Thunderstorm Wind, Pulaski
- When
- May 1, 12:35 AM EST
- Where
- Pulaski County, Somerset
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 37.100, -84.600
Trees were downed along High Street. Power lines were also downed.
Hail and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, May 1 to 14, 1997
5 hail, 2 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
- $13,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 7
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
The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 126 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 05:32 UTC.
Event by event
5 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Wayne
- When
- May 1, 12:35 AM EST
- Where
- Wayne County, 3 mi NW of Mill Spgs
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Coordinates
- 36.970, -84.800
Part of the roof was blown off of a bi-level house. A large tree and a couple of smaller ones were also blown down.
Hail, Rowan
- When
- May 14, 5:10 PM EST
- Where
- Rowan County, Morehead
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.180, -83.430
Hail, Elliott
- When
- May 14, 5:40 PM EST
- Where
- Elliott County, Green
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.130, -83.070
Hail, Wolfe
- When
- May 14, 6:15 PM EST
- Where
- Wolfe County, Bethany
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.650, -83.480
Hail, Breathitt
- When
- May 14, 6:20 PM EST
- Where
- Breathitt County, Vancleve
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.630, -83.430
Hail, Magoffin
- When
- May 14, 6:45 PM EST
- Where
- Magoffin County, 5 mi S of Salyersville
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.680, -83.070
What these are
- 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.
- 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 Flash Flooding in Kansas, May 1 to 29, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Virginia, May 1, 1997
- Lightning Strike in New Jersey, May 1, 1997
- Drought in Texas, May 1 to 31, 1997
- Flooding in Idaho, May 1 to 31, 1997
- Heavy Rain in Ohio, May 1 to 31, 1997
- Flooding in Montana, May 1 to 31, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, May 1, 1997
- Flooding in Louisiana, May 1 to 9, 1997
- Flooding in Texas, May 1 to 9, 1997
- High Wind in Ohio, May 1, 1997
- Lightning Strike in Tennessee, May 1, 1997
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: 5598211, 5598212, 5598213, 5598214, 5598215, 5598216, 5598217.