All Kentucky Hail Reports in December 2021
Population: 4,206,074
38.20042, -84.87762
Updated: 06/04/2026
4
Hail Reports
December 2021 · 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 December 2021
Kentucky had 4 hail reports in December 2021. Reports were recorded across 3 counties, with Adair County reporting the most activity at 2 reports. The largest hail reported in Kentucky in December 2021 was 1.75 inches (golf ball-sized) near Hickman, 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.
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Hail Size Severity by Month
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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 December 2021
01/01/2022
1.25 IN
IN
Columbia, KY6:29 AM
VIEWER REPORTED HALF DOLLAR HAIL IN COLUMBIA. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. (LMK)
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1.5 IN
IN
12/10/2021
1.75 IN
IN
12/05/2021
1.5 IN
IN
12/12/2021
75.0 MPH
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Plano, KY6:12 AM
2 NW PLANO - THE BOWLING GREEN KENTUCKY MESONET MEASURED A WIND GUST OF 75MPH. (LMK)
12/11/2021
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City of Mortons Gap, KY11:57 PM
3 NNE MORTONS GAP - SEMI AND CARS FLIPPED OFF INTERSTATE 69 NEAR EARLINGTON. (PAH)
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City of Benton, KY10:45 PM
2 WNW BENTON - A MOBILE HOME ON JACKSON SCHOOL ROAD WAS COMPLETELY DESTROYED. A NEARBY GARAGE WAS SWEPT OFF ITS FOUNDATION. POSSIBLE TORNADO. (PAH)
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Pleasant View, KY8:31 AM
RED ASH - TREES ON POWERLINES ALONG KENSEE HOLLOW ROAD. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. (JKL)
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Menifee County, KY8:17 AM
1 NW RED RIVER GORGE - TREE DOWN BLOCKING KY-715 IN THE RED RIVER GORGE. TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR. (JKL)
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Salyersville, KY7:57 AM
LICKBURG - TREES WERE REPORTED TO HAVE BEEN BLOWN DOWN IN THE LICK CREEK COMMUNITY. THE TIME OF THE EVENT IS RADAR ESTIMATED. (JKL)
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Salyersville, KY7:55 AM
GULLETT - TREES WERE REPORTED TO HAVE BEEN BLOWN DOWN IN THE MIDDLE FORK OF THE LICKING RIVER COMMUNITY. THE TIME OF THE EVENT IS RADAR ESTIMATED. (JKL)
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Powell County, KY7:54 AM
1 W FURNACE - TREE DOWN ON POWER LINE AND BLOCKING FURNACE JUNCTION ROAD. (JKL)
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Campton, KY7:29 AM
MARY - 8 INCH TREE REPORTED DOWN BLOCKING FLAT MARY ROAD. (JKL)
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Campton, KY7:24 AM
BOOTH - TWO TREES DOWN ACROSS SANDY RIDGE ROAD. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. (JKL)
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Campton, KY7:20 AM
TORRENT - BRANCHES DOWN BLOCKING KY-715 IN THE 4000 BLOCK. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. (JKL)
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Menifee County, KY7:17 AM
1 NW RED RIVER GORGE - CORRECTS PREVIOUS TSTM WND DMG REPORT FROM 1 NW RED RIVER GORGE. TREE DOWN BLOCKING KY-715 IN THE RED RIVER GORGE. TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR. (JKL)
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Lee County, KY7:17 AM
1 N MOUNT OLIVE - TREE DOWN BLOCKING HIGHWAY 52W IN THE 2000 BLOCK. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. (JKL)
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Clark County, KY7:16 AM
1 WNW FORD - REPORT FROM MPING: TREES UPROOTED OR SNAPPED; ROOF BLOWN OFF. (LMK)
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Powell County, KY7:05 AM
1 W FURNACE - CORRECTS PREVIOUS TSTM WND DMG REPORT FROM 1 W FURNACE. TREE DOWN ON POWER LINE AND BLOCKING FURNACE JUNCTION ROAD. (JKL)
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Berea, KY6:48 AM
ROCKFORD - TWO TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN ON SCAFFOLD CANE ROAD NEAR THE MADISON COUNTY LINE. THE EVENT TIME IS ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. (JKL)
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East Bernstadt, KY6:44 AM
EAST BERNSTADT - A TREE WAS REPORTED TO HAVE BEEN BLOWN DOWN IN THE EAST BERNSTADT COMMUNITY. (JKL)
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City of Corbin, KY6:44 AM
RYE - TREES ON POWERLINES ALONG HIGHTOP ROAD. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. (JKL)
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North Corbin, KY6:44 AM
KEAVY - 2 TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN IN THE KEAVY COMMUNITY. (JKL)
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Brodhead, KY6:44 AM
1 N BRODHEAD - A TREE WAS BLOWN DOWN ALONG POSSUM KINGDOM ROAD IN THE BRODHEAD COMMUNITY. THE EVENT TIME IS ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. (JKL)
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McCreary County, KY6:35 AM
4 NE PINE KNOT - TREE BLOCKING LAUREL CEMETERY ROAD. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. (JKL)
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Pine Knot, KY6:32 AM
2 ENE STRUNK - TREE REPORTED DOWN ON MURPHY RIDGE ROAD. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. (JKL)
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Pine Knot, KY6:31 AM
1 W PINE KNOT - TREE REPORTED DOWN ON ROUND TOP RD. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. (JKL)
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Wayne County, KY6:15 AM
SLAVANS - TREE DOWN ALONG HIGHWAY 92 WEST NEAR WAYNE/MCCREARY COUNTY LINE. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. (JKL)
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Wayne County, KY6:10 AM
1 NNE COOPER - TREE DOWN ON HIGHWAY 167. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. (JKL)
12/11/2021
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TOR
Taylor County, KY3:22 AM
2 NNW HOBSON - EMERGENCY MANAGER REPORT OF COLLAPSED STRUCTURE WITH PEOPLE TRAPPED ON FEATHER CREEK RD NORTH OF CAMPBELLSVILLE IN NORTHERN TAYLOR COUNTY. (LMK)
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TOR
City of Bowling Green, KY2:15 AM
BOWLING GREEN - MULTIPLE REPORTS OF DAMAGED OR COLLAPSED STRUCTURES DUE TO TORNADO. PEOPLE TRAPPED. DAMAGE TO THE CORVETTE PLANT WITH FIRE ON ITS ROOF. (LMK)
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TOR
City of Auburn, KY2:04 AM
7 NNW AUBURN - APPROXIMATE END POINT OF EF3 TORNADO. (LMK)
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TOR
City of Russellville, KY1:47 AM
7 S SPA - STARTING POINT FOR EF3 TORNADO... WITH A PATH LENGTH OF 17 MILES AND PEAK WINDS OF 140 MPH. AT WIDEST POINT... TORNADO WAS 0.8 MILES WIDE. IT WAS ON THE GROUND FOR 17 M (LMK)
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TOR
City of LaFayette, KY1:15 AM
1 WSW LAFAYETTE - POSSIBLE TORNADO JUST SOUTHWEST OF LAFAYETTE. (PAH)
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TOR
City of Bremen, KY12:00 AM
1 W BREMEN - *** 11 FATAL *** TOTAL DESTRUCTION OF DOZENS OF HOMES. DAMAGE SURVEYS ARE ONGOING... BUT A MINIMUM OF EF-3 DAMAGE HAS OCCURRED. PRELIMINARY ESTIMATE OF 11 FATALITIES IN (PAH)
12/10/2021
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TOR
City of Mortons Gap, KY11:52 PM
1 NNW MORTONS GAP - POSSIBLE RAIN WRAPPED TORNADO BETWEEN MORTONS GAP AND EARLINGTON. (PAH)
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TOR
Dawson Springs, KY11:30 PM
DAWSON SPRINGS - *** 12 FATAL *** TOTAL DESTRUCTION OF DOZENS OF HOMES. DAMAGE SURVEY IS ONGOING ACROSS THE COUNTY... BUT A MINIMUM OF EF-3 DAMAGE HAS OCCURRED IN THE DAWSON SPRINGS ARE (PAH)
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TOR
Lyon County, KY11:15 PM
4 SE EDDYVILLE - *** 1 FATAL *** CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE OF DOZENS OF HOMES IN THE BELL HOLLOW AREA ALONG LAKE BARKLEY... SOME OF WHICH WERE COMPLETED DESTROYED. 1 FATALITY OCCURRED ON KELS (PAH)
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TOR
Grand Rivers, KY10:58 PM
5 S GRAND RIVERS - *** 2 FATAL *** TOTAL DESTRUCTION OF DOZENS OF HOMES IN THE CAMBRIDGE SHORES AND SHERWOOD SHORES AREAS ALONG KY LAKE. DAMAGE SURVEYS ARE ONGOING... BUT A MINIMUM OF EF- (PAH)
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TOR
Mayfield, KY10:27 PM
MAYFIELD - MAJOR DAMAGE REPORTED IN MAYFIELD. NO FURTHER DETAILS AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME. (PAH)
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TOR
Mayfield, KY10:25 PM
1 NE MAYFIELD - *** 20 FATAL *** TOTAL DESTRUCTION OF DOZENS OF HOMES AND BUSINESSES. DAMAGE SURVEY IS ONGOING... BUT A MINIMUM OF EF-3 DAMAGE HAS OCCURRED. THE TORNADO TRACKED ACROSS (PAH)
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TOR
Cayce, KY10:01 PM
CAYCE - DAMAGE REPORTED IN CAYCE TO A CAFE AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. (PAH)
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TOR
City of Central City, KY9:45 PM
CENTRAL CITY - DAMAGE TO HARDWARE STORE ON WEST EVERLY BROS. BLVD. (PAH)
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TOR
Central City, KY9:39 PM
1 SW CENTRAL CITY - DEBRIS FROM HOMES AND BILLBOARDS ALONG THE WEST KENTUCKY PARKWAY JUST WEST OF CENTRAL CITY. (PAH)
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TOR
Morehead, KY9:38 PM
2 WSW CENTRAL CITY - POWER FLASHES JUST NORTH OF THE WEST KENTUCKY PARKWAY JUST WEST OF CENTRAL CITY. POWER IS OUT. (PAH)
12/08/2021
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TOR
Todd County, KY5:40 AM
5 S ELKTON - SEVERAL SHEDS EXPERIENCED ROOF DAMAGE AND/OR WALL COLLAPSE FROM OLD RAILROAD LANE TO ALLENSVILLE ROAD. THIS EF-0 TORNADO WAS ON THE GROUND FOR 4.1 MILES. PEAK WIND SPEE (PAH)
12/06/2021
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TOR
Todd County, KY5:40 AM
5 S ELKTON - CORRECTS PREVIOUS TORNADO REPORT FROM 5 S ELKTON. SEVERAL SHEDS EXPERIENCED ROOF DAMAGE AND/OR WALL COLLAPSE FROM OLD RAILROAD LANE TO ALLENSVILLE ROAD. THIS EF-0 TORNA (PAH)
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TOR
City of Elkton, KY5:33 AM
4 WNW ELKTON - EF-1 TORNADO WITH PEAK WINDS OF 90 MPH AND WIDTH OF 100 YARDS. APPROXIMATE PATH LENGTH OF 8.3 MILES. SEVERAL OLDER BARNS WERE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. MANY LARGE TREES WER (PAH)
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TOR
City of Stamping Ground, KY4:22 AM
STAMPING GROUND - *** 2 INJ *** AN EF1 TORNADO WITH PEAK WINDS AROUND 95 MPH BRIEFLY TOUCHED IN STAMPING GROUND. IT WAS ON THE GROUND FOR A QUARTER OF A MILE WITH A MAXIMUM WIDTH OF 60 Y (LMK)
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TOR
Franklin County, KY4:10 AM
3 N FRANKFORT - THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONDUCTED A STORM DAMAGE SURVEY IN FRANKLIN COUNTY FROM STORMS THAT OCCURRED EARLY MONDAY MORNING. THE SURVEY TEAM DETERMINED THAT A TORNAD (LMK)
12/05/2021
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TOR
Reidland, KY9:31 PM
2 WNW LEDBETTER - A CAPTAIN ON THE OHIO RIVER NEAR THE CONFLUENCE OF THE TENNESSEE AND OHIO RIVERS REPORTED A TORNADO NARROWLY MISSED THEIR BOAT AS IT CROSSED THE RIVER. THE TORNADO RIPP (PAH)
01/01/2022
1.25 IN
IN
Columbia, KY6:29 AM
VIEWER REPORTED HALF DOLLAR HAIL IN COLUMBIA. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. (LMK)
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1.5 IN
IN
12/12/2021
75.0 MPH
MPH
Plano, KY6:12 AM
2 NW PLANO - THE BOWLING GREEN KENTUCKY MESONET MEASURED A WIND GUST OF 75MPH. (LMK)
12/11/2021
MPH
City of Mortons Gap, KY11:57 PM
3 NNE MORTONS GAP - SEMI AND CARS FLIPPED OFF INTERSTATE 69 NEAR EARLINGTON. (PAH)
MPH
City of Benton, KY10:45 PM
2 WNW BENTON - A MOBILE HOME ON JACKSON SCHOOL ROAD WAS COMPLETELY DESTROYED. A NEARBY GARAGE WAS SWEPT OFF ITS FOUNDATION. POSSIBLE TORNADO. (PAH)
MPH
Pleasant View, KY8:31 AM
RED ASH - TREES ON POWERLINES ALONG KENSEE HOLLOW ROAD. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. (JKL)
MPH
Menifee County, KY8:17 AM
1 NW RED RIVER GORGE - TREE DOWN BLOCKING KY-715 IN THE RED RIVER GORGE. TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR. (JKL)
MPH
Salyersville, KY7:57 AM
LICKBURG - TREES WERE REPORTED TO HAVE BEEN BLOWN DOWN IN THE LICK CREEK COMMUNITY. THE TIME OF THE EVENT IS RADAR ESTIMATED. (JKL)
MPH
Salyersville, KY7:55 AM
GULLETT - TREES WERE REPORTED TO HAVE BEEN BLOWN DOWN IN THE MIDDLE FORK OF THE LICKING RIVER COMMUNITY. THE TIME OF THE EVENT IS RADAR ESTIMATED. (JKL)
MPH
Powell County, KY7:54 AM
1 W FURNACE - TREE DOWN ON POWER LINE AND BLOCKING FURNACE JUNCTION ROAD. (JKL)
MPH
Campton, KY7:29 AM
MARY - 8 INCH TREE REPORTED DOWN BLOCKING FLAT MARY ROAD. (JKL)
MPH
Campton, KY7:24 AM
BOOTH - TWO TREES DOWN ACROSS SANDY RIDGE ROAD. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. (JKL)
MPH
Campton, KY7:20 AM
TORRENT - BRANCHES DOWN BLOCKING KY-715 IN THE 4000 BLOCK. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. (JKL)
MPH
Menifee County, KY7:17 AM
1 NW RED RIVER GORGE - CORRECTS PREVIOUS TSTM WND DMG REPORT FROM 1 NW RED RIVER GORGE. TREE DOWN BLOCKING KY-715 IN THE RED RIVER GORGE. TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR. (JKL)
MPH
Lee County, KY7:17 AM
1 N MOUNT OLIVE - TREE DOWN BLOCKING HIGHWAY 52W IN THE 2000 BLOCK. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. (JKL)
MPH
Clark County, KY7:16 AM
1 WNW FORD - REPORT FROM MPING: TREES UPROOTED OR SNAPPED; ROOF BLOWN OFF. (LMK)
MPH
Powell County, KY7:05 AM
1 W FURNACE - CORRECTS PREVIOUS TSTM WND DMG REPORT FROM 1 W FURNACE. TREE DOWN ON POWER LINE AND BLOCKING FURNACE JUNCTION ROAD. (JKL)
MPH
Berea, KY6:48 AM
ROCKFORD - TWO TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN ON SCAFFOLD CANE ROAD NEAR THE MADISON COUNTY LINE. THE EVENT TIME IS ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. (JKL)
MPH
East Bernstadt, KY6:44 AM
EAST BERNSTADT - A TREE WAS REPORTED TO HAVE BEEN BLOWN DOWN IN THE EAST BERNSTADT COMMUNITY. (JKL)
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City of Corbin, KY6:44 AM
RYE - TREES ON POWERLINES ALONG HIGHTOP ROAD. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. (JKL)
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North Corbin, KY6:44 AM
KEAVY - 2 TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN IN THE KEAVY COMMUNITY. (JKL)
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Brodhead, KY6:44 AM
1 N BRODHEAD - A TREE WAS BLOWN DOWN ALONG POSSUM KINGDOM ROAD IN THE BRODHEAD COMMUNITY. THE EVENT TIME IS ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. (JKL)
MPH
McCreary County, KY6:35 AM
4 NE PINE KNOT - TREE BLOCKING LAUREL CEMETERY ROAD. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. (JKL)
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Pine Knot, KY6:32 AM
2 ENE STRUNK - TREE REPORTED DOWN ON MURPHY RIDGE ROAD. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. (JKL)
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Pine Knot, KY6:31 AM
1 W PINE KNOT - TREE REPORTED DOWN ON ROUND TOP RD. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. (JKL)