Hail in Daviess County, Kentucky

Hail May 16, 2025 · Daviess County, Kentucky

0.75 in

Hail diameter

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

What the National Weather Service wrote

Penny size hail was measured near Stanley.

The wider storm

Cells streamed northeastward through Western Kentucky during the early AM hours of the 16th as a stationary front resided near the Ohio River. A few of these storms produced hail in northwest Kentucky, with the largest hail estimated at golf ball size in Webster County. MLCAPE was around 2000J/kg (-10C to -30C CAPE was 800-900J/kg), while effective shear was over 60kts. The significant hail parameter was 1.5.

Began near Stanley (37.8100, -87.2378).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1271474. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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