Hail, Grant
- When
- April 13, 4:49 PM EST to 4:53 PM EST
- Where
- Grant County, Dry Ridge
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 38.680, -84.580
Hail and Damaging Wind in Kentucky, April 13, 2009
A line of strong to severe thunderstorms developed during the late afternoon and evening ahead of an occluding low pressure system moving through the Ohio Valley.
Where it happened
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- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $6,000
- 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 happened
The episode as NWS ILN wrote it up.
A line of strong to severe thunderstorms developed during the late afternoon and evening ahead of an occluding low pressure system moving through the Ohio Valley.
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 Wilmington, OH wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Apr 13, 2:57 PM EST, 1 hour 52 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 13, 2:57 PM EST, 1 hour 52 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 357 PM EDT MON APR 13 2009 .SYNOPSIS... A SURFACE LOW OVER THE LOWER OHIO VALLEY WILL SLOWLY TRACK INTO CENTRAL OHIO THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. THE LOW WILL OCCLUDE AND MOVE EAST OF THE REGION ON WEDNESDAY...ALLOWING HIGH PRESSURE TO BUILD IN FROM THE NORTH THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. && .NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM TUESDAY MORNING/... BULK OF SHOWER ACTIVITY IS LIFTING NORTH OF THE CWA...FOCUSED PRIMARILY NORTH OF A 750 HPA WARM FRONT. SFC WARM FRONT LAGS WELL BEHIND AND IS CURRENTLY NUDGING INTO THE FAR SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE CWA AT THIS TIME. SFC WARM FRONT WILL CONTINUE LIFTING NORTHWARD TO FAR SOUTHERN OHIO BY 21Z...AND INTO THE CENTRAL CWA BY 02Z OR SO. TEMPS IN THE WARM SECTOR HAVE WARMED RAPIDLY WITH LMK NOW AT 70 DEGREES. THIS HAS ALLOWED FOR MODEST DESTABILIZATION SOUTH OF THE WARM FRONT WHERE MLCAPE VALUES ARE INCREASING TO BETWEEN 500-1000 J/KG. 0-6 KM SHEAR BTWN 30-45 KT AND MODEST LOW LEVEL SHEAR WILL FAVOR STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS ACROSS SOUTHERN INDIANA AND CNTRL KY...AND THIS ACTIVITY MAY SPREAD INTO AREAS WEST AND SOUTH OF CINCINNATI LATER THIS AFTERNOON. EXPECT FAVORABLE WINDOW FOR SEVERE STORMS TO BE SHORT LIVED ACROSS THIS AREA SINCE INSTBY WILL BE LOST AS THE SUN GOES DOWN. PRIMARY THREAT WILL BE LARGE HAIL WITH WBZ HEIGHTS AROUND 6-7KFT. 0-1 KM SHEAR WILL BE ADEQUATE ENOUGH FOR AN ISOLATED TORNADO THREAT ACROSS THE FAR SOUTHWEST. PRECIP SHOULD EXPAND IN COVERAGE FROM THE WEST OVERNIGHT AS SFC LOW BEGINS TO TRACK UP THE OHIO RIVER...REACHING NEAR CINCINNATI BY 12Z. KEPT CAT POPS ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST 2/3 OF THE AREA THROUGH THIS TIME. && .SHORT TERM /6 AM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT/... SFC LOW WILL BEGIN TO OCCLUDE AND LINGER ACROSS CENTRAL OHIO THROUGH TUES AFTERNOON...KEEPING HIGH POPS ACROSS MOST OF THE AREA THROUGH THE DAY. PRECIP CHANCES WILL BEGIN TO TAPER OFF FROM WEST TO EAST TUESDAY NIGHT...WITH SLIGHT CHANCE LINGERING ACROSS THE EASTERN CWA INTO WEDNESDAY. LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WILL LINGER INTO WEDNESDAY SO KEPT MOSTLY CLOUDY CONDITIONS AREAWIDE DURING THE DAY...WITH SKIES CLEARING OUT LATE WEDS NIGHT. GIVEN THE THICK LOW LEVEL MOISTURE AND WIDESPREAD PRECIP...TRENDED TEMPS BELOW GUIDANCE DURING THE DAYTIME PERIODS AND SLIGHTLY ABOVE AT NIGHT. && .LONG TERM /THURSDAY THROUGH MONDAY/... HIGH PRESSURE WILL EXTEND ACROSS THE REGION THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. THIS WILL PUSH OFF TO THE SOUTHEAST AS A BACK DOOR FRONT SLIDES INTO THE AREA ON SATURDAY. TEMPERATURES WILL BE ABLE TO WARM ABOVE NORMAL DURING THE LATTER PART OF THE WEEK. UNCERTAINTY INCREASES SUBSTANTIALLY SUNDAY INTO MONDAY AS MODEL SOLUTIONS DIVERGE. BUT IN GENERAL EXPECT UPPER TROUGH TO PUSH EASTWARD WHICH WILL INCREASE THE CHANCE OF SHOWERS ALONG WITH COOLING TEMPERATURES BACK BELOW NORMAL. && .AVIATION /19Z MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/... THE FIRST ROUND OF PRECIPITATION IS CURRENTLY MOVING THROUGH COLUMBUS AND DAYTON AND WILL CLEAR THE TAF SITES SHORTLY. CLEARING CONDITIONS WILL KEEP THINGS PREDOMINANTLY VFR THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...BUT WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND POSSIBLY THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING. CONFIDENCE IN THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE IS NOT HIGH...BUT IS HIGHEST AT THE CINCINNATI TAF SITES...WHERE CONDITIONS ARE MORE FAVORABLE. THE NEXT BIG SLUG OF PRECIPITATION WILL COME AFTER 04Z AT CINCINNATI AND A FEW HOURS LATER AT COLUMBUS. EXPECT MVFR CEILINGS AND VISIBILITIES WITH THIS BATCH OF MOISTURE. PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE...ALBEIT MORE SCATTERED...GOING ON THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS. OUTLOOK...MVFR CEILINGS AND VISIBILITIES POSSIBLE TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. && .ILN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OH...NONE. KY...NONE. IN...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...HAWBLITZEL NEAR TERM...HAWBLITZEL SHORT TERM...HAWBLITZEL LONG TERM... AVIATION...HATZOS
Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 13, 4:47 AM EST, 12 hours 2 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 547 AM EDT MON APR 13 2009 KYZ100-OHZ026-034-035-042>046-051>056-063>065-073-074-080>082-088- 141000- LEWIS-HARDIN-MERCER-AUGLAIZE-DARKE-SHELBY-LOGAN-UNION OH-DELAWARE- MIAMI-CHAMPAIGN-CLARK-MADISON-FRANKLIN OH-LICKING-FAYETTE OH- PICKAWAY-FAIRFIELD-ROSS-HOCKING-HIGHLAND-ADAMS-PIKE-SCIOTO- 547 AM EDT MON APR 13 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST KENTUCKY...CENTRAL OHIO...MIAMI VALLEY OF OHIO...SOUTH CENTRAL OHIO AND WEST CENTRAL OHIO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. INZ050-058-059-066-073>075-080-KYZ089>099-OHZ060>062-070>072-077>079- 141000- WAYNE-FAYETTE IN-UNION IN-FRANKLIN IN-RIPLEY-DEARBORN-OHIO- SWITZERLAND-CARROLL-GALLATIN-BOONE-KENTON-CAMPBELL-OWEN-GRANT- PENDLETON-BRACKEN-ROBERTSON-MASON-PREBLE-MONTGOMERY-GREENE-BUTLER- WARREN-CLINTON-HAMILTON-CLERMONT-BROWN- 547 AM EDT MON APR 13 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL INDIANA...SOUTHEAST INDIANA...NORTHEAST KENTUCKY...NORTHERN KENTUCKY...MIAMI VALLEY OF OHIO...SOUTH CENTRAL OHIO AND SOUTHWEST OHIO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND OVERNIGHT ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTHEAST INDIANA...NORTHERN KENTUCKY AND SOUTHWEST OHIO. AN ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
The radar
The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 105 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:50 UTC.
Event by event
2 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Pendleton
- When
- April 13, 5:22 PM EST to 5:26 PM EST
- Where
- Pendleton County, 2.44 mi NE of Pleasant Hill
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $1,000
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 38.793, -84.266
Thunderstorm Wind, Pendleton
- When
- April 13, 5:23 PM EST to 5:25 PM EST
- Where
- Pendleton County, 2.49 mi SSE of Peach Grove
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph) estimated gust
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 38.797, -84.261
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
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- Tornado and Hail in Alabama, April 13, 2009
- Flooding and Hail in Florida, April 13, 2009
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- Tornado and Hail in Florida, April 13 to 14, 2009
- Flash Flooding in Mississippi, April 13, 2009
- Tornado and Hail in Georgia, April 13, 2009
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Kentucky, April 13, 2009
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: 164145, 164146, 164147.