All Spencer County, KY Hail Reports
Population: 17,061
38.0334, -85.34995
Updated: 06/04/2026
20
Hail Reports
All Time · within 10 miles
2.5″
Largest Hail
Baseball-sized
Low
Hail Frequency
Spencer County, Kentucky
Based on annual avg. of SPC reports since 2004. Not a formal risk assessment.
Hail Summary — Spencer County, KY All Time
Spencer County, KY had 20 hail reports since 2004. The largest hail reported in the county since 2004 was 2.50 inches (baseball-sized) near Chaplin, KY. The ZIP code with the most hail reports in this county is 40071, with 16 reports.
When Was the Last Time It Hailed in Spencer County?
07/02/2023
The most recent hail event in Spencer County was on 07/02/2023 near Bloomfield, KY (1.00″ Quarter).
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Monthly Hail Activity
Historical monthly hail pattern for Spencer 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 Spencer County, KY - All Time
07/02/2023
1.0 IN
IN
06/25/2023
1.0 IN
IN
03/25/2021
1.5 IN
IN
03/27/2017
1.0 IN
IN
Spencer County, KY5:42 PM
MAINLY DIME TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL. TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR. (LMK)
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06/23/2016
1.0 IN
IN
04/08/2015
1.75 IN
IN
1.0 IN
IN
07/27/2014
2.0 IN
IN
1.5 IN
IN
04/16/2013
1.0 IN
IN
1.75 IN
IN
04/28/2012
1.75 IN
IN
1.25 IN
IN
03/02/2012
2.5 IN
IN
Anderson County, KY4:59 PM
THE EMERGENCY MANAGER REPORTED THAT TENNIS BALL SIZED HAIL DAMAGED NUMEROUS BUILDINGS AND CARS IN MOUNT EDEN...WHICH IS ON THE SPENCER ANDERSON COUNTY LINE. (LMK)
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1.75 IN
IN
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03/12/2010
1.0 IN
IN
04/11/2007
0.88 IN
IN
04/19/2006
0.75 IN
IN
10/18/2004
0.88 IN
IN
06/12/2004
1.75 IN
IN
06/18/2025
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City of Taylorsville, KY8:19 PM
1 WSW Taylorsville - Picture on social media of downed trees along Highway 44 West of Taylorsville. (LMK)
05/16/2025
59.0 MPH
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Fairfield, KY10:30 PM
2 W Wakefield - (LMK)
59.0 MPH
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City of Bloomfield, KY10:30 PM
1 SW Wakefield - Spencer County Mesonet. (LMK)
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Spencer County, KY10:23 PM
2 W Elk Creek - Multiple trees and large limbs down in the Elk Creek area. (LMK)
04/02/2024
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City of Bloomfield, KY8:50 AM
1 SW Wakefield - Trees down on Ochs Ln. (LMK)
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City of Bloomfield, KY8:46 AM
1 ESE Wakefield - The National Weather Service Louisville confirmed straight line winds in far southeastern Spencer County... near Wakefield by the county line. Winds of 70 to 75 mph did (LMK)
08/25/2023
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Taylorsville, KY7:49 PM
Taylorsville - Delayed report of large tree down on Brashears Creek Rd. (LMK)
07/02/2023
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Taylorsville, KY3:40 PM
3 SSE Taylorsville - Roof blown off a barn. (LMK)
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Taylorsville, KY3:40 PM
Taylorsville - Trees down over road. (LMK)
12/11/2021
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City of Mount Washington, KY1:50 AM
2 NNW HIGHGROVE - SOCIAL MEDIA PICTURES SHOWS STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO TWO DIFFERENT BUILDINGS... TREES BLOWN ACROSS OLD LOUISVILLE ROAD. TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR. (LMK)
08/12/2021
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Spencer County, KY10:07 PM
1 NW ELK CREEK - TREE DOWN. (LMK)
07/07/2020
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Taylorsville, KY11:00 PM
2 ENE TAYLORSVILLE - TREES DOWN... TWO FLAGPOLES DOWN. (LMK)
05/23/2020
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Taylorsville, KY7:23 PM
3 ESE TAYLORSVILLE - STORY OF PART OF THE MARINA DAMAGED AT SETTLERS TRACE ON TAYLORSVILLE LAKE. TIME ESTIMATED BASED ON TSDF RADAR. (LMK)
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Spencer County, KY6:56 PM
3 SE ELK CREEK - COUPLE OF TREES DOWN. (LMK)
05/16/2020
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Spencer County, KY5:52 PM
3 W ELK CREEK - OFF DUTY METEOROLOGIST REPORTED DAMAGE TO SEVERAL LARGE TREES AND OFF DUTY NWS METEOROLOGIST ESTIMATED WIND GUST OF 50 MPH. (LMK)
06/17/2019
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Taylorsville, KY10:14 PM
3 S LITTLE MOUNT - LARGE TREE DOWN BLOCKING THE ROAD AT TAYLORSVILLE LAKE STATE PARK. (LMK)
12/31/2018
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Spencer County, KY4:14 PM
1 E ELK CREEK - TREE DOWN BLOCKING ROADWAY ON NORMANDY RD NEAR TAYLORSVILLE KY. (LMK)
10/31/2018
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Fairfield, KY6:40 PM
3 NNE FAIRFIELD - CORRECTS PREVIOUS TSTM WND DMG REPORT FROM 3 NNE FAIRFIELD. 1 TREE DOWN. WATER OVER SOME ROADS THAT TYPICALLY FLOOD. (LMK)
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Fairfield, KY1:02 AM
3 NNE FAIRFIELD - 1 TREE DOWN. WATER OVER SOME ROADS THAT TYPICALLY FLOOD. (LMK)
06/26/2018
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Spencer County, KY1:56 PM
1 WSW TAYLORSVILLE - 1 TREE HAD TO BE REMOVED FROM OAK TREE WAY... AND 1 TREE HAD TO BE REMOVED FROM ELK CREEK ROAD. (LMK)
05/31/2018
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Spencer County, KY3:00 PM
2 NNW TAYLORSVILLE - TREE REPORTED DOWN ON YODER STATION RD NORTH OF TAYLORSVILLE. (LMK)
05/20/2017
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Spencer County, KY7:18 PM
2 W TAYLORSVILLE - AN NWS DAMAGE SURVEY IN CONJUNCTION WITH SPENCER COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT FOUND A NARROW PATH OF STRAIGHT LINE WIND DAMAGE JUST SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 44 BETWEEN 2 AND 3 M (LMK)
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Spencer County, KY7:15 PM
2 W TAYLORSVILLE - CINDER BLOCK BUILDING DAMAGED... 2 HOMES WITH ROOF DAMAGE... TREES DOWN. (LMK)
03/01/2017
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City of Taylorsville, KY7:04 AM
1 WSW TAYLORSVILLE - TREES DOWN ACROSS THE COUNTY ON HIGHWAY 44... LILLY PIKE... AND STEVENS LANE. . (LMK)
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Mount Washington, KY6:58 AM
4 W ELK CREEK - STRAIGHT LINE WIND DAMAGE OF APPROXIMATELY 50-60 MPH WAS SURVEYED JUST EAST OF WHITFIELD... KY ON THE BULLITT/SPENCER COUNTY LINE AND EAST INTO SPENCER COUNTY. DAMAGE T (LMK)
03/30/2025
T
TOR
Taylorsville, KY10:23 PM
3 SE Little Mount - Tornado touched down on south side of Hickory Ridge Road just east of Ten Mile Lane... and then moved NE. Based on damage to trees and barns... intensity was rated EF-1 (LMK)
04/13/2022
T
TOR
Spencer County, KY8:36 PM
1 N WATERFORD - NWS STORM SURVEY CONFIRMED A NARROW EF0 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN IN WESTERN SPENCER COUNTY WITH ESTIMATED PEAK WINDS OF 80 MPH. THE 30 YARD WIDE TORNADO WAS ON THE GROUND F (LMK)
T
TOR
Spencer County, KY8:35 PM
2 ESE ELK CREEK - NWS STORM SURVEY CONFIRMED AN EF0 TORNADO IN NORTHERN SPENCER COUNTY WITH ESTIMATED PEAK WINDS OF 80 MPH. THE 60 YARD WIDE TORNADO WAS ON THE GROUND FOR AROUND A TENTH (LMK)
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TOR
Spencer County, KY8:30 PM
1 N WATERFORD - CORRECTS PREVIOUS TORNADO REPORT FROM 1 N WATERFORD. NWS STORM SURVEY CONFIRMED A NARROW EF0 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN IN WESTERN SPENCER COUNTY WITH ESTIMATED PEAK WINDS OF (LMK)
02/06/2008
T
TOR
Taylorsville, KY12:43 AM
1 S TAYLORSVILLE - *** 1 INJ *** NWS DAMAGE SURVEY TEAM FOUND A SECOND EF-0 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN ONE MILE SOUTH OF TAYLORSVILLE ON HIGHWAY 55 CAUSING MAJOR STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO SEVERAL BA (LMK)
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TOR
Fairfield, KY12:38 AM
5 SW TAYLORSVILLE - NWS DAMAGE SURVEY TEAM FOUND ONE EF-0 TORNADO TOUCHDOWN ABOUT 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TAYLORSVILLE WHERE TWO MOBILE HOMES WERE DESTROYED AND EXTENSIVE ROOF AND TREE DAMAGE (LMK)
03/19/2005
T
TOR
Taylorsville, KY6:40 PM
8 E TAYLORSVILLE - THE STORM THAT PRODUCED MINOR DAMAGE NEAR BRIER RIDGE HAS BEEN DETERMINED TO HAVE BEEN DONE BY AN F0 TORNADO. BRIER RIDGE IS ABOUT 8 MILES EAST OF TAYLORSVILLE. HIGHEST (LMK)
06/18/2025
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City of Taylorsville, KY8:19 PM
1 WSW Taylorsville - Picture on social media of downed trees along Highway 44 West of Taylorsville. (LMK)
05/16/2025
59.0 MPH
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City of Bloomfield, KY10:30 PM
1 SW Wakefield - Spencer County Mesonet. (LMK)
59.0 MPH
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Fairfield, KY10:30 PM
2 W Wakefield - (LMK)
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Spencer County, KY10:23 PM
2 W Elk Creek - Multiple trees and large limbs down in the Elk Creek area. (LMK)
03/30/2025
T
TOR
Taylorsville, KY10:23 PM
3 SE Little Mount - Tornado touched down on south side of Hickory Ridge Road just east of Ten Mile Lane... and then moved NE. Based on damage to trees and barns... intensity was rated EF-1 (LMK)
04/02/2024
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City of Bloomfield, KY8:50 AM
1 SW Wakefield - Trees down on Ochs Ln. (LMK)
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City of Bloomfield, KY8:46 AM
1 ESE Wakefield - The National Weather Service Louisville confirmed straight line winds in far southeastern Spencer County... near Wakefield by the county line. Winds of 70 to 75 mph did (LMK)
08/25/2023
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Taylorsville, KY7:49 PM
Taylorsville - Delayed report of large tree down on Brashears Creek Rd. (LMK)
07/02/2023
1.0 IN
IN
MPH
Taylorsville, KY3:40 PM
3 SSE Taylorsville - Roof blown off a barn. (LMK)
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Taylorsville, KY3:40 PM
Taylorsville - Trees down over road. (LMK)
06/25/2023
1.0 IN
IN
04/13/2022
T
TOR
Spencer County, KY8:36 PM
1 N WATERFORD - NWS STORM SURVEY CONFIRMED A NARROW EF0 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN IN WESTERN SPENCER COUNTY WITH ESTIMATED PEAK WINDS OF 80 MPH. THE 30 YARD WIDE TORNADO WAS ON THE GROUND F (LMK)
T
TOR
Spencer County, KY8:35 PM
2 ESE ELK CREEK - NWS STORM SURVEY CONFIRMED AN EF0 TORNADO IN NORTHERN SPENCER COUNTY WITH ESTIMATED PEAK WINDS OF 80 MPH. THE 60 YARD WIDE TORNADO WAS ON THE GROUND FOR AROUND A TENTH (LMK)
T
TOR
Spencer County, KY8:30 PM
1 N WATERFORD - CORRECTS PREVIOUS TORNADO REPORT FROM 1 N WATERFORD. NWS STORM SURVEY CONFIRMED A NARROW EF0 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN IN WESTERN SPENCER COUNTY WITH ESTIMATED PEAK WINDS OF (LMK)
12/11/2021
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City of Mount Washington, KY1:50 AM
2 NNW HIGHGROVE - SOCIAL MEDIA PICTURES SHOWS STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO TWO DIFFERENT BUILDINGS... TREES BLOWN ACROSS OLD LOUISVILLE ROAD. TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR. (LMK)
08/12/2021
MPH
Spencer County, KY10:07 PM
1 NW ELK CREEK - TREE DOWN. (LMK)
03/25/2021
1.5 IN
IN
07/07/2020
MPH
Taylorsville, KY11:00 PM
2 ENE TAYLORSVILLE - TREES DOWN... TWO FLAGPOLES DOWN. (LMK)
05/23/2020
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Taylorsville, KY7:23 PM
3 ESE TAYLORSVILLE - STORY OF PART OF THE MARINA DAMAGED AT SETTLERS TRACE ON TAYLORSVILLE LAKE. TIME ESTIMATED BASED ON TSDF RADAR. (LMK)
MPH
Spencer County, KY6:56 PM
3 SE ELK CREEK - COUPLE OF TREES DOWN. (LMK)
05/16/2020
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Spencer County, KY5:52 PM
3 W ELK CREEK - OFF DUTY METEOROLOGIST REPORTED DAMAGE TO SEVERAL LARGE TREES AND OFF DUTY NWS METEOROLOGIST ESTIMATED WIND GUST OF 50 MPH. (LMK)
06/17/2019
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Taylorsville, KY10:14 PM
3 S LITTLE MOUNT - LARGE TREE DOWN BLOCKING THE ROAD AT TAYLORSVILLE LAKE STATE PARK. (LMK)
12/31/2018
MPH
Spencer County, KY4:14 PM
1 E ELK CREEK - TREE DOWN BLOCKING ROADWAY ON NORMANDY RD NEAR TAYLORSVILLE KY. (LMK)
10/31/2018
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Fairfield, KY6:40 PM
3 NNE FAIRFIELD - CORRECTS PREVIOUS TSTM WND DMG REPORT FROM 3 NNE FAIRFIELD. 1 TREE DOWN. WATER OVER SOME ROADS THAT TYPICALLY FLOOD. (LMK)