All Kentucky Hail Reports in May 2021
Population: 4,206,074
38.20042, -84.87762
Updated: 06/04/2026
2
Hail Reports
May 2021 · within 10 miles
1.25″
Largest Hail
Half Dollar-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 2021
Kentucky had 2 hail reports in May 2021. Reports were recorded across 1 county, with Warren County reporting the most activity at 2 reports. The largest hail reported in Kentucky in May 2021 was 1.25 inches (half dollar-sized) near Plum Springs, 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
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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 May 2021
05/04/2021
1.25 IN
IN
City of Plum Springs, KY1:26 AM
TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTED QUARTER SIZE AND SOME LARGER HAIL STONES ONGOING. (LMK)
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1.0 IN
IN
Bowling Green, KY1:17 AM
TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTED QUARTER SIZE HAIL IN BOWLING GREEN ONGOING. (LMK)
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05/06/2021
MPH
Hopkinsville, KY5:15 PM
HOPKINSVILLE - LARGE TREE DOWN ON VACANT HOUSE. (PAH)
MPH
Christian County, KY5:11 PM
4 NW HOPKINSVILLE - SEVERAL TREES REPORTED DOWN. (PAH)
MPH
City of Murray, KY4:30 PM
MURRAY - TREE ON A MOBILE HOME... TREE ON A POWERLINE IN NORTHERN MURRAY. 40 CUSTOMERS W/O POWER ON THE MURRAY ELEC. GRID... 85 CUSTOMERS W/O POWER ON WKY ELEC. GRID. (PAH)
05/05/2021
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Clinton, KY4:38 AM
CLINTON - 3 BUILDINGS WITH WIND DAMAGE. POWER OUT. LARGE TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN. (PAH)
MPH
City of Clinton, KY4:36 AM
OAKTON - WIND DAMAGE TO A BUILDING IN OAKTON. (PAH)
05/04/2021
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City of Loretto, KY8:24 PM
3 ENE LORETTO - REPORT OF LOTS OF TREES DOWN NEAR MAKERS MARK DISTILLERY. TIME BASED ON RADAR. (LMK)
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City of Loretto, KY8:18 PM
3 ENE NERINX - FIRST RESPONDERS RESPONDED TO TREES DOWN ON NERINX ROAD AT THE COUNTY LINE. ROADS HAVE BEEN CLEARED. TIME BASED ON RADAR. (LMK)
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City of Hopkinsville, KY6:08 AM
2 S HOPKINSVILLE - TREE... POWER POLE... AND TRAFFIC LIGHTS DOWN ON FORT CAMPBELL BOULEVARD AT THE BYPASS. (PAH)
MPH
Hopkinsville, KY6:08 AM
2 ENE HOPKINSVILLE - TREE DOWN ACROSS BOTH LANES OF TRAFFIC ON EAST 7TH STREET AT THE 1700 BLOCK. (PAH)
MPH
Burkesville, KY6:00 AM
BURKESVILLE - REPORT OF TREES DOWN IN THE BURKESVILLE CITY LIMITS. (LMK)
MPH
City of Benton, KY5:14 AM
3 ENE BREWERS - LATE REPORT. SEVERAL TREES DOWN... ROOF BLOWN OF SHOP... HOME FLASHING AND ROOF DAMAGE. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. (PAH)
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Hazel, KY5:13 AM
HAZEL - SEVERAL TREES DOWN ON HIGHWAY 641. (PAH)
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City of Hazel, KY5:12 AM
2 W HAZEL - NUMEROUS TREES DOWN FROM 2 MILES WEST OF HAZEL TO HAZEL. 2 HOUSES WITH TREES ON THEM. (PAH)
MPH
Burkesville, KY5:10 AM
BURKESVILLE - CORRECTS TIMING OF PREVIOUS TSTM WND DMG REPORT FROM BURKESVILLE. REPORT OF TREES DOWN IN THE BURKESVILLE CITY LIMITS. (LMK)
MPH
Sedalia, KY5:03 AM
2 W LYNNVILLE - REPORT FROM MPING: TREES DOWN. (PAH)
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Sedalia, KY5:00 AM
3 SSE CUBA - SHINGLES OFF ROOF AND OUTBUILDING DAMAGED NEAR TENNESSEE STATE LINE. (PAH)
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Mayfield, KY5:00 AM
3 E MAYFIELD - LATE REPORT. VINYL SIDING DAMAGED. A FEW DOZEN TREES DOWN... SOME LARGE. (PAH)
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City of Fulton, KY4:40 AM
3 NW FULTON - MAJOR STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO HOUSE. ROOF AND WALL OFF HOUSE. TREE ON HOUSE. CAR MOVED 40 FEET. POSSIBLE TORNADO. (PAH)
MPH
City of Clinton, KY4:30 AM
1 S OAKTON - POSSIBLE TORNADO. DAMAGE EXTENDED FROM JUST SOUTHWEST OF OAKTON TO THE NORTH SIDE OF CLINTON. SEVERAL TREES ON HOUSES. DAMAGE TO TREES AND OUTBUILDINGS. (PAH)
05/03/2021
MPH
Tompkinsville, KY9:09 AM
2 ENE TOMPKINSVILLE - MULTIPLE REPORTS OF NUMEROUS TREES DOWN AS WELL AS STRUCTURAL DAMAGE IN TOMPKINSVILLE ALONG WITH POWER OUTAGES. LOCAL MEDIA REPORTS POSSIBLE TORNADO. (LMK)
05/04/2021
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TOR
City of Hopkinsville, KY6:12 AM
3 SSE HOPKINSVILLE - TORNADO STARTED JUST EAST OF EAGLE WAY BYPASS AND FT. CAMPBELL BLVD. TRACKED FOR 2.6 MILES WITH MAXIMUM WIDTH OF 75 YARDS. AT LEAST 4 BARNS LOST PORTIONS OF THEIR TIN R (PAH)
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TOR
Mayfield, KY4:59 AM
3 ENE MAYFIELD - OCCURRED IN RURAL FARMLAND AND WOODED AREA. MINOR TO MODERATE ROOF DAMAGE TO MODERN HOME. SEVERAL VERY LARGE TREES SNAPPED AND UPROOTED. WELL HEAD BLOWN INTO A HOME... (PAH)
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TOR
Sedalia, KY4:55 AM
5 W LYNNVILLE - EF1 TORNADO STARTED 2.5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CUBA AND TRAVELED 5 MILES AND LIFTED AROUND 4.25 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CUBA OR NEAR LYNNVILLE. ESTIMATED PEAK WINDS AT 95 MPH AN (PAH)
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TOR
Cayce, KY4:38 AM
3 SW CRUTCHFIELD - EF-2 TORNADO WITH PEAK WINDS OF 125 MPH STRUCK FULTON COUNTY EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. ONE HOME WAS DESTROYED WITH ITS ROOF REMOVED AND SOME EXTERIOR WALLS KNOCKED DOWN. M (PAH)
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TOR
City of Columbus, KY4:29 AM
4 NW OAKTON - AN EF-1 TORNADO WITH ESTIMATED PEAK WINDS OF 105 MPH STRUCK HICKMAN COUNTY... KY... EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. MULTIPLE TREES WERE SNAPPED. MANY TREE BRANCHES AND SOME ENTI (PAH)
05/03/2021
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TOR
City of Tompkinsville, KY9:08 AM
TOMPKINSVILLE - DELAYED REPORT...STORM DAMAGE SURVEY FOUND AN EF1 TORNADO WITH PEAK WINDS OF 95 MPH. MAXIMUM WIDTH WAS 60 YARDS AND WAS ON THE GROUND FOR A HALF MILE. SEVERAL TREES UPR (LMK)
05/06/2021
MPH
Hopkinsville, KY5:15 PM
HOPKINSVILLE - LARGE TREE DOWN ON VACANT HOUSE. (PAH)
MPH
Christian County, KY5:11 PM
4 NW HOPKINSVILLE - SEVERAL TREES REPORTED DOWN. (PAH)
MPH
City of Murray, KY4:30 PM
MURRAY - TREE ON A MOBILE HOME... TREE ON A POWERLINE IN NORTHERN MURRAY. 40 CUSTOMERS W/O POWER ON THE MURRAY ELEC. GRID... 85 CUSTOMERS W/O POWER ON WKY ELEC. GRID. (PAH)
05/05/2021
MPH
Clinton, KY4:38 AM
CLINTON - 3 BUILDINGS WITH WIND DAMAGE. POWER OUT. LARGE TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN. (PAH)
MPH
City of Clinton, KY4:36 AM
OAKTON - WIND DAMAGE TO A BUILDING IN OAKTON. (PAH)
05/04/2021
MPH
City of Loretto, KY8:24 PM
3 ENE LORETTO - REPORT OF LOTS OF TREES DOWN NEAR MAKERS MARK DISTILLERY. TIME BASED ON RADAR. (LMK)
MPH
City of Loretto, KY8:18 PM
3 ENE NERINX - FIRST RESPONDERS RESPONDED TO TREES DOWN ON NERINX ROAD AT THE COUNTY LINE. ROADS HAVE BEEN CLEARED. TIME BASED ON RADAR. (LMK)
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TOR
City of Hopkinsville, KY6:12 AM
3 SSE HOPKINSVILLE - TORNADO STARTED JUST EAST OF EAGLE WAY BYPASS AND FT. CAMPBELL BLVD. TRACKED FOR 2.6 MILES WITH MAXIMUM WIDTH OF 75 YARDS. AT LEAST 4 BARNS LOST PORTIONS OF THEIR TIN R (PAH)
MPH
Hopkinsville, KY6:08 AM
2 ENE HOPKINSVILLE - TREE DOWN ACROSS BOTH LANES OF TRAFFIC ON EAST 7TH STREET AT THE 1700 BLOCK. (PAH)
MPH
City of Hopkinsville, KY6:08 AM
2 S HOPKINSVILLE - TREE... POWER POLE... AND TRAFFIC LIGHTS DOWN ON FORT CAMPBELL BOULEVARD AT THE BYPASS. (PAH)
MPH
Burkesville, KY6:00 AM
BURKESVILLE - REPORT OF TREES DOWN IN THE BURKESVILLE CITY LIMITS. (LMK)
MPH
City of Benton, KY5:14 AM
3 ENE BREWERS - LATE REPORT. SEVERAL TREES DOWN... ROOF BLOWN OF SHOP... HOME FLASHING AND ROOF DAMAGE. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. (PAH)
MPH
Hazel, KY5:13 AM
HAZEL - SEVERAL TREES DOWN ON HIGHWAY 641. (PAH)
MPH
City of Hazel, KY5:12 AM
2 W HAZEL - NUMEROUS TREES DOWN FROM 2 MILES WEST OF HAZEL TO HAZEL. 2 HOUSES WITH TREES ON THEM. (PAH)
MPH
Burkesville, KY5:10 AM
BURKESVILLE - CORRECTS TIMING OF PREVIOUS TSTM WND DMG REPORT FROM BURKESVILLE. REPORT OF TREES DOWN IN THE BURKESVILLE CITY LIMITS. (LMK)
MPH
Sedalia, KY5:03 AM
2 W LYNNVILLE - REPORT FROM MPING: TREES DOWN. (PAH)
MPH
Mayfield, KY5:00 AM
3 E MAYFIELD - LATE REPORT. VINYL SIDING DAMAGED. A FEW DOZEN TREES DOWN... SOME LARGE. (PAH)
MPH
Sedalia, KY5:00 AM
3 SSE CUBA - SHINGLES OFF ROOF AND OUTBUILDING DAMAGED NEAR TENNESSEE STATE LINE. (PAH)
T
TOR
Mayfield, KY4:59 AM
3 ENE MAYFIELD - OCCURRED IN RURAL FARMLAND AND WOODED AREA. MINOR TO MODERATE ROOF DAMAGE TO MODERN HOME. SEVERAL VERY LARGE TREES SNAPPED AND UPROOTED. WELL HEAD BLOWN INTO A HOME... (PAH)
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TOR
Sedalia, KY4:55 AM
5 W LYNNVILLE - EF1 TORNADO STARTED 2.5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CUBA AND TRAVELED 5 MILES AND LIFTED AROUND 4.25 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CUBA OR NEAR LYNNVILLE. ESTIMATED PEAK WINDS AT 95 MPH AN (PAH)
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City of Fulton, KY4:40 AM
3 NW FULTON - MAJOR STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO HOUSE. ROOF AND WALL OFF HOUSE. TREE ON HOUSE. CAR MOVED 40 FEET. POSSIBLE TORNADO. (PAH)
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TOR
Cayce, KY4:38 AM
3 SW CRUTCHFIELD - EF-2 TORNADO WITH PEAK WINDS OF 125 MPH STRUCK FULTON COUNTY EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. ONE HOME WAS DESTROYED WITH ITS ROOF REMOVED AND SOME EXTERIOR WALLS KNOCKED DOWN. M (PAH)
MPH
City of Clinton, KY4:30 AM
1 S OAKTON - POSSIBLE TORNADO. DAMAGE EXTENDED FROM JUST SOUTHWEST OF OAKTON TO THE NORTH SIDE OF CLINTON. SEVERAL TREES ON HOUSES. DAMAGE TO TREES AND OUTBUILDINGS. (PAH)
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TOR
City of Columbus, KY4:29 AM
4 NW OAKTON - AN EF-1 TORNADO WITH ESTIMATED PEAK WINDS OF 105 MPH STRUCK HICKMAN COUNTY... KY... EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. MULTIPLE TREES WERE SNAPPED. MANY TREE BRANCHES AND SOME ENTI (PAH)
1.25 IN
IN
City of Plum Springs, KY1:26 AM
TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTED QUARTER SIZE AND SOME LARGER HAIL STONES ONGOING. (LMK)
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