Hail, McCracken
- When
- April 25, 3:00 PM CST
- Where
- McCracken County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.080, -88.780
Hail and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, April 25, 1961
2 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
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- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 4
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
Event by event
2 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Hopkins
- When
- April 25, 3:30 PM CST
- Where
- Hopkins County
- Measured
- 1.25 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.280, -87.500
Thunderstorm Wind, Mason
- When
- April 25, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Mason County
- Coordinates
- 38.580, -83.780
Thunderstorm Wind, Fayette
- When
- April 25, 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Fayette County
- Measured
- 54 kt (62 mph)
- Coordinates
- 38.000, -84.580
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Ohio, April 25, 1961
- Tornadoes and Hail in Indiana, April 25, 1961
- Tornadoes and Hail in Missouri, April 25, 1961
- Tornado in Tennessee, April 25, 1961
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in West Virginia, April 25, 1961
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, April 25, 1961
- Hail in Illinois, April 25, 1961
- Damaging Wind in New Jersey, April 25, 1961
- Damaging Wind in Mississippi, April 25, 1961
More
Every storm in Kentucky in 1961Every state in 1961This day in weather history
Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 10033725, 10033726, 10033727, 10033728.