Winter Weather — Hardin, Kentucky

2025-11-10 · Hardin, Kentucky

Event narrative

Light snow resulted in slick road conditions during the morning hours of November 10, 2025 in Hardin County. Shortly before 6 AM, a vehicle lost control due to weather-related road conditions, crossed into the opposite lane, and collided with another vehicle. After the initial crash, a third vehicle struck one of the drivers involved in the crash. Both drivers from the initial crash were taken to a local hospital with life-threatening injuries. One of the drivers later died.

Wider weather episode

A deep upper level low dropped south into the Ohio Valley, bringing strong cold air advection and a healthy moisture plume off the Great Lakes. The combination of mid and upper-level forcing, very steep low-level lapse rates, and deep moisture led to the development of scattered to numerous convective snow showers and squalls from mid-morning through the afternoon hours of November 10, 2025. The snow showers caused hazardous and slick road conditions, which resulting in multiple vehicle accidents as well as injuries and fatalities.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1301528. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.