All Shelby County, KY Hail Reports
Population: 42,074
38.20007, -85.18329
Updated: 06/04/2026
38
Hail Reports
All Time · within 10 miles
1.75″
Largest Hail
Golf Ball-sized
Moderate
Hail Frequency
Shelby County, Kentucky
Based on annual avg. of SPC reports since 2004. Not a formal risk assessment.
Hail Summary — Shelby County, KY All Time
Shelby County, KY had 38 hail reports since 2004. The largest hail reported in the county since 2004 was 1.75 inches (golf ball-sized) near Pleasureville, KY. The ZIP code with the most hail reports in this county is 40065, with 9 reports.
When Was the Last Time It Hailed in Shelby County?
07/18/2023
The most recent hail event in Shelby County was on 07/18/2023 near Simpsonville, KY (1.00″ Quarter).
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Monthly Hail Activity
Historical monthly hail pattern for Shelby County, KY, based on historical storm reports 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 Shelby County, KY - All Time
07/18/2023
1.0 IN
IN
06/25/2023
1.0 IN
IN
11/29/2022
1.0 IN
IN
05/19/2022
1.75 IN
IN
Pleasureville, KY10:24 PM
PUBLIC REPORTS GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL CAUSING DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IN CROPPER. PICTURE RECEIVED VIA SOCIAL MEDIA. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. (LMK)
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1.5 IN
IN
1.25 IN
IN
Kentucky, KY4:43 PM
PICTURE OF HALF DOLLAR-SIZED HAIL IN GRAEFENBURG VIA SOCIAL MEDIA. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR AND CONFIRMED BY SPOTTER. (LMK)
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1.75 IN
IN
Kentucky, KY4:41 PM
HAM RADIO OPERATOR REPORTS QUARTER- TO GOLF-BALL SIZED HAIL NEAR GRAEFENBURG. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. (LMK)
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03/25/2021
1.75 IN
IN
City of Simpsonville, KY7:50 PM
GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL REPORTED AT 750 PM EDT AT CULVERS NEAR THE OUTLET SHOPPES OF THE BLUEGRASS ALONG I-64. (LMK)
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1.0 IN
IN
City of Simpsonville, KY7:45 PM
PHOTO VIA SOCIAL MEDIA OF QUARTER SIZE HAIL NEAR SIMPSONVILLE. (LMK)
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04/05/2017
1.0 IN
IN
03/27/2017
1.0 IN
IN
Shelby County, KY6:16 PM
DIME TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL. HAIL COVERED THE GROUND. TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR. (LMK)
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05/01/2016
1.0 IN
IN
04/26/2016
1.0 IN
IN
City of Shelbyville, KY6:20 PM
MOSTLY NICKEL SIZED... BUT SEVERAL FLAT QUARTER SIZED. SHORT DURATION. (LMK)
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06/30/2015
1.0 IN
IN
04/25/2015
1.0 IN
IN
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04/08/2015
1.0 IN
IN
1.0 IN
IN
04/02/2015
1.0 IN
IN
08/21/2013
1.0 IN
IN
1.5 IN
IN
Simpsonville, KY6:15 PM
REPORTED ALONG CLARK STATION ROAD BETWEEN FISHERVILLE AND EASTWOOD (LMK)
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1.75 IN
IN
07/24/2012
1.5 IN
IN
03/02/2012
1.75 IN
IN
1.0 IN
IN
1.0 IN
IN
04/28/2026
MPH
City of Smithfield, KY1:01 AM
Tree damage on residential property off of Hinkle Lane.
04/27/2026
MPH
Shelby County, KY8:10 PM
Pictures of barn destroyed as well as bent power poles.
MPH
Simpsonville, KY7:53 PM
1 white pine uprooted and 4 white pine trunks snapped on Lincoln Run Road.
04/01/2026
60.0
MPH
Shelbyville, KY4:27 PM
Small branches down with heavy rain... at least 60 mph winds. (LMK)
03/22/2026
58.0
MPH
City of Eminence, KY11:20 PM
Measured with the outflow boundary well ahead of thunderstorms. (LMK)
03/16/2026
59.0
MPH
City of Eminence, KY12:35 AM
Mesonet station CROP Shelbyville 9 NNE. (LMK)
06/18/2025
MPH
Taylorsville, KY8:22 PM
3 NNW Little Mount - Delayed report. Multiple large branches down and snapped power lines. In the 1400 block of Figgs Store Rd. Time estimated from report and radar. (LMK)
MPH
Shelby County, KY8:18 PM
2 ENE Peytona - Tree down on Bob Rogers Road. (LMK)
04/03/2025
MPH
City of Smithfield, KY12:43 AM
3 NW Chestnut Grove - Shed collapsed and through about a quarter mile near the 8200 block of Dover Road. (LMK)
09/27/2024
MPH
Shelby County, KY1:46 PM
4 W Peytona - Report from mPING: Trees uprooted or snapped. (LMK)
07/30/2024
MPH
Anderson County, KY2:20 AM
2 SSE Waddy - Several trees down on Hickory Ridge between Ditto Road and Kings Highway in Waddy. (LMK)
05/26/2024
MPH
City of Shelbyville, KY12:25 PM
3 W Shelbyville - Multiple trees down in a yard off Route 60 and Scott Station Road. (LMK)
04/19/2024
63.0 MPH
MPH
City of Eminence, KY12:55 AM
4 E Chestnut Grove - Measured at the KY Mesonet station CROP. (LMK)
08/25/2023
MPH
City of Smithfield, KY6:57 PM
2 NE Todds Point - Delayed report. Numerous trees down along Hannah Road near the Shelby and Oldham County line. Caller reported the top of one tree was thrown 200 feet. Time estimated fr (LMK)
83.0 MPH
MPH
Shelby County, KY6:40 PM
3 N Mt. Eden - KY Mesonet site WADD measured 83 mph wind gust. (LMK)
MPH
Simpsonville, KY6:40 PM
2 ENE Todds Point - Numerous trees knocked down along Hannah Road. Most concentrated damage was in the 1000-1100 block of Hannah road. (LMK)
MPH
City of Smithfield, KY6:35 PM
2 WNW Chestnut Grove - Delayed report. CoCoRaHS comments indicated intense winds damaged rain gauge and weather station. Also indicated much damage around their location. Timing estimated fro (LMK)
06/25/2023
MPH
City of Simpsonville, KY9:01 PM
1 N Finchville - Trees down. (LMK)
05/07/2023
MPH
City of Shelbyville, KY9:31 AM
2 SW SHELBYVILLE - REPORTS OF MULTIPLE BUILDINGS WITH DAMAGE... INCLUDING A MACRO PLASTICS BUILDING THAT HAS LOST A ROOF. THE VALERO GAS STATION IN THE AREA HAS LOST ITS SIGN AND A GAS PU (LMK)
MPH
City of Shelbyville, KY9:26 AM
2 WSW SHELBYVILLE - DAMAGE TO A GAS STATION WITH SOME OF THE SIGN DAMAGE NOTED DOWNWIND ON PEARCE INDUSTRIAL RD. ALSO SIGNIFICANT ROOF DAMAGE AT THE BLACK AND DECKER PLANT OFF OF HARRY LON (LMK)
04/05/2023
MPH
Shelby County, KY5:40 PM
3 WNW WADDY - REPORT OF A TREE DOWN AROUND HEMPRIDGE CHURCH RD. (LMK)
04/01/2023
MPH
Crestwood, KY1:27 AM
4 W TODDS POINT - DELAYED REPORT. DISPATCH REPORTED TREE DOWN ON AIKEN RD AND LONG RUN RD. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. (LMK)
03/03/2023
70.0 MPH
MPH
City of Eminence, KY4:13 PM
4 E CHESTNUT GROVE - (LMK)
07/06/2022
MPH
Shelby County, KY4:10 PM
3 N PEYTONA - TREES DOWN AT THE INTERSECTION OF BENSON PIKE AND ELMBURG ROAD. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. (LMK)
MPH
Shelby County, KY4:08 PM
3 NNW PEYTONA - TREES DOWN AT THE INTERSECTION OF HARLEY-THOMPSON ROAD AND BENSON PIKE. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. (LMK)
05/07/2023
T
TOR
City of Shelbyville, KY9:26 AM
2 WSW SHELBYVILLE - DAMAGE WAS DONE TO THE VALERO GAS STATION ALONG TAYLORSVILLE RD AS WELL AS THE BLACK AND DECKER WAREHOUSE OFF OF HARRY LONG ROAD. BASED ON VIDEOS AND DAMAGE TO THE STRU (LMK)
04/13/2022
T
TOR
Shelby County, KY8:49 PM
2 WSW PEYTONA - NWS STORM SURVEY CONFIRMED AN EF1 TORNADO IN EASTERN SHELBY COUNTY WITH MAXIMUM ESTIMATED WINDS OF 90 MPH. THE TORNADO BEGAN ALONG BUZZARD ROOST ROAD AND WAS ON THE GRO (LMK)
T
TOR
Shelby County, KY8:45 PM
2 NNE SOUTHVILLE - NWS STORM SURVEY CONFIRMED AN EF1 TORNADO WITH ESTIMATED 90 MPH WINDS ABOUT 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SHELBYVILLE. THE TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN ALONG ROCKBRIDGE ROAD AND WAS ON (LMK)
T
TOR
Shelby County, KY8:44 PM
2 WNW SOUTHVILLE - A NARROW EF0 TORNADO WITH ESTIMATED PEAK WINDS OF 80 MPH TOUCHED DOWN ALONG TATUM ROAD... ABOUT 6 MILES SOUTH OF SHELBYVILLE. THE TORNADO WAS ON THE GROUND FOR JUST A T (LMK)
03/23/2012
T
TOR
City of Shelbyville, KY2:28 PM
2 E FINCHVILLE - EF1 TORNADO DAMAGED BARNS AND UPROOTED TREES ALONG 2.25 MILE PATH (LMK)
02/06/2008
T
TOR
Shelby County, KY12:52 AM
1 SE WADDY - NWS SURVEY TEAM FOUND DAMAGE CONSISTENT AT THE EF-0 LEVEL. THE TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN ABOUT 1 MILE SOUTHEAST OF WADDY NEAR 1527 KINGS HIGHWAY OR KY 637 BETWEEN KY 395 AND (LMK)
T
TOR
Shelbyville, KY12:46 AM
1 NE SHELBYVILLE - NWS SURVEY TEAM FOUND DAMAGE CONSISTENT AT THE EF-2 LEVEL. AROUND 40 LARGE HARDWOODS WERE UPROOTED AT 900 FLOOD ROAD. A LARGE BARN WAS DESTROYED AND A LARGE TRAILER WEI (LMK)
T
TOR
Pleasureville, KY12:46 AM
6 NE SHELBYVILLE - NWS SURVEY TEAM FOUND DAMAGE CONSISTENT AT THE EF-2 LEVEL. AROUND 40 LARGE HARDWOODS WERE UPROOTED AT 900 FLOOD ROAD. A LARGE BARN WAS DESTROYED AND A LARGE TRAILER WEI (LMK)
04/02/2006
T
TOR
Shelbyville, KY10:15 PM
2 N SHELBYVILLE - A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT SURVEY FOUND F1 TORNADO DAMAGE JUST NORTH OF SHELBYVILLE,KY. WINDS WERE ESTIMATED AT 100 MPH BASED ON NUMEROUS TREE (LMK)
04/28/2026
MPH
City of Smithfield, KY1:01 AM
Tree damage on residential property off of Hinkle Lane.
04/27/2026
MPH
Shelby County, KY8:10 PM
Pictures of barn destroyed as well as bent power poles.
MPH
Simpsonville, KY7:53 PM
1 white pine uprooted and 4 white pine trunks snapped on Lincoln Run Road.
04/01/2026
60.0
MPH
Shelbyville, KY4:27 PM
Small branches down with heavy rain... at least 60 mph winds. (LMK)
03/22/2026
58.0
MPH
City of Eminence, KY11:20 PM
Measured with the outflow boundary well ahead of thunderstorms. (LMK)
03/16/2026
59.0
MPH
City of Eminence, KY12:35 AM
Mesonet station CROP Shelbyville 9 NNE. (LMK)
06/18/2025
MPH
Taylorsville, KY8:22 PM
3 NNW Little Mount - Delayed report. Multiple large branches down and snapped power lines. In the 1400 block of Figgs Store Rd. Time estimated from report and radar. (LMK)
MPH
Shelby County, KY8:18 PM
2 ENE Peytona - Tree down on Bob Rogers Road. (LMK)
04/03/2025
MPH
City of Smithfield, KY12:43 AM
3 NW Chestnut Grove - Shed collapsed and through about a quarter mile near the 8200 block of Dover Road. (LMK)
09/27/2024
MPH
Shelby County, KY1:46 PM
4 W Peytona - Report from mPING: Trees uprooted or snapped. (LMK)
07/30/2024
MPH
Anderson County, KY2:20 AM
2 SSE Waddy - Several trees down on Hickory Ridge between Ditto Road and Kings Highway in Waddy. (LMK)
05/26/2024
MPH
City of Shelbyville, KY12:25 PM
3 W Shelbyville - Multiple trees down in a yard off Route 60 and Scott Station Road. (LMK)
04/19/2024
63.0 MPH
MPH
City of Eminence, KY12:55 AM
4 E Chestnut Grove - Measured at the KY Mesonet station CROP. (LMK)
08/25/2023
MPH
City of Smithfield, KY6:57 PM
2 NE Todds Point - Delayed report. Numerous trees down along Hannah Road near the Shelby and Oldham County line. Caller reported the top of one tree was thrown 200 feet. Time estimated fr (LMK)
83.0 MPH
MPH
Shelby County, KY6:40 PM
3 N Mt. Eden - KY Mesonet site WADD measured 83 mph wind gust. (LMK)
MPH
Simpsonville, KY6:40 PM
2 ENE Todds Point - Numerous trees knocked down along Hannah Road. Most concentrated damage was in the 1000-1100 block of Hannah road. (LMK)
MPH
City of Smithfield, KY6:35 PM
2 WNW Chestnut Grove - Delayed report. CoCoRaHS comments indicated intense winds damaged rain gauge and weather station. Also indicated much damage around their location. Timing estimated fro (LMK)
07/18/2023
1.0 IN
IN
06/25/2023
1.0 IN
IN
MPH
City of Simpsonville, KY9:01 PM
1 N Finchville - Trees down. (LMK)
05/07/2023
MPH
City of Shelbyville, KY9:31 AM
2 SW SHELBYVILLE - REPORTS OF MULTIPLE BUILDINGS WITH DAMAGE... INCLUDING A MACRO PLASTICS BUILDING THAT HAS LOST A ROOF. THE VALERO GAS STATION IN THE AREA HAS LOST ITS SIGN AND A GAS PU (LMK)
T
TOR
City of Shelbyville, KY9:26 AM
2 WSW SHELBYVILLE - DAMAGE WAS DONE TO THE VALERO GAS STATION ALONG TAYLORSVILLE RD AS WELL AS THE BLACK AND DECKER WAREHOUSE OFF OF HARRY LONG ROAD. BASED ON VIDEOS AND DAMAGE TO THE STRU (LMK)
MPH
City of Shelbyville, KY9:26 AM
2 WSW SHELBYVILLE - DAMAGE TO A GAS STATION WITH SOME OF THE SIGN DAMAGE NOTED DOWNWIND ON PEARCE INDUSTRIAL RD. ALSO SIGNIFICANT ROOF DAMAGE AT THE BLACK AND DECKER PLANT OFF OF HARRY LON (LMK)
04/05/2023
MPH
Shelby County, KY5:40 PM
3 WNW WADDY - REPORT OF A TREE DOWN AROUND HEMPRIDGE CHURCH RD. (LMK)
04/01/2023
MPH
Crestwood, KY1:27 AM
4 W TODDS POINT - DELAYED REPORT. DISPATCH REPORTED TREE DOWN ON AIKEN RD AND LONG RUN RD. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. (LMK)