Hail, Owen
- When
- June 14, 7:15 PM EST to 7:20 PM EST
- Where
- Owen County, Perry Park
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.550, -85.000
Flash Flood and Hail in Kentucky, June 14 to 15, 1998
4 hail, 1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. 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
- 5
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 national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
4 hail, 1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Grant
- When
- June 14, 7:38 PM EST to 7:40 PM EST
- Where
- Grant County, Crittenden
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.780, -84.600
Hail, Gallatin
- When
- June 14, 7:40 PM EST to 7:45 PM EST
- Where
- Gallatin County, Sparta
- Measured
- 1.25 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.680, -84.900
Hail, Kenton
- When
- June 14, 8:00 PM EST to 8:05 PM EST
- Where
- Kenton County, Piner
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.830, -84.530
Flash Flood, Lewis
- When
- June 15, 12:00 AM EST to 12:45 AM EST
- Where
- Lewis County, Tannery
- Coordinates
- 38.532, -83.378 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Several hours of heavy rainfall caused county creeks and streams to rise out of their banks. Evacuations occurred in Tannery.
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- Flash Flood
- Flooding that begins within six hours of the rain that causes it, or of a dam or levee failure or ice jam release, often with deadly speed.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Flash Flood and Flooding in Iowa, June 14, 1998
- Flooding in Iowa, June 14 to 16, 1998
- Damaging Winds in Missouri, June 14, 1998
- Flash Flood in North Dakota, June 14, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, June 14, 1998
- Damaging Winds in Iowa, June 14, 1998
- Flash Flooding in New York, June 14, 1998
- Tornadoes in Illinois, June 14, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Kentucky, June 14, 1998
- Flooding in Maine, June 14 to 16, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, June 14 to 15, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Missouri, June 14, 1998
More
Every storm in Kentucky in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Kentucky, June 1998
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: 5648593, 5648594, 5648595, 5648596, 5648597.