Hail, Hancock
- When
- June 29, 9:30 PM EST
- Where
- Hancock County, Lewisport
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.930, -86.900
Hail and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, June 29, 1998
DES, spotters and state police reported trees and power lines down and isolated large hail with the passage of a squall line that moved southeast across central Kentucky. A roof was torn from a house in Hartford and fell on a barn destroying it.
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
- $20,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 16
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.
What happened
The episode as NWS LMK wrote it up.
DES, spotters and state police reported trees and power lines down and isolated large hail with the passage of a squall line that moved southeast across central Kentucky. A roof was torn from a house in Hartford and fell on a barn destroying it.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
14 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Trimble
- When
- June 29, 9:30 PM EST
- Where
- Trimble County, Milton
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 38.720, -85.370
Thunderstorm Wind, Oldham
- When
- June 29, 9:40 PM EST
- Where
- Oldham County, Goshen
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 38.400, -85.570
Thunderstorm Wind, Breckinridge
- When
- June 29, 9:45 PM EST
- Where
- Breckinridge County, Hardinsburg
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 37.780, -86.470
Thunderstorm Wind, Jefferson
- When
- June 29, 9:45 PM EST
- Where
- Jefferson County, Louisville
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 38.230, -85.780
Thunderstorm Wind, Shelby
- When
- June 29, 10:00 PM EST
- Where
- Shelby County, Shelbyville
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 38.220, -85.230
Thunderstorm Wind, Bullitt
- When
- June 29, 10:00 PM EST
- Where
- Bullitt County, Shepherdsville to Barrallton
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 37.980, -85.720
Hail, Ohio
- When
- June 29, 10:10 PM EST
- Where
- Ohio County, Hartford
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.450, -86.920
Thunderstorm Wind, Ohio
- When
- June 29, 10:10 PM EST
- Where
- Ohio County, Hartford
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph)
- Property damage
- $20,000
- Coordinates
- 37.450, -86.920
Thunderstorm Wind, Spencer
- When
- June 29, 10:13 PM EST
- Where
- Spencer County, Taylorsville
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 38.030, -85.350
Thunderstorm Wind, Anderson
- When
- June 29, 10:20 PM EST
- Where
- Anderson County, Alton
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 38.080, -84.930
Thunderstorm Wind, Scott
- When
- June 29, 10:40 PM EST
- Where
- Scott County, Georgetown to Cranetown
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 38.200, -84.550
Thunderstorm Wind, Woodford
- When
- June 29, 10:45 PM EST
- Where
- Woodford County, Versailles
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 38.050, -84.730
Thunderstorm Wind, Fayette
- When
- June 29, 10:55 PM EST
- Where
- Fayette County, Lexington
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 38.050, -84.500
Thunderstorm Wind, Clark
- When
- June 29, 11:05 PM EST
- Where
- Clark County, Winchester
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 37.980, -84.180
Thunderstorm Wind, Warren
- When
- June 29, 11:30 PM EST
- Where
- Warren County, Bowling Green
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 36.980, -86.430
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
- Tornadoes and Flooding in Iowa, June 29, 1998
- Damaging Winds in Iowa, June 29, 1998
- Heat and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, June 29, 1998
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Illinois, June 29, 1998
- Damaging Wind and Lightning Strike in Michigan, June 29, 1998
- Heat in Oklahoma, June 29, 1998
- Lightning Strike in Florida, June 29, 1998
- Heat in Alabama, June 29, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Kansas, June 29, 1998
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Indiana, June 29, 1998
- Hail in Nebraska, June 29, 1998
- Flash Flooding in Illinois, June 29 to 30, 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: 5640682, 5640683, 5640684, 5640685, 5640686, 5640687, 5640688, 5640689, 5640697, 5640690, 5640691, 5640692, 5640693, 5640694, 5640695, 5640696.