Hail, Carroll
- When
- April 26, 3:47 PM EST to 3:51 PM EST
- Where
- Carroll County, 0.88 mi NE of Carrollton
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- Law Enforcement
- Coordinates
- 38.680, -85.160
Hail and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, April 26, 2016
A slow moving cold front pushed slowly south across the region during the afternoon and early evening hours. Thunderstorms developed along the I-70 corridor during the early to mid afternoon hours and then sagged slowly south through early evening.
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
- $17,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 8
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 slow moving cold front pushed slowly south across the region during the afternoon and early evening hours. Thunderstorms developed along the I-70 corridor during the early to mid afternoon hours and then sagged slowly south through early evening.
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 26, 2:54 PM EST, 53 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 26, 2:54 PM EST, 53 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 354 PM EDT TUE APR 26 2016 .SYNOPSIS... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT ALONG A SLOW MOVING FRONTAL BOUNDARY THAT WILL SAG SOUTH OF THE OHIO RIVER. THE THREAT FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...ESPECIALLY LATE WEDNESDAY WHEN THE BOUNDARY IS FORECAST TO LIFT BACK NORTH AHEAD OF A POTENT WAVE OF LOW PRESSURE. HIGH PRESSURE AND DRY WEATHER ARE EXPECTED FOR FRIDAY. && .NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING/... FRONTAL BOUNDARY LOCATED ALONG I-71 IS MOVING GRADUALLY SOUTH... PUSHED BY SHORT WAVE ENERGY EMBEDDED IN A MEAN NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT. THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING NEAR THE BOUNDARY IN A MODERATELY UNSTABLE AIRMASS CONTAINING AROUND 2000 J/KG CAPE. ISOLATED SEVERE THREAT EXISTS WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS THE MAIN CONCERN. EXPECT CONVECTION TO INCREASE IN COVERAGE INTO THE EVENING ACROSS THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE FORECAST AREA...WHILE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS AFFECT NORTHERN LOCATIONS. ANOTHER SHOT OF CONVECTION CURRENTLY OVER MISSOURI IS LIKELY ARRIVE AS THE FRONT MOVES SOUTH OF THE OHIO RIVER LATER TONIGHT...THOUGH IT MAY BE DIMINISHED BY LOSS OF DAYTIME HEATING. OVERNIGHT LOWS WILL BE INFLUENCED BY THE POSITION OF THE BOUNDARY. LOWS ARE FORECAST TO RANGE FROM THE MID 40S FAR NORTH...TO THE UPPER 50S FAR SOUTH. && .SHORT TERM /6 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT/... THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL BE SOUTH OF THE AREA EARLY WEDNESDAY...BEFORE IT LIFTS NORTH TO BECOME NEARLY STATIONARY NEAR THE OHIO RIVER BY LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT. MOISTURE AND FORCING WILL INCREASE...PRODUCING WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS... ESPECIALLY WEDNESDAY NIGHT WHEN A POTENT WAVE OF LOW PRESSURE WILL BE PUSHING TOWARD THE AREA FROM THE WEST. MARGINAL SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WILL EXIST MAINLY IN SOUTHERN LOCATIONS CLOSER TO THE BOUNDARY AND ASSOCIATED FORCING. TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO VARY WITH RESPECT TO FRONTAL POSITION. HIGHS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM THE LOWER 60S FAR NORTH TO THE MID 70S FAR SOUTH. && .LONG TERM /THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/... THURSDAY STARTS OUT WITH A LOW PRESSURE CENTER IN THE MIDWEST AND A WARM FRONT SOUTHWEST OF THE CWA LIFTING NORTHEASTWARD. PRECIPITATION SHOULD TURN OFF OVERNIGHT FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST AS A H5 S/W MOVES INTO THE AREA. AS THE H5 S/W CROSSES...ANY CHANCE FOR LINGERING SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL RAPIDLY DIMINISH. BROAD HIGH PRESSURE NORTH OF THE REGION WILL PROVIDE A LULL IN ANY RAINFALL WITH AN EASTERLY DRYING WIND ON SATURDAY AND COOLER TEMPERATURES IN THE 60S FOR THE WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. A REPEATED PATTERN WILL SEE ANOTHER SURFACE LOW IN THE MIDWEST WITH AN EASTERLY ORIENTED WARM FRONT OVER THE OHIO VALLEY FOR SATURDAY NIGHT...WITH INCREASING CHANCES FOR STORMS TO DEVELOP STARTING WITH THE HEATING OF THE DAY SATURDAY AND CULMINATING DURING THE DAY SUNDAY WHEN THE SURFACE LOW TRACKS OVER OHIO. UPPER LEVEL PATTERN HAS ANOTHER S/W MOVING THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT WHICH SHOULD TURN OFF ANY RAIN MONDAY. GFS...EUROPEAN...AND HPC GUIDANCE ALL DIFFER BEYOND SUNDAY AS THE GFS IS PROGRESSIVE WITH THE SURFACE WAVE AND SHOULD BE THE WAY THE PATTERN EVOLVES GIVEN H5 ZONAL FLOW. EUROPEAN HOLDS BACK THE SURFACE LOW MONDAY AND HPC GOES EVEN FURTHER WITH KEEPING THE CIRCULATION IN OHIO THROUGH TUESDAY. LEANED TOWARD THE MORE PROGRESSIVE GFS AND KEPT A COOLER FORECAST UNTIL MON/TUES AS THE CLEAR SKIES WITH HIGH PRESSURE SETTLING IN WILL OFFSET ANY WEAK COLD ADVECTION WITH A HIGH IN THE UPPER MIDWEST. TEMPERATURES WILL BE SEASONABLY MILD IN THE 60S TO LOWER 70S FOR && .AVIATION /19Z TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/... SCATTERED SHRA AND CONVECTION BEGINNING TO DEVELOP MAINLY SOUTH OF I-70. HAVE INCLUDED VCTS FOR THE AFTERNOON IN NORTHERN TAF SITES WITH MORE WIDESPREAD ACTIVITY ACROSS THE SOUTH NEAR OHIO RIVER DURING THE EVENING. MODELS INDICATING AT LEAST MVFR CIGS ACROSS FCST AREA AFTER 03Z INTO THE DAY ON WEDNESDAY. WILL KEEP THOSE IN FCST WITH SOME IMPROVEMENT NEAR 18Z WEDNESDAY. EXPECT SCATTERED SHRA TO RETURN TO SOUTHWEST TAF SITES WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WINDS GENERALLY WEST TURNING TO THE NORTH AND NORTHEAST TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY NEAR 10 KNOTS. OUTLOOK...MVFR CIGS AND VSBYS WITH SOME THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY EVENING. && .ILN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OH...NONE. KY...NONE. IN...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...CONIGLIO NEAR TERM...CONIGLIO SHORT TERM...CONIGLIO LONG TERM...FRANKS AVIATION...PADGETT
Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 26, 4:04 AM EST, 11 hours 43 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 504 AM EDT TUE APR 26 2016 OHZ026-034-035-042>046-051>056-064-065-074-270915- HARDIN-MERCER-AUGLAIZE-DARKE-SHELBY-LOGAN-UNION OH-DELAWARE-MIAMI- CHAMPAIGN-CLARK-MADISON-FRANKLIN OH-LICKING-PICKAWAY-FAIRFIELD- HOCKING- 504 AM EDT TUE APR 26 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL OHIO AND WEST CENTRAL OHIO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. INZ050-058-059-066-073>075-080-KYZ089>100-OHZ060>063-070>073-077>082- 088-270915- WAYNE-FAYETTE IN-UNION IN-FRANKLIN IN-RIPLEY-DEARBORN-OHIO- SWITZERLAND-CARROLL-GALLATIN-BOONE-KENTON-CAMPBELL-OWEN-GRANT- PENDLETON-BRACKEN-ROBERTSON-MASON-LEWIS-PREBLE-MONTGOMERY-GREENE- FAYETTE OH-BUTLER-WARREN-CLINTON-ROSS-HAMILTON-CLERMONT-BROWN- HIGHLAND-ADAMS-PIKE-SCIOTO- 504 AM EDT TUE APR 26 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL INDIANA...SOUTHEAST INDIANA...NORTHEAST KENTUCKY...NORTHERN KENTUCKY...CENTRAL OHIO...SOUTHWEST OHIO AND WEST CENTRAL OHIO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON...AND MOVE EAST-SOUTHEAST THROUGH THE REGION GOING INTO THE EVENING HOURS. A FEW OF THESE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE...WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. THE MOST LIKELY TIMING FOR STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED TO BE BETWEEN 4 PM AND 10 PM. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION ON THURSDAY. A FEW OF THESE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED TUESDAY AND THURSDAY.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Apr 26, 3:34 PM EST, 13 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
434 PM EDT TUE APR 26 2016
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0410 PM HAIL ROCKBRIDGE 39.58N 82.52W
04/26/2016 M0.75 INCH HOCKING OH PUBLIC
&&
KURZSpecial weather statement, Apr 26, 3:35 PM EST, 12 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 435 PM EDT TUE APR 26 2016 OHZ062-071-072-262100- GREENE OH-CLINTON OH-WARREN OH- 435 PM EDT TUE APR 26 2016 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHERN GREENE...NORTHWESTERN CLINTON AND NORTHEASTERN WARREN COUNTIES UNTIL 500 PM EDT... AT 435 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR BELLBROOK...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. STORM HAZARDS INCLUDE... WINDS TO 40 MPH... PENNY SIZE HAIL... LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... XENIA...BELLBROOK...NEW JASPER...HARVEYSBURG...SPRING VALLEY...ROXANNA... GREENE COUNTY AIRPORT...PAINTERSVILLE...NEW BURLINGTON...KINGMAN... OAKLAND...MIDDLETON CORNER...MOUNT HOLLY AND LUMBERTON. THIS INCLUDES I-71 IN OHIO BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 45 AND 50. TO REPORT HAZARDOUS WEATHER CONDITIONS...GO TO OUR WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV/ILN AND SUBMIT YOUR REPORT VIA SOCIAL MEDIA...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY. LAT...LON 3959 8411 3970 8403 3964 8373 3945 8392 TIME...MOT...LOC 2035Z 301DEG 9KT 3962 8400 SITES
Local storm report, Apr 26, 3:44 PM EST, 3 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
444 PM EDT TUE APR 26 2016
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0430 PM HAIL 3 NE BLANCHESTER 39.32N 83.95W
04/26/2016 E1.00 INCH CLINTON OH PUBLIC
&&
KURZSpecial weather statement, Apr 26, 3:45 PM EST, 2 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 445 PM EDT TUE APR 26 2016 OHZ072-079-080-262115- CLINTON OH-HIGHLAND OH-BROWN OH- 445 PM EDT TUE APR 26 2016 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHWESTERN CLINTON... SOUTHWESTERN HIGHLAND AND NORTH CENTRAL BROWN COUNTIES UNTIL 515 PM EDT... AT 444 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR LYNCHBURG...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. STORM HAZARDS INCLUDE... WINDS TO 40 MPH... PENNY SIZE HAIL... LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... HILLSBORO...LYNCHBURG...RUSSELL...NEW MARKET...MOWRYSTOWN...MIDLAND...ST. MARTIN...DANVILLE IN HIGHLAND COUNTY...STATE ROUTE 136 AT US ROUTE 62 AND WESTBORO. TO REPORT HAZARDOUS WEATHER CONDITIONS...GO TO OUR WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV/ILN AND SUBMIT YOUR REPORT VIA SOCIAL MEDIA...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY. LAT...LON 3925 8397 3931 8391 3921 8355 3901 8377 TIME...MOT...LOC 2044Z 304DEG 20KT 3923 8386 SITES
Local storm report, Apr 26, 3:47 PM EST, 0 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
447 PM EDT TUE APR 26 2016
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0324 PM HAIL 5 SE YELLOW SPRINGS 39.76N 83.81W
04/26/2016 E1.00 INCH GREENE OH PUBLIC
EVENT OCCURRED NORTH OF CEDARVILLE ON ROUTE 72.
&&
JOHNFSpecial weather statement, Apr 26, 3:47 PM EST, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
447 PM EDT TUE APR 26 2016
KYZ094>096-262115-
PENDLETON KY-OWEN KY-GRANT KY-
447 PM EDT TUE APR 26 2016
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHWESTERN PENDLETON...
NORTHEASTERN OWEN AND GRANT COUNTIES UNTIL 515 PM EDT...
AT 447 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES
NORTHEAST OF OWENTON...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
STORM HAZARDS INCLUDE...
WINDS TO 40 MPH...
PENNY SIZE HAIL...
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WILLIAMSTOWN AND DRY RIDGE.
THIS INCLUDES I-75 IN KENTUCKY BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 146 AND 160.
TO REPORT HAZARDOUS WEATHER CONDITIONS...GO TO OUR WEBSITE AT
WEATHER.GOV/ILN AND SUBMIT YOUR REPORT VIA SOCIAL MEDIA...WHEN YOU
CAN DO SO SAFELY.
LAT...LON 3851 8479 3863 8482 3877 8444 3856 8438
3856 8442 3855 8443 3854 8442 3853 8444
3854 8445 3853 8445 3854 8447 3851 8449
TIME...MOT...LOC 2047Z 256DEG 19KT 3859 8472
SITESThe radar
The Louisville radar (KLVX), 104 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:47 UTC.
Event by event
5 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Campbell
- When
- April 26, 4:23 PM EST to 4:27 PM EST
- Where
- Campbell County, Bellevue
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 39.080, -84.450
Hail, Campbell
- When
- April 26, 5:34 PM EST to 5:38 PM EST
- Where
- Campbell County, 0.69 mi N of Highland Hgts
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 39.040, -84.450
Hail, Campbell
- When
- April 26, 5:40 PM EST to 5:44 PM EST
- Where
- Campbell County, 0.69 mi N of Highland Hgts
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 39.040, -84.450
Thunderstorm Wind, Kenton
- When
- April 26, 5:45 PM EST to 5:49 PM EST
- Where
- Kenton County, 1.75 mi SE of Erlanger
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 39.000, -84.580
A large tree, about two feet in diameter, fell on a roof of a house.
Thunderstorm Wind, Kenton
- When
- April 26, 6:13 PM EST to 6:17 PM EST
- Where
- Kenton County, 0.69 mi S of Villa Hills
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 39.060, -84.600
Several branches were knocked down.
Thunderstorm Wind, Kenton
- When
- April 26, 6:13 PM EST to 6:17 PM EST
- Where
- Kenton County, Crescent Spgs
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 39.050, -84.580
A power pole was knocked down on Crescent Springs Pike.
Hail, Campbell
- When
- April 26, 6:24 PM EST to 6:28 PM EST
- Where
- Campbell County, 0.54 mi W of Highland Hgts
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 39.030, -84.460
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 Missouri, April 26 to 30, 2016
- Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, April 26, 2016
- Tornadoes and Flash Flood in Oklahoma, April 26, 2016
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in Kansas, April 26 to 27, 2016
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, April 26, 2016
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Nebraska, April 26 to 27, 2016
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, April 26 to 27, 2016
- Tornado and Flood in Indiana, April 26, 2016
- Tornado and Hail in Kansas, April 26, 2016
- Flooding and Hail in Kentucky, April 26 to 27, 2016
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Illinois, April 26, 2016
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Kansas, April 26 to 27, 2016
More
Every storm in Kentucky in 2016Every state in 2016This day in weather historyWarnings in Kentucky, April 2016
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: 625378, 622597, 622596, 622595, 622593, 622591, 622592, 622594.