Hail in Union County, Kentucky
Hail May 8, 2025 · Union County, Kentucky
Where the report was made, with tornadoes recorded within 15 miles over the years.
What the National Weather Service wrote
Hail to the size of quarters fell just east of Morganfield.
The wider storm
A 500mb trough extended from Quebec southwest to the confluence of the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers around midday and pushed slowly eastward through the afternoon. At the surface, a weak surface low tried to lift northeast through west Kentucky, as surface high pressure tried to build southeast across the lower Ohio Valley. The greatest instability was a bit elevated with MUCAPE values of 1000-2000J/kg, which result in meager effective shear of 25-30kts. Scattered showers and thunderstorms lifted northeast from the Missouri Bootheel into west Kentucky after 0900CST, and more widespread thunderstorms moved east out of southern Illinois in the early afternoon. One cluster of storms produced damaging winds and large hail over portions of Union County, while a second storm dropped large hail in southwest portions of Daviess County.
Began near Morganfield (37.6800, -87.8900).
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1260270. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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