KY4:15 PM
CADIZ - TREES DOWN ALONG CERULEAN ROAD. SHED BLOWN FROM FRONT YARD TO BACK YARD. POWER OUTAGES REPORTED. TIME ESTIMATED. (PAH)
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Bremen, KY4:12 PM
SW BREMEN - 2 BARNS WERE DESTROYED AND NUMEROUS TREES UPROOTED ON BENNETT LANE. (PAH)
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City of Bremen, KY4:12 PM
2 SW BREMEN - AN EF-1 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN 2 1/4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BREMEN KENTUCKY AND LIFTED 2 3/4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BREMEN. THE PATH LENGTH WAS 2 3/4 MILES... THE MAX WIDTH WAS 3 (PAH)
59.0 MPH
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Gracey, KY4:09 PM
GRACEY - (PAH)
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City of Bremen, KY4:02 PM
2 SW BREMEN - AN EF-1 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN 2 1/4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BREMEN KENTUCKY AND LIFTED 2 3/4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BREMEN. THE PATH LENGTH WAS 2 3/4 MILES... THE MAX WIDTH WAS 3 (PAH)
60.0 MPH
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Dawson Springs, KY3:48 PM
DAWSON SPRINGS - (PAH)
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City of Murray, KY3:48 PM
MURRAY - MULTIPLE REPORTS OF TREES DOWN WITHIN CALLOWAY CO. SPOTTER ESTIMATED WINDS NEAR 50 MPH. 37 CUSTOMERS WITHOUT POWER. (PAH)
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City of Providence, KY3:45 PM
PROVIDENCE - WIDESPREAD TREE DAMAGE AND DOWNED POWERLINES. ALL OF PROVIDENCE AND CLAY ARE WITHOUT POWER. (PAH)
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Fredonia, KY3:45 PM
6 NW PRINCETON - TREES DOWN NEAR HWY 91 AND WHITE SULPHUR ROAD. (PAH)