Hail, Lawrence
- When
- June 21, 2:43 PM EST
- Where
- Lawrence County, Blaine
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 38.030, -82.830
Hail and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, June 21, 2010
A mesoscale convective complex dropped southeast during peak heating.
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
- $14,000
- 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 RLX wrote it up.
A mesoscale convective complex dropped southeast during peak heating.
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 Charleston, WV wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 21, 12:40 PM EST, 2 hours 3 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 21, 12:40 PM EST, 2 hours 3 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 140 PM EDT MON JUN 21 2010 .SYNOPSIS... MOIST VERY WARM AIR ACROSS REGION AS FRONT LIES TO THE NORTH. COLD FRONT PUSHES SOUTHEAST THROUGH REGION THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT. HIGH PRESSURE FOLLOWS. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH TUESDAY/... BOUNDARY OF BEST CAPE BARELY PUSHING INTO SOUTHWEST CORNER OF FORECAST AREA SO HAVE GONE LIKELY THERE THIS AFTERNOON. DEW POINTS DROP TO EAST OF THERE SO STORMS SHOULD HAVE TROUBLE GETTING VERY FAR EAST BEYOND OHIO RIVER AND WV/KY BORDER. AFTER SUN DIES PRECIPITATION SHOULD DIE. WAVE MOVING EAST FROM MIDWEST CROSSING REGION TUESDAY SO HAVE GONE WITH CHANCE POPS THEN. MAV MAX TEMPS PRETTY EXTREME FOR TUESDAY WITH MET MAX TEMPS ABOUT 5 DEGREES LOWER. EXPECT SOME CLOUDS THAT SHOULD TONE DOWN MAX TEMPS SO HAVE GONE BELOW MAV FOR MAX TUESDAY. && .SHORT TERM /TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT/... MAIN SYNOPTIC FEATURE THRU THURSDAY WILL BE A COLD FRONT THAT WILL DROP SOUTH AND EAST ACROSS OUR AREA THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT...COMPLIMENTS OF A SHORT WAVE DIVING SOUTHEASTWARD FROM THE UPPER MIDWEST. MODELS IN GOOD AGREEMENT ON THIS...AND LOOKS TO BE A RATHER NARROW BAND OF CONVECTION WITH THE FRONT. UNTIL THEN...OUR WEATHER WILL BE GOVERNED BY CONVECTIVE MESOSCALE SYSTEMS TRACKING EASTWARD IN THE MAIN BAROCLINIC ZONE ACROSS THE NORTHERN OHIO VALLEY AND GREAT LAKES. SYNOPTICALLY...THESE FEATURES AND ASSOCIATED THUNDERSTORM COMPLEXES WOULD STAY NORTH OF US. HOWEVER...1000-500 MB THICKNESS PATTERN AND VERY JUICY AIR OVER OUR AREA WOULD TEND TO PROPAGATE CONVECTION SOUTHWARD TUESDAY NIGHT AND EARLY WEDNESDAY...BEFORE THIS PATTERN SHIFTS NORTH WEDNESDAY WELL AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT. GIVEN THIS SCENARIO...WILL HAVE TO MAINTAIN CHANCE POPS TUESDAY NIGHT AND EARLY WEDNESDAY...ESPECIALLY NORTH. WITH THE CLOUDS AND HIGH DEWPOINTS TUESDAY NIGHT...GOING ON THE HIGH END OF GUIDANCE...RATHER MUGGY. WEDNESDAY WILL BE THE HOTTEST DAY AS HEIGHTS BRIEFLY RISE AND TEMPERATURES ALOFT WARM AHEAD OF THE SHORT WAVE. CONVECTION WILL BE AT A MINIMUM LATE WEDNESDAY DUE TO WARMING ALOFT AND INCREASED STABILITY. LOOK FOR TEMPERATURES WELL INTO THE 90S WITH INCREASED SUNSHINE BY AFTERNOON. && .LONG TERM /FRIDAY THROUGH MONDAY/... BEHIND THE THURSDAY SHORT WAVE AND COLD FRONT...A LITTLE COOLER BUT MUCH DRIER AIR IN NORTHWEST FLOW TAKES OVER FRIDAY AND WEEKEND AS THE HOT UPPER RIDGE DEVELOPS FARTHER WEST OVER THE CENTER OF THE NATION. STILL... TEMPERATURES BY DAY WILL STILL PROBABLY BE ABOVE NORMAL WHILE THE DRY NIGHTS WILL BE COOLER. && .AVIATION /18Z MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/... GENERALLY VFR THROUGH PERIOD. CONDITIONS NOT IDEAL FOR FOG OVERNIGHT SO ONLY EXPECT SOME MOUNTAIN VALLEY MVFR...ISOLATED IFR...06Z TO 12Z. OTHER EXCEPTION IS ISOLATED IFR IN THUNDERSTORMS SW PORTIONS OF FORECAST THIS AFTERNOON AND ACROSS FORECAST AREA TUESDAY AFTERNOON. AFTER 18Z TUESDAY... SOME BRIEF IFR CONDITIONS IN THUNDERSTORMS WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY. && .RLX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WV...NONE. OH...NONE. KY...NONE. VA...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...AAR NEAR TERM...AAR SHORT TERM...JMV LONG TERM...JMV AVIATION...AAR
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 21, 1:48 AM EST, 12 hours 55 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 248 AM EDT MON JUN 21 2010 KYZ101>103-105-OHZ066-067-075-076-083>087-VAZ003-004-WVZ005>011- 013>020-024>040-046-047-220700- GREENUP-CARTER-BOYD-LAWRENCE KY-PERRY-MORGAN-ATHENS-WASHINGTON- JACKSON OH-VINTON-MEIGS-GALLIA-LAWRENCE OH-DICKENSON-BUCHANAN-WAYNE- CABELL-MASON-JACKSON WV-WOOD-PLEASANTS-TYLER-LINCOLN-PUTNAM-KANAWHA- ROANE-WIRT-CALHOUN-RITCHIE-DODDRIDGE-MINGO-LOGAN-BOONE-CLAY-BRAXTON- GILMER-LEWIS-HARRISON-TAYLOR-MCDOWELL-WYOMING-RALEIGH-FAYETTE- NICHOLAS-WEBSTER-UPSHUR-BARBOUR-POCAHONTAS-RANDOLPH- 248 AM EDT MON JUN 21 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST KENTUCKY...SOUTHEAST OHIO...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA...NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA...SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA AND WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE AREA UNDER A SLIGHT RISK FOR POSSIBLE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ON TUESDAY. OTHERWISE...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED THROUGH SUNDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 21, 1:01 PM EST, 1 hour 42 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
201 PM EDT MON JUN 21 2010
KYZ101>103-211915-
BOYD KY-CARTER KY-GREENUP KY-
201 PM EDT MON JUN 21 2010
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT BOYD...GREENUP AND NORTHEASTERN
CARTER COUNTIES...
AT 154 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 11 MILES NORTHEAST
OF CARTER CAVES STATE PARK...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.
WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AND HAIL UP TO DIME SIZE ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.
THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR WARNOCK AROUND 210 PM...GREENBO LAKE AROUND
230 PM...OLDTOWN AROUND 250 PM...GRAYSON AROUND 300 PM...NAPLES
AROUND 310 PM AND COALTON AROUND 320 PM.
THIS WILL IMPACT
I-64 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 168 AND 190 IN KENTUCKY.
PLEASE REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY
CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
LAT...LON 3872 8299 3860 8284 3858 8282 3857 8283
3856 8280 3839 8260 3824 8279 3824 8281
3823 8282 3843 8321
13Special weather statement, Jun 21, 2:06 PM EST, 37 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
306 PM EDT MON JUN 21 2010
KYZ101>103-105-WVZ005-006-212000-
BOYD KY-CABELL WV-CARTER KY-GREENUP KY-LAWRENCE KY-WAYNE WV-
306 PM EDT MON JUN 21 2010
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT BOYD...EAST CENTRAL CARTER...
NORTH CENTRAL LAWRENCE...NORTHWESTERN WAYNE...SOUTHEASTERN GREENUP
AND WEST CENTRAL CABELL COUNTIES...
AT 300 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES WEST OF
CANNONSBURG...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.
WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH AND HAIL UP TO DIME SIZE ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM. VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL FALL FROM THIS STORM...AND WILL CAUSE
WATER TO POND ON ROADS AND QUICKLY FILL ROADSIDE DITCHES AND SMALL
STREAMS.
THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR MAVITY AROUND 320 PM...CATLETTSBURG AROUND
340 PM...LOCKWOOD AROUND 350 PM AND CENTERVILLE AROUND 400 PM.
THIS WILL IMPACT THE FOLLOWING INTERSTATES
I-64 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 173 AND 191 IN KENTUCKY AND BETWEEN MILE
MARKERS 1 AND 9 IN WEST VIRGINIA.
PLEASE REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY
CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
LAT...LON 3847 8284 3842 8259 3840 8257 3841 8251
3837 8231 3810 8249 3836 8295
13The radar
The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 65 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:45 UTC.
Event by event
2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Carter
- When
- June 21, 3:00 PM EST
- Where
- Carter County, 0.59 mi NNE of Soldier
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Property damage
- $12,000
- Reported by
- Law Enforcement
- Coordinates
- 38.258, -83.295
Trees fell onto a house and 2 cars.
Thunderstorm Wind, Carter
- When
- June 21, 3:06 PM EST
- Where
- Carter County, 1.06 mi N of Beech Grove
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Reported by
- Law Enforcement
- Coordinates
- 38.315, -82.931
Trees were knocked down along Route 1 just south of Grayson.
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 Hail in Wisconsin, June 21, 2010
- Tornado and Hail in Colorado, June 21, 2010
- Tornadoes and Flash Flood in Montana, June 21 to 22, 2010
- Heat in Louisiana, June 21, 2010
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Illinois, June 21 to 22, 2010
- Tornadoes and Flash Flood in Illinois, June 21, 2010
- Damaging Winds in South Dakota, June 21, 2010
- Tornado and Flash Flood in Kansas, June 21, 2010
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Michigan, June 21 to 22, 2010
- Flood in Iowa, June 21, 2010
- Flash Flood and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, June 21, 2010
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strikes in Alabama, June 21, 2010
More
Every storm in Kentucky in 2010Every state in 2010This day in weather historyWarnings in Kentucky, June 2010
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: 237132, 237133, 237131.