Hail and Damaging Wind in Kentucky, May 11, 2001

Name: Hail and Damaging Wind in Kentucky, May 11, 2001
Start: 2001-05-11T19:15
End: 2001-05-11T19:45
Location: Kentucky

May 11, 2001 · NWS LMK · 3 events in 2 counties and zones

2 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $5,000
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 3

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 forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Louisville, KY wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at May 11, 12:45 PM EST, 6 hours 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 11, 12:45 PM EST, 6 hours 30 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
145 PM EDT FRI MAY 11 2001

ADVERTISED TRANSITION INTO COOLER AND DRIER AIR MASS XPCTD THIS
EVENING AND SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE LIKELY ALONG AND IN
ADVANCE OF FRNTL SYS AS IT PRESSES INTO THE LWR OH VLY.

AM NOT OVERLY IMPRESSED WITH INTNS TSTM CHC/S BUT...MNTN NEEDS TO BE
MADE IN 1ST PD OF ZFP...A FEW STORMS MAY BE MARGINALLY SEVERE.

LI/S AT ERY AFTN ALREADY IN THE MINUS 4 TO MINUS 6 RANGE LOW LVL
MOISTURE IS ADEQUATE.

MODELS IN GENERAL AGREEMENT WITH PATTERN...BRINING THUNDERSTORMS
INTO NORTHERN PARTS OF FORECAST AREA INTO THE WEE HOURS.

AS DRIER AIR OVERSPREADS THE AREA ON SATURDAY...SHOWERS WILL END
OVER EASTERN AND SOUTHERN SECTIONS WITH DECREASING CLOUDS
ACROSS THE AREA.

WILL USE A BLEND OF MAV AND FWC MOS TO PRODUCE FCST.

.SDF...NONE.
CONGER

The radar

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Event by event

2 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Jefferson

When: May 11, 7:15 PM EST
Where: Jefferson County, Valley Station
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Property damage: $5,000
Reported by: BROADCAST MEDIA
Coordinates: 38.117, -85.867

Several cars were damaged by hail.

Hail, Jefferson

When: May 11, 7:30 PM EST
Where: Jefferson County, 2 mi S of Highview
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 38.117, -85.617

Large hail fell at the Louisville NWS Office.

Thunderstorm Wind, Bullitt

When: May 11, 7:45 PM EST
Where: Bullitt County, Mt Washington
Measured: 52 kt (60 mph)
Reported by: NWS EMPLOYEE(OFF DUTY)
Coordinates: 38.050, -85.550

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 2001 Every state in 2001 This day in weather history Warnings in Kentucky, May 2001

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: 5244045, 5244046, 5244047.