Hail — Floyd, Kentucky

2025-06-26 · near Prestonsburg, Floyd, Kentucky

Event narrative

The public shared a video on social media of nickel sized hail in Prestonsburg, just off of KY-1428.

Wider weather episode

High pressure had been anchored across the southeast for the previous few days leading to dew points in the 70s, and highs in the 90s. Forecasters noted inverted-V type soundings heading into the day of the 26th, favorable for downward transport of winds from aloft. The morning started out under a strongly unstable environment with little to no shear. Outflow from showers and storms ongoing in Tennessee kicked off convection in Kentucky earlier than expected. Storms would then tap into the favorable atmospheric conditions along with day time heating and better organize through the afternoon. The first report of wind damage occurred in Clay county just before 12:30 PM LST. After that convection pushed off to the east before the remaining reports occurred across Floyd county, just before 4 PM LST.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1293344. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.