Hail, Clark
- When
- May 21, 1:30 PM CST
- Where
- Clark County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.000, -84.170
Hail and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, May 21, 1982
9 hail, 8 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
- 17
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
9 hail, 8 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Daviess
- When
- May 21, 1:50 PM CST
- Where
- Daviess County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.670, -87.030
Hail, Jessamine
- When
- May 21, 3:00 PM CST
- Where
- Jessamine County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.850, -84.670
Thunderstorm Wind, Montgomery
- When
- May 21, 3:09 PM CST
- Where
- Montgomery County
- Coordinates
- 38.030, -83.870
Hail, Fayette
- When
- May 21, 3:10 PM CST
- Where
- Fayette County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.050, -84.500
Thunderstorm Wind, Fayette
- When
- May 21, 3:10 PM CST
- Where
- Fayette County
- Coordinates
- 38.050, -84.500
Hail, Montgomery
- When
- May 21, 3:15 PM CST
- Where
- Montgomery County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.050, -83.950
Hail, Anderson
- When
- May 21, 3:30 PM CST
- Where
- Anderson County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.020, -84.980
Thunderstorm Wind, Anderson
- When
- May 21, 3:30 PM CST
- Where
- Anderson County
- Coordinates
- 38.020, -84.980
Thunderstorm Wind, Clark
- When
- May 21, 3:45 PM CST
- Where
- Clark County
- Coordinates
- 37.980, -84.180
Thunderstorm Wind, Jessamine
- When
- May 21, 3:48 PM CST
- Where
- Jessamine County
- Coordinates
- 37.870, -84.570
Hail, Clark
- When
- May 21, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Clark County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.980, -84.180
Hail, Menifee
- When
- May 21, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Menifee County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.950, -83.580
Thunderstorm Wind, Montgomery
- When
- May 21, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Montgomery County
- Coordinates
- 37.980, -83.880
Thunderstorm Wind, Mercer
- When
- May 21, 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Mercer County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 37.950, -84.900
Hail, Caldwell
- When
- May 21, 7:57 PM CST
- Where
- Caldwell County
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.320, -87.870
Thunderstorm Wind, Meade
- When
- May 21, 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Meade County
- Coordinates
- 38.000, -86.170
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.
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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: 10030280, 10030281, 10030282, 10030283, 10030284, 10030285, 10030286, 10030287, 10030288, 10030289, 10030290, 10030291, 10030292, 10030293, 10030294, 10030295, 10030296.