Hail, Boyle
- When
- August 6, 3:30 PM CST
- Where
- Boyle County
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.650, -84.780
Hail and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, August 6, 1979
5 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
- 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
- 9
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
5 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Marion
- When
- August 6, 4:30 PM CST
- Where
- Marion County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.500, -85.150
Hail, Oldham
- When
- August 6, 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Oldham County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.400, -85.450
Thunderstorm Wind, Taylor
- When
- August 6, 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Taylor County
- Coordinates
- 37.350, -85.320
Thunderstorm Wind, Marion
- When
- August 6, 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Marion County
- Coordinates
- 37.550, -85.270
Hail, Boyle
- When
- August 6, 5:15 PM CST
- Where
- Boyle County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.620, -84.820
Hail, Henry
- When
- August 6, 5:15 PM CST
- Where
- Henry County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.450, -85.120
Thunderstorm Wind, Boyle
- When
- August 6, 5:15 PM CST
- Where
- Boyle County
- Coordinates
- 37.620, -84.820
Thunderstorm Wind, Casey
- When
- August 6, 5:15 PM CST
- Where
- Casey County
- Coordinates
- 37.330, -84.920
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
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Indiana, August 6, 1979
- Damaging Winds in Florida, August 6, 1979
- Damaging Winds in Georgia, August 6, 1979
- Damaging Winds in Louisiana, August 6, 1979
- Hail in New Jersey, August 6, 1979
- Hail in Connecticut, August 6, 1979
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, August 6, 1979
- Damaging Wind in Arizona, August 6, 1979
More
Every storm in Kentucky in 1979Every state in 1979This 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: 10031007, 10031008, 10031009, 10031010, 10031011, 10031012, 10031013, 10031014, 10031015.