Hail — Harlan, Kentucky

2022-05-19 · near Martins Fork, Harlan, Kentucky

Event narrative

The public reported nickel-sized (0.88 inch) hail approximately 1 mile east southeast of the PeePace Store.

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 1017116. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.