Hail — Hopkins, Kentucky

2025-09-19 · near St Charles, Hopkins, Kentucky

Event narrative

Hail up to the size of pennies fell near St Charles.

Wider weather episode

The tail end of an upper trough extended southeast into the lower Ohio Valley, but the flow over west Kentucky was weak, leading to weak shear. Instability was modest with surface-based CAPE around 1000 J/kg, but that was sufficient to allow one strong storm to produce hail south of Madisonville.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1294420. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.