Kentucky, 1997Hail in Kentucky, July 21, 1997
July 21, 1997 · NWS JKL · 1 event in 1 county or zone
1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
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.
Hail, Breathitt
- When
- July 21, 5:20 PM EST
- Where
- Breathitt County, Lawson
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.600, -83.470
- 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.
- Flash Flood and Hail in Oklahoma, July 21, 19971 death · $500 · 54 kt wind · 12 events
- Damaging Wind in Montana, July 21, 19972 injured · $1.5 million · 70 kt wind · 1 event
- Lightning Strike in Wisconsin, July 21, 1997$1.0 million · 1 event
- Flash Flooding in Alabama, July 21 to 22, 1997$550,000 · 2 events
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in Virginia, July 21, 1997$110,000 · 50 kt wind · 4 events
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Oklahoma, July 21, 19972 injured · $29,000 · 1 in hail · 15 events
- Lightning Strikes in Pennsylvania, July 21 to 22, 1997$100,000 · 2 events
- Lightning Strike in North Carolina, July 21, 1997$50,000 · 1 event
- Damaging Wind in South Dakota, July 21, 1997$50,000 · 61 kt wind · 1 event
- Damaging Wind in New Mexico, July 21, 1997$30,000 · 1 event
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, July 21, 1997$27,000 · 1 event
- Flash Flood in North Carolina, July 21, 1997$20,000 · 1 event
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: 5611847.