Hail in Kentucky, June 9, 2011

Name: Hail in Kentucky, June 9, 2011
Start: 2011-06-09T16:15
End: 2011-06-09T16:26
Location: Kentucky

June 9, 2011 · NWS RLX · 2 events in 1 county or zone

In the unstable atmosphere well south of a front, tall and slow moving thunderstorms formed. A few large hail reports occurred.

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

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $2,000
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 2

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.

In the unstable atmosphere well south of a front, tall and slow moving thunderstorms formed. A few large hail reports occurred.

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 9, 4:05 PM EST, 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 9, 4:05 PM EST, 10 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
505 PM EDT THU JUN 9 2011

.SYNOPSIS...
HOT WITH THUNDERSTORMS TODAY. COLD FRONT BRINGS STORM CHANCES FRIDAY
THROUGH SATURDAY. COOLER AND DRIER WITH HIGH PRESSURE SUNDAY THROUGH
EARLY NEXT WEEK.

&&

.NEAR TERM /THROUGH FRIDAY/...
CU IS FINALLY BEGINNING TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE CWA...HOWEVER THE
STORMS ARE STILL STRUGGLING TO GET GOING.  A NEW BOUNDARY HAS FORMED
IN OHIO...AND THE THINKING IS THAT THE BOUNDARY WILL SINK SOUTHEAST
INTO OUR CWA AND TRIGGER CONVECTION.  IN ADDITION...ISOLATED
UNORGANIZED CONVECTION COULD DEVELOP ANYWHERE IN THE CWA GIVEN THE
HIGHLY UNSTABLE ENVIRONMENT WE ARE IN.  ANY STORM THAT DEVELOPS MAY
PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS.

STORMS WILL DIE OFF OVERNIGHT AS THE ENVIRONMENT STABILIZES.  A COLD
FRONT WILL SWING SOUTH OVERNIGHT LEADING TO RAIN SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS TOMORROW FOR MUCH OF THE CWA.

FOR TEMPS...LEANING TOWARD THE MET WITH A FEW TWEAKS. MILD TONIGHT
WITH TEMPS TOMORROW IN THE UPPER 80S.

&&

.SHORT TERM /FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT/...
MODELS INDICATE THE COLD STALLS BRIEFLY ACROSS THE CENTRAL PART OF
OUR AREA...THEN LIFT NORTH AS A WARM FRONT DURING FRIDAY NIGHT. THE
BEST CHANCE FOR CONVECTION FRIDAY NIGHT WILL BE ACROSS THE
NORTH...MORE ON A SCATTERED BASIS WITH LACK OF DIURNAL HEATING.

BY SATURDAY...THE REGION SHOULD BE FIRMLY LOCATED IN THE WARM
SECTOR. HOWEVER...A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE AREA FROM THE
NORTHWEST LATER SATURDAY...AS A VIGOROUS SHORT WAVE DROPS SOUTH
AND EAST. AS A RESULT...EXPECT THUNDERSTORM CHANCES TO BE GREATEST
ACROSS THE NORTHWEST COUNTIES SATURDAY AFTERNOON...WITH A CHANCE OF
THUNDERSTORMS JUST ABOUT ANYWHERE IN THE DAY TIME HEATING. BEST
THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL THEN PROGRESS EAST ACROSS THE AREA
SATURDAY NIGHT WITH THE FRONT.

MUCH BETTER MODEL AGREEMENT ON BEING QUITE PROGRESSIVE WITH THE COLD
FRONT...WITH THE FRONT EXITING OUR AREA BY SUNDAY MORNING.

&&

.LONG TERM /SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/...
EXPECT SHOWERS TO END FROM WEST TO EAST SUNDAY MORNING...BUT HAVE HELD
ONTO POPS FOR MOUNTAIN SHOWERS SUNDAY AFTERNOON WITH A BIT OF COLD
ADVECTION UPSLOPE. MUCH COOLER AND DRIER AIR UNDER CANADIAN HIGH
PRESSURE IS EXPECTED FOR SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK...NEAR
NORMAL TEMPERATURES.

&&

.AVIATION /21Z THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/...
CU FIELD IS BEGINNING TO DEVELOP NOW...BUT EXPECTING CEILINGS TO
REMAIN VFR AS CLOUD COVER INCREASES.  SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL
DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WHILE CB IS IN EVERY TAF...ONLY
HAVE A TEMPO GROUPS WITH TSRA AND MVFR VISBYS FOR PKB AND HTS.
TSTORMS WILL DIE OFF TONIGHT...BUT RAIN AND STORMS WILL RETURN
TOMORROW AS A COLD FRONT DIPS SOUTH INTO THE AREA.

FOR FOG TONIGHT...HAVE ALL BUT BKW DEVELOPING MVFR FOG AFTER 04Z.
IFR FOG WILL DEVELOP AFTER 06Z AT EKN...WITH A RETURN TO VFR
CONDITIONS BY 12 OR 13Z AS USUAL.

FORECAST CONFIDENCE AND ALTERNATE SCENARIOS THROUGH 18Z FRIDAY...

FORECAST CONFIDENCE: MEDIUM.

ALTERNATE SCENARIOS: TIMING AND EXTENT OF THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT
MAY VARY.  ALSO AREAS THAT SEE RAIN LATER THIS AFTERNOON MAY DEVELOP
MORE FOG THAN FORECASTED.

EXPERIMENTAL TABLE OF FLIGHT CATEGORY OBJECTIVELY SHOWS CONSISTENCY
OF WFO FORECAST TO AVAILABLE MODEL INFORMATION:
H = HIGH:   TAF CONSISTENT WITH ALL MODELS OR ALL BUT ONE MODEL.
M = MEDIUM: TAF HAS VARYING LEVEL OF CONSISTENCY WITH MODELS.
L = LOW:    TAF INCONSISTENT WITH ALL MODELS OR ALL BUT ONE MODEL.

UTC 1HRLY       20   21   22   23   00   01   02   03   04   05   06   07
EDT 1HRLY       16   17   18   19   20   21   22   23   00   01   02   03
CRW CONSISTENCY  H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H    M    M    M    M
HTS CONSISTENCY  H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H    M    M    M    M
BKW CONSISTENCY  H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H
EKN CONSISTENCY  H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H    M    M    L    L
PKB CONSISTENCY  H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H    M    M    M    M
CKB CONSISTENCY  H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H    M    M    M    M

AFTER 18Z FRIDAY...
NO WIDESPREAD IFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED.

&&

.RLX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WV...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR WVZ024>026-
     033>035.
OH...NONE.
KY...NONE.
VA...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR VAZ003-004.

&&

SYNOPSIS...JEE/JMV
NEAR TERM...JEE
SHORT TERM...JMV
LONG TERM...JMV
AVIATION...JEE

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 9, 3:59 PM EST, 16 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
459 PM EDT THU JUN 9 2011

KYZ101>103-105-OHZ066-067-075-076-083>087-WVZ005>011-014-017-019-020-
102100-
GREENUP-CARTER-BOYD-LAWRENCE-PERRY-MORGAN-ATHENS-WASHINGTON-JACKSON-
VINTON-MEIGS-GALLIA-WAYNE-CABELL-MASON-WOOD-PLEASANTS-TYLER-PUTNAM-
WIRT-RITCHIE-DODDRIDGE-
459 PM EDT THU JUN 9 2011

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST
KENTUCKY...SOUTHEAST OHIO AND MUCH OF WEST VIRGINIA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.

WVZ013-015-016-018-027>032-036>040-046-047-102100-
LINCOLN-KANAWHA-ROANE-CALHOUN-CLAY-BRAXTON-GILMER-LEWIS-HARRISON-
TAYLOR-FAYETTE-NICHOLAS-WEBSTER-UPSHUR-BARBOUR-POCAHONTAS-RANDOLPH-
459 PM EDT THU JUN 9 2011

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 451 IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL WEST
VIRGINIA...NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA AND SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.

VAZ003-004-WVZ024>026-033>035-102100-
DICKENSON-BUCHANAN-MINGO-LOGAN-BOONE-MCDOWELL-WYOMING-RALEIGH-
459 PM EDT THU JUN 9 2011

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING...
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 451 IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND
SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   FLASH FLOOD WATCH.
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.

JEE

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 9, 2:40 PM EST, 1 hour 35 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
340 PM EDT THU JUN 9 2011

WVZ024-092045-
MINGO WV-
340 PM EDT THU JUN 9 2011

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WILL AFFECT MINGO COUNTY...

AT 335 PM EDT...A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALONG A LINE
FROM 11 MILES EAST OF INEZ TO 6 MILES SOUTH OF WILLIAMSON...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. HEAVY RAIN OF
UP TO AN INCH IN AN HOUR WILL FALL FROM THESE STORMS. THIS WILL
CAUSE WATER TO POND ON ROADS AND QUICKLY FILL ROADSIDE DITCHES AND
SMALL STREAMS...ESPECIALLY FOR WESTERN PARTS OF THE COUNTY THAT
ALREADY RECEIVED RAINFALL EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON.

THESE STORMS WILL BE NEAR LENORE...WILLIAMSON...AND CHATTAROY AROUND
345 PM...CHATTAROY AROUND 350 PM...MYRTLE...MATEWAN...AND DELBARTON
AROUND 410 PM...EDGARTON AROUND 415 PM...RED JACKET AROUND 420 PM AND
VARNEY AROUND 425 PM.

PLEASE REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY
CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.

LAT...LON 3755 8213 3758 8213 3762 8218 3762 8221
      3765 8224 3768 8231 3775 8233 3781 8241
      3784 8241 3782 8213 3777 8210 3775 8212
      3774 8209 3770 8208 3770 8205 3755 8195

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Special weather statement, Jun 9, 3:32 PM EST, 43 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
432 PM EDT THU JUN 9 2011

VAZ004-WVZ024-033-092130-
BUCHANAN VA-MCDOWELL WV-MINGO WV-
432 PM EDT THU JUN 9 2011

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WILL AFFECT WESTERN
BUCHANAN...NORTHWESTERN MCDOWELL AND SOUTHEASTERN MINGO COUNTIES...

AT 421 PM EDT...A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE NEARLY
STATIONARY OVER WESTERN BUCHANAN...SOUTHEASTERN MINGO...AND WESTERN
BUCHANAN COUNTIES.

VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL FALL FROM THESE STORMS...AT A RATE IN EXCESS OF
AN INCH PER HOUR...WHICH WILL CAUSE WATER TO POND ON ROADS AND
QUICKLY FILL ROADSIDE DITCHES AND SMALL STREAMS. WIND GUSTS TO 40
MPH AND SMALL HAIL ARE ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.

LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE IMPACTED INCLUDE BUT WILL NOT BE LIMITED TO
GILBERT CREEK...PANTHER...HURLEY...BIG ROCK...ROSEANN...AND GRUNDY.

IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE MANY LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE
POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS
FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT TAKES ONLY A FEW INCHES OF
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.

PLEASE REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY
CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.

LAT...LON 3732 8225 3741 8216 3754 8198 3753 8202
      3754 8203 3766 8194 3763 8181 3756 8185
      3744 8190 3724 8208

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The radar

The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 68 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:16 UTC.

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Event by event

2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Lawrence

When: June 9, 4:15 PM EST
Where: Lawrence County, 0.87 mi S of Ulysses
Measured: 1 in hail
Property damage: $1,000
Reported by: Emergency Manager
Coordinates: 37.937, -82.679

Hail, Lawrence

When: June 9, 4:26 PM EST
Where: Lawrence County, 0.52 mi ESE of Ulysses
Measured: 1.25 in hail
Property damage: $1,000
Reported by: Emergency Manager
Coordinates: 37.947, -82.671

What these are

Hail: Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Kentucky in 2011 Every state in 2011 This day in weather history Warnings in Kentucky, June 2011

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: 309423, 309424.