Hail and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, May 24, 1995

Name: Hail and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, May 24, 1995
Start: 1995-05-24T15:35
End: 1995-05-24T21:34
Location: Kentucky

May 24, 1995 · 14 events in 11 counties and zones

10 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 14 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $109,000
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 14

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.

The radar

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Event by event

10 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Warren

When: May 24, 3:35 PM CST
Where: Warren County, Bowling Green
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Property damage: $25,000
Coordinates: 36.994, -86.424 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Butler

When: May 24, 5:15 PM CST
Where: Butler County, N. Butler
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Property damage: $1,000
Coordinates: 37.207, -86.682 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Hart

When: May 24, 5:45 PM CST
Where: Hart County, Bonnieville
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Property damage: $25,000
Coordinates: 37.300, -85.885 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Hopkins

When: May 24, 6:30 PM CST
Where: Hopkins County, Dawson Springs
Property damage: $2,000
Coordinates: 37.309, -87.541 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

A large tree was uprooted in Dawson Springs by thunderstorm winds.

Hail, Webster

When: May 24, 6:45 PM CST
Where: Webster County, Nw Webster
Measured: 1 in hail
Property damage: $1,000
Coordinates: 37.518, -87.683 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Union

When: May 24, 6:45 PM CST
Where: Union County, Se Union
Measured: 1 in hail
Property damage: $1,000
Coordinates: 37.659, -87.945 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Henderson

When: May 24, 7:10 PM CST
Where: Henderson County, Henderson
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Property damage: $5,000
Coordinates: 37.796, -87.573 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Owen

When: May 24, 8:25 PM EST
Where: Owen County, Owenton
Property damage: $5,000
Coordinates: 38.520, -84.828 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Trees were downed, some knocking down power lines.

Hail, Christian

When: May 24, 7:40 PM CST
Where: Christian County, Croften
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Property damage: $5,000
Coordinates: 36.894, -87.490 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Todd

When: May 24, 8:14 PM CST
Where: Todd County
Property damage: $2,000
Coordinates: 36.836, -87.179 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Softball-size hail fell in the vicinity of Clifty and Kirkmansville. Several roofs and automobiles were damaged.

Thunderstorm Wind, Christian

When: May 24, 8:40 PM CST
Where: Christian County
Property damage: $3
Coordinates: 36.894, -87.490 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm winds blew siding off a house in the vicinity of Hopkinsville.

Hail, Todd

When: May 24, 8:40 PM CST
Where: Todd County, Clifty
Measured: 4.5 in hail
Property damage: $30,000
Coordinates: 36.836, -87.179 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Softball-size hail fell in the vicinity of Clifty and Kirkmansville. Several roofs and automobiles were damaged.

Hail, Logan

When: May 24, 9:05 PM CST
Where: Logan County, Lewisburg
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Property damage: $5,000
Coordinates: 36.860, -86.879 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Logan

When: May 24, 9:34 PM CST
Where: Logan County, Deer Lick
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Property damage: $2,000
Coordinates: 36.860, -86.879 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Record or near record rainfall across southwest Indiana, southeast llinois, as well as west and south-central Kentucky produced widespread flash flooding during the month of May. Thirteen and fifty-one hundredths inches of rain was recorded in Evansville, with 4.92 inches falling on the 17th. Numerous roads were closed across the tri-state area.

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

Every storm in Kentucky in 1995 Every state in 1995 This day in weather history Warnings in Kentucky, May 1995

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: 10327738, 10325333, 10324741, 10324768, 10327743, 10328902, 10324746, 10328433, 10325545, 10328777, 10325546, 10328778, 10324823, 10324824.