Hail in Harlan County, Kentucky

Hail May 19, 2022 · Harlan County, Kentucky

0.88 in

Hail diameter

Where the report was made, with tornadoes recorded within 15 miles over the years.

What the National Weather Service wrote

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

The wider storm

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.

Began near Martins Fork (36.7200, -83.3100).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1017116. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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