Hail — Shelby, Kentucky

2022-05-19 · near Graefenburg, Shelby, Kentucky

Event narrative

Hail between quarter and golf ball size was observed near the Graefenburg community.

Wider weather episode

A stationary front lingered across central Kentucky during the day on May 19th, with a warm and moist environment located along and south of this boundary. During the afternoon and evening hours, a negatively-tilted mid-level shortwave passed just north and west of the region, helping to add dynamic support to an already thermodynamically unstable environment. Storms formed near the front in the early afternoon as multicell clusters, with a few supercells moving along the southern flank of the convective activity. The strongest cells produced considerable amounts of large hail across central Kentucky, with hail sizes larger than baseballs being observed in Fayette and Harrison County.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1030726. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.