Hail, Spencer
- When
- April 26, 4:40 PM CST
- Where
- Spencer County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.050, -85.370
Hail in Kentucky, April 26, 1989
8 hail, 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
- 8
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
8 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Letcher
- When
- April 26, 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Letcher County
- Measured
- 2 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.120, -82.850
Hail, Shelby
- When
- April 26, 5:56 PM CST
- Where
- Shelby County
- Measured
- 2.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.230, -85.200
Hail, Letcher
- When
- April 26, 6:30 PM CST
- Where
- Letcher County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.120, -82.850
Hail, Garrard
- When
- April 26, 6:30 PM CST
- Where
- Garrard County
- Measured
- 2 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.630, -84.530
Hail, Shelby
- When
- April 26, 8:04 PM CST
- Where
- Shelby County
- Measured
- 2 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.230, -85.200
Hail, Jefferson
- When
- April 26, 8:32 PM CST
- Where
- Jefferson County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.200, -85.650
Hail, Jessamine
- When
- April 26, 8:33 PM CST
- Where
- Jessamine County
- Measured
- 2 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.870, -84.570
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes and Hail in Iowa, April 26, 1989
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, April 26, 1989
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Illinois, April 26, 1989
- Damaging Winds in Missouri, April 26, 1989
- Hail in Wyoming, April 26, 1989
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Indiana, April 26, 1989
- Hail and Damaging Wind in North Carolina, April 26, 1989
- Hail in Nebraska, April 26, 1989
- Damaging Winds in Kansas, April 26, 1989
- Hail in Texas, April 26, 1989
More
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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: 10030541, 10030542, 10030543, 10030544, 10030545, 10030546, 10030547, 10030548.