Hail and wind reports › May 16, 2025 › Kentucky

Hail and wind reports in Kentucky, May 16, 2025

32 hail, 111 wind and 12 tornado reports; largest hail 4.50 in; strongest gust 82 mph.

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Time (UTC)	Type	Size / speed	Place	County	Notes
05-16 12:00	Wind	damage	4 WSW Berea	Garrard	Tree down on Cartersville Road near the County Line. (LMK)
05-16 12:08	Hail	1.00 in	1 SSW Berea	Madison	(LMK)
05-16 12:43	Hail	1.00 in	3 SW Berea	Madison	(LMK)
05-16 13:08	Hail	1.50 in	2 SSW South Hill	Butler	(LMK)
05-16 13:20	Wind	damage	3 SSW Riverside	Warren	Tree down on Mercer Rd near Riverside. (LMK)
05-16 13:21	Wind	damage	Aberdeen	Butler	Large tree fell across a road and onto a house. Structural damage to the roof and roof structure. Time estimated from radar. (LMK)
05-16 13:29	Wind	damage	3 W Windyville	Edmonson	1 tree down and small hail. (LMK)
05-16 13:37	Hail	1.00 in	2 NW Johnsonville	Anderson	Local business reported quarter size hail with picture to verify. (LMK)
05-16 13:44	Hail	2.00 in	Tyner	Jackson	Social media photos of estimated 2 to 3 inch diameter hail from the Tyner Lake area of Jackson County. (JKL)
05-16 13:51	Hail	1.25 in	1 SW Lawrenceburg	Anderson	Report from mPING: Half Dollar (1.25 in.). (LMK)
05-16 14:00	Hail	2.00 in	1 WSW Atkinstown	Jackson	Hail up to approximately egg size was reported along KY-290 between Annville and McKee. Event time estimated from radar. (JKL)
05-16 14:09	Wind	damage	2 NNE Shepherdsville	Bullitt	Tree down over the 600 block of Coral Ridge Road. (LMK)
05-16 14:20	Wind	damage	1 NE Campbellsville	Taylor	Powerlines down on Forecast Ave. (LMK)
05-16 14:43	Wind	damage	5 NNW Liberty	Casey	Tree down on the 400 block of Sharp Road. (LMK)
05-16 14:48	Wind	damage	1 E Lucky Stop	Montgomery	Tree blown into the power lines near the intersection of Rocky Branch Road and Main Street. Event time estimated from radar. (JKL)
05-16 14:54	Wind	damage	1 ENE Mckinney	Lincoln	Tree down on Martins Trail outside of McKinney. (LMK)
05-16 14:58	Hail	1.75 in	1 SW Rowdy	Perry	Emergency Manager reported golf ball-sized hail along Noble Branch. (JKL)
05-16 14:58	Hail	2.00 in	1 NE Ned	Breathitt	Photo shared via social media of multiple hail stones of at least 2 inch diameter. (JKL)
05-16 15:20	Wind	damage	7 SE Blaine	Lawrence	Tree damage resulting in over 50 customers without power. (RLX)
05-16 15:25	Wind	damage	1 SSE Louisa	Lawrence	Tree damage resulting in 95 customers without power. (RLX)
05-16 15:30	Hail	1.00 in	4 NW Lecta	Barren	(LMK)
05-16 15:42	Hail	1.00 in	Wabo	Rockcastle	Picture on social media shows approximately quarter-sized hail near Wabd. Time of occurrence estimated from radar. (JKL)
05-16 15:56	Wind	damage	4 SE South Shore	Greenup	Two trees down blocking the road 1100 block of Plum Fork in Maloneton... KY. Time estimated via radar. (RLX)
05-16 15:57	Wind	damage	Blue Moon	Floyd	County dispatch reported a tree blown down and partially blocking KY-2030. (JKL)
05-16 16:02	Hail	2.00 in	1 NE Collingsworth	Jackson	Picture on social media showed approximately egg-size hail. Time of occurrence estimated from radar. (JKL)
05-16 16:15	Hail	1.25 in	1 SW Elkhorn City	Pike	Hail fell from 12:15 to 12:20 PM. Photo provided to the office. (JKL)
05-16 16:46	Wind	damage	1 W Bronston	Pulaski	Tree blocking road near 200 Old Bronston School Road. (JKL)
05-16 16:48	Wind	damage	Steubenville	Wayne	Trees and power lines down along KY Highway 3106 and KY Highway 1275 N between Monticello and Steubenville. Exact location estimated. (JKL)
05-16 16:49	Wind	damage	1 NE Grade	Pulaski	Tree down on road. (JKL)
05-16 17:01	Hail	2.00 in	1 SW Welchburg	Jackson	Time of occurrence estimated from radar. (JKL)
05-16 17:03	Hail	2.75 in	Lost Creek	Breathitt	Photos of two hailstones with diameter greater than 2 inches. Largest stone appears to be 2.75 inches or larger. (JKL)
05-16 17:03	Wind	damage	1 NW London	Laurel	Roof peeled off a business onto multiple adjacent vehicles. Vehicles have sustained unspecified damage. (JKL)
05-16 17:08	Wind	damage	1 SSE Moores Creek	Jackson	Tree down and blocking Moores Creek School Road. Time estimated from radar. (JKL)
05-16 17:12	Hail	2.00 in	Fedscreek	Pike	Report via the Pike County EM. (JKL)
05-16 17:16	Wind	damage	Pigeonroost	Clay	Several trees down in the Curry Branch Rd and KY Highway 80 area. (JKL)
05-16 17:18	Wind	damage	1 SSW London-Corbin Air	Laurel	A couple of trees down in the Sublimity Springs Subdivision. (JKL)
05-16 17:20	Wind	damage	1 SW Barcreek	Clay	Multiple trees down along Bar Creek Rd. Time estimated from radar. (JKL)
05-16 17:20	Wind	damage	1 WSW Garden Village	Pike	Trees down between the 400 and 500 block of Lick Branch Road. (JKL)
05-16 17:23	Wind	damage	Haven	Knox	Tree down on power line. Time estimated from radar. Possible that damage was caused by subsequent storm about 30 minutes later. (JKL)
05-16 17:26	Wind	damage	Whick	Breathitt	In or near Whick along KY 1110 trees and powerlines were reported to have been blown down. The event time is radar estimated. (JKL)
05-16 17:50	Wind	damage	2 NNE Frew	Perry	County dispatch reported a tree bringing down power lines onto a residence in the 2600 block of Big Creek Road. Time of occurrence estimated from radar. (JKL)
05-16 17:58	Wind	damage	1 WNW Delphia	Perry	Power pole blown down... leaving power lines on a residence and transformer on a driveway in the 2000 block of KY-463. Time of occurrence estimated from radar. (JKL)
05-16 18:00	Wind	damage	Hyden	Leslie	At least ten reports of trees down with power outages throughout the county and impacting most major thoroughfares... including US Highway 421 and KY Highway 80. Radar (JKL)
05-16 18:13	Wind	damage	2 WSW Coal Run	Pike	Pike County dispatch reported a tree blown down and partially blocking Hurricane Road in the 4400 block. Time of occurrence estimated from radar. (JKL)
05-16 18:15	Wind	damage	Millstone	Letcher	State police reported a tree blown down near the Millstone community. (JKL)
05-16 18:33	Wind	damage	3 E Fedscreek	Pike	Pike County dispatch reported a utility line knocked down onto a roof and a power pole blown over in the 3000 block of Fedscreek Road. Time of occurrence estimated from (JKL)
05-16 21:45	Hail	4.50 in	2 NNE La Center	Ballard	Late LSR. At least two public reports/photos of approximately CD/DVD sized hail in Ballard County on the afternoon of May 16. Working on establishing a more precise mea (PAH)
05-16 21:55	Hail	1.50 in	Grahamville	McCracken	Report from mPING: Ping Pong Ball (1.50 in.). (PAH)
05-16 22:09	Wind	damage	3 NW Paducah	McCracken	1 inch hail and power lines/power poles broke across the road at the EMA office. (PAH)
05-16 22:11	Hail	1.75 in	1 N Paducah	McCracken	(PAH)
05-16 22:32	Hail	2.00 in	Calvert City	Marshall	(PAH)
05-16 22:44	Hail	1.00 in	Kuttawa	Lyon	(PAH)
05-16 22:54	Tornado		4 N Rockcastle	Lyon	An NWS damage survey found that a brief EF-1 with peak winds of 105 mph tornado occurred near the Lamasco community in southeast Lyon County... KY. Most of the damage w (PAH)
05-16 22:57	Hail	2.00 in	Smithland	Livingston	(PAH)
05-16 23:42	Tornado		5 WNW Allegre	Christian	An EF2 tornado started along Shaw Ovil Road where it did some minor damage to a couple homes. It continued east into Todd County crossing Hwy 189 and eventually lifting (PAH)
05-16 23:54	Tornado		1 ENE Clifty	Todd	(PAH)
05-16 23:55	Hail	1.25 in	Lewisburg	Logan	Report from mPING: Half Dollar (1.25 in.). (LMK)
05-17 00:06	Wind	damage	Allegre	Todd	trees snapped power lines down. (PAH)
05-17 00:16	Tornado		8 WSW Morganfield	Union	* 4 INJ * An EF-3 tornado with peak winds of 155 mph impacted the south side of Morganfield... KY... on the evening of May 16... 2025. The tornado began along Bunge (PAH)
05-17 00:24	Tornado		3 WSW Morganfield	Union	Reported on Anderson Rd. (PAH)
05-17 00:34	Tornado		1 W Morganfield	Union	(PAH)
05-17 00:36	Hail	1.00 in	Alton	Anderson	(LMK)
05-17 00:39	Hail	2.75 in	2 SW Bowling Green	Warren	Picture on X. (LMK)
05-17 00:42	Wind	damage	1 WNW Morganfield	Union	power lines down and possible gas leak near US 60 Morganfield. (PAH)
05-17 00:54	Hail	2.00 in	Oakland	Warren	Picture on X. (LMK)
05-17 00:54	Wind	damage	4 SE Plum Springs	Warren	Large tree down on road. 600 block of Bethel Ln. Time stamp on image shows it occurred with first storm that crossed the area that evening. Time estimated from radar. (LMK)
05-17 01:12	Wind	damage	3 S Cave City	Barren	Tree down at the intersection of Old Happy Valley Road and Happy Valley Road. (LMK)
05-17 01:17	Hail	1.00 in	Owensboro	Daviess	(PAH)
05-17 01:24	Wind	damage	Princeton	Caldwell	An NWS damage survey found straight line wind damage associated with winds of 80 to 93 mph impacted Princeton... KY... on the evening of Friday... May 16... 2025. The m (PAH)
05-17 01:24	Wind	damage	2 WNW Hawesville	Hancock	Tree down on a powerline on the 1000 block of State Route 271 South. (LMK)
05-17 01:30	Wind	68 mph	2 ESE Princeton	Caldwell	Mesonet station PRNC Princeton KY 2 SE. (PAH)
05-17 01:35	Tornado		6 SE Princeton	Caldwell	(PAH)
05-17 01:39	Wind	damage	3 WNW Patesville	Hancock	Tree down on the 7200 block of State Route 69. (LMK)
05-17 01:42	Wind	damage	Hickman	Fulton	Tree on a house. (PAH)
05-17 01:46	Hail	1.00 in	3 S Sedalia	Graves	Report from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.). (PAH)
05-17 01:46	Wind	damage	1 SSW Plummers Landing	Fleming	Trees blown down and blocking half of the highway in the 15400 block of Morehead Road. Event time estimated from radar. (JKL)
05-17 01:47	Wind	damage	1 NW Andyville	Meade	Tree down over the intersection of Rhodelia Road and Roy Hardesty Road. (LMK)
05-17 01:49	Wind	damage	Mayfield	Graves	Trees and power lines down in the city of Mayfield. (PAH)
05-17 01:55	Wind	70 mph	4 WSW Kirksey	Graves	On hwy 80 at the Graves/Calloway County line. Power flashes seen. (PAH)
05-17 01:58	Wind	72 mph	3 ESE Kirksey	Calloway	61 kt measured at Murray aiport. (PAH)
05-17 01:58	Wind	damage	1 N Hardin	Marshall	An NWS damage survey found straight line thunderstorm wind damage impacted parts of southeast Marshall County... KY... on the evening of Friday... May 16... 2025. Impac (PAH)
05-17 01:59	Wind	damage	2 NNW Gates	Rowan	Large tree reportedly blown down on Big Perry Road in the 2200 block. Event time estimated from radar. (JKL)
05-17 02:03	Wind	damage	1 NNW Fainville	Estill	Trained spotter called to report two trees were down near the intersection of Majestic Dr and CR-1446. Time estimated from radar. (JKL)
05-17 02:06	Wind	damage	1 WNW Garrett	Meade	Large tree down at the intersection of Dave Smith Road and Sunny Lane. (LMK)
05-17 02:06	Wind	damage	5 ENE West Point	Bullitt	Tree down over Cupio Lane. (LMK)
05-17 02:06	Wind	82 mph	1 NNE Louisville Int'l	Jefferson	(LMK)
05-17 02:08	Wind	damage	3 NNE Okolona	Jefferson	Tree fell on house in the 5100 block of Yew Ln. (LMK)
05-17 02:09	Wind	damage	3 W Glens Fork	Adair	Multiple trees down in Fairplay. (LMK)
05-17 02:09	Wind	damage	Greenville	Muhlenberg	Several trees down across the county. (PAH)
05-17 02:10	Wind	damage	3 SE Hillview	Bullitt	Tree down on the 2500 block of Bells Mill Road. (LMK)
05-17 02:12	Wind	damage	1 NE Morgantown	Butler	Multiple trees down in Morgantown. (LMK)
05-17 02:16	Wind	73 mph	Mount Washington	Bullitt	Measured from a home weather station and a hand held anemometer. (LMK)
05-17 02:17	Wind	damage	2 N Hardin	Marshall	A few trees down and large limbs down at intersection of Union Hill Rd and Murray Highway. (PAH)
05-17 02:20	Wind	damage	Cumberland Shores	Trigg	NWS damage survey team found extensive straight line wind damage occurred in the Cumberland Shores community on the eastern side of Lake Barkley. Estimated winds were 8 (PAH)
05-17 02:20	Wind	damage	2 ESE Montpelier	Russell	Delayed report. Multiple barns were damaged near Cabin Creek Road. Radar signatures suggest damage was due to a rear flank downdraft surge. (LMK)
05-17 02:23	Hail	1.75 in	1 WNW Russell Springs	Russell	(LMK)
05-17 02:23	Wind	damage	2 W Elk Creek	Spencer	Multiple trees and large limbs down in the Elk Creek area. (LMK)
05-17 02:25	Wind	damage	1 ENE Mount Washington	Bullitt	Corrects previous tstm wnd dmg report from 1 ENE Mount Washington. Multiple power poles snapped near Bullitt East High School. (LMK)
05-17 02:26	Tornado		5 SSE Gracey	Christian	An EF2 tornado touched down along County Highway 164 just north of I-24 and caused some shingle damage to a house and pretty significant damage to a couple of barns. It (PAH)
05-17 02:27	Wind	damage	5 WSW Sugar Grove	Butler	Multiple trees down in the southeast part of the county. (LMK)
05-17 02:27	Tornado		3 NE Jamestown	Russell	* 19 FATAL * Delayed report. This is the starting point of the EF4 tornado which continued through eastern Russell... Pulaski... and Laurel County. The tornado trac (LMK)
05-17 02:29	Wind	damage	1 NNW High Falls	Wolfe	A tree was blown down along the east bound lane of the Mountain Parkway between Pine Ridge and Campton. Event time estimated from radar. (JKL)
05-17 02:30	Hail	2.00 in	2 NNE Lakeview Heights	Rowan	Lopsided hail measuring 2 inches in diameter. Time is approximate and based on radar. (JKL)
05-17 02:30	Wind	59 mph	2 WNW Cecilia	Hardin	Hardin County Mesonet. (LMK)
05-17 02:30	Wind	59 mph	1 SW Wakefield	Spencer	Spencer County Mesonet. (LMK)
05-17 02:33	Wind	damage	Wind Cave	Jackson	County dispatch reported at least a dozen instances of a trees blown down around the county... including along Wind Cave Road... KY-89... and Ledger Fork Road. Some of (JKL)
05-17 02:34	Wind	damage	3 E Sonora	Larue	Large tree down on Hwy 84. Time estimated from radar. (LMK)
05-17 02:38	Wind	damage	Windsor	Casey	Multiple trees down in Windsor. (LMK)
05-17 02:38	Wind	damage	1 SE Daysboro	Wolfe	Pictures on social media show multiple trees blown down... including onto residence and vehicles along Fallen Road. Minor wind damage was also sustained to siding and r (JKL)
05-17 02:41	Hail	1.00 in	Oak Grove	Christian	(PAH)
05-17 02:42	Wind	damage	2 SSW Vale	Rowan	Tree reported blown down along CCC Trail. Event time estimated from radar. (JKL)
05-17 02:47	Wind	damage	1 SSE Hopkinsville	Christian	power lines down blocking the road. (PAH)
05-17 02:50	Wind	58 mph	4 NE Trenton	Todd	Mesonet station ZION Elkton KY 5 SW. (PAH)
05-17 02:51	Wind	damage	4 E Buffalo	Larue	Multiple trees down in the eastern part of the county. (LMK)
05-17 02:51	Wind	damage	Loretto	Marion	Multiple trees down in the Loretto area. (LMK)
05-17 02:55	Wind	59 mph	3 ENE Loretto	Marion	(LMK)
05-17 02:55	Tornado		2 N Russellville	Logan	TDS on Radar. (LMK)
05-17 02:57	Tornado		Somerset	Pulaski	Trained Spotter reported tornado in Somerset. (JKL)
05-17 02:58	Wind	damage	Olive Hill	Carter	Several trees down around Olive Hill. Time estimated by radar. (RLX)
05-17 03:00	Hail	1.25 in	3 W Somerset	Pulaski	Report of half dollar size hail near mile marker 2 on KY Route 914. (JKL)
05-17 03:00	Wind	61 mph	1 WNW Epleys Station	Logan	Mesonet station 1578W Logan Aluminum. (LMK)
05-17 03:00	Wind	damage	1 ESE Alexandria	Campbell	Large hardwood tree split. (ILN)
05-17 03:07	Wind	damage	1 SW Rich Pond	Warren	4 trees blown over and uprooted on London Drive. (LMK)
05-17 03:07	Wind	damage	Gravel Switch	Marion	Multiple trees down in the Gravel Switch area. (LMK)
05-17 03:10	Wind	63 mph	6 W Lexington	Fayette	(LMK)
05-17 03:10	Wind	damage	2 NNE Lexington	Fayette	Picture of a tree that with an uprooting pulled up part of the black top in a parking lot and landed on a van. Time of damage unknown but likely with the second wave th (LMK)
05-17 03:12	Wind	damage	6 ESE Grayson	Carter	Tree damage resulting in 133 customers without power. Time is estimated by radar. (RLX)
05-17 03:15	Wind	75 mph	2 NW Plano	Warren	(LMK)
05-17 03:17	Wind	damage	Franklin	Simpson	Large limb down behind a home in Franklin. (LMK)
05-17 03:20	Wind	damage	7 SE Blaine	Lawrence	Corrects previous tstm wnd dmg report from 7 SE Blaine. Tree damage resulting in over 50 customers without power. (RLX)
05-17 03:24	Wind	damage	1 N Burgin	Mercer	Tree down on powerlines on the 400 block of Bailey Pike. (LMK)
05-17 03:25	Wind	damage	Add	Martin	Tree blown down and partially blocking Rockcastle Road near the intersection with Abbs Lane. Event time estimated from radar. (JKL)
05-17 03:25	Wind	damage	1 SSE Louisa	Lawrence	Corrects previous tstm wnd dmg report from 1 SSE Louisa. Tree damage resulting in 95 customers without power. (RLX)
05-17 03:26	Wind	damage	2 S Ashland	Boyd	Tree down. Time estimated by radar. (RLX)
05-17 03:30	Wind	60 mph	2 SSE Hays	Barren	(LMK)
05-17 03:31	Wind	damage	Liberty	Casey	Tree down on powerlines on Conner Avenue. (LMK)
05-17 03:36	Wind	damage	Lancaster	Garrard	Tree down over the 200 block of Lexington Road. (LMK)
05-17 03:40	Wind	damage	Preachersville	Lincoln	Tree down over the 4100 block of Preachersville Road blocking two lanes. (LMK)
05-17 03:40	Wind	damage	2 W Bean	Montgomery	County dispatch reported a tree blocking Willoughby Town Road near the intersection of KY-213. Time of event occurrence estimated from radar. (JKL)
05-17 03:42	Wind	damage	3 ESE Waynesburg	Lincoln	Tree down on the 700 block of Clear Fork Road. (LMK)
05-17 03:43	Wind	damage	5 SSE Paint Lick	Garrard	Tree down on powerlines on the 2400 block of Wallacetown Road. (LMK)
05-17 03:47	Tornado		London-Corbin Airport	Laurel	Likely tornado damage shown at the London Airport. (JKL)
05-17 03:49	Wind	damage	2 WSW Richmond	Madison	A tree blew down on Hampton Way. (LMK)
05-17 03:55	Wind	58 mph	4 NNW Berea	Madison	(LMK)
05-17 03:57	Wind	damage	1 SSE Weedon	Estill	Picture on social media shows tree blown down onto Stacy Lane Road. Event time estimated from radar. (JKL)
05-17 04:05	Wind	59 mph	3 W Burkesville	Cumberland	(LMK)
05-17 04:05	Wind	damage	Stanton	Powell	Multiple trees blown down in the vicinity of Stanton. Event time estimated from radar. (JKL)
05-17 04:07	Wind	damage	Columbia	Adair	Multiple trees down in Columbia. (LMK)
05-17 04:09	Wind	damage	2 SE Whynot	Lee	County dispatch reported that many individual trees blown down around the county... but provided no specific details. (JKL)
05-17 04:16	Wind	damage	1 WSW Windsor	Casey	Multiple trees down over Goodin Road. (LMK)
05-17 04:26	Wind	damage	Parnell	Wayne	County dispatch reported multiple trees blown down along KY-92 west of Monticello. Event time estimated from radar and Kentucky Mesonet station Monticello 4 NW. (JKL)
05-17 04:55	Wind	damage	Pilgrim	Martin	Martin County dispatch reported over a dozen instances of trees blown down onto or along highways around the county. Some of the trees involved power and phone lines. T (JKL)
05-17 05:03	Wind	damage	2 SE Hoskinston	Leslie	Many trees were reported to have been blown down along KY 2009 (Greasy Creek Road) between about MM 12 and MM 14. The event time is estimated from radar. (JKL)
05-17 05:07	Wind	damage	1 N Raven	Floyd	KY-7 closed by large tree blown down and blocking both lanes. Power lines were knock down. Event time estimated from radar. (JKL)
05-17 05:24	Wind	damage	1 E Isom	Letcher	County dispatch reported trees blown down in many parts of the county but did not provide specific details. KY-160 and KY-1103 apparently stood out as highways which sa (JKL)

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