Hail — Knox, Kentucky
2022-05-19 · near Flat Lick, Knox, Kentucky
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Event narrative
A trained spotter reported quarter-sized (1.00 inch) hail near the Flat Lick community.
Wider weather episode
Numerous showers and storms fired during the afternoon and evening of the 19th in the vicinity of a wavering frontal boundary over eastern Kentucky. High amounts of instability and ample shear favored splitting supercells. While there were many reports of dime to quarter-sized hail, two particularly intense storms produced up to egg-size hail near Jackson and Stanton.
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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1017113. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.