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Kentucky storm reports for February 28, 2017

NOAA recorded 4 hail reports, 65 wind reports and 5 tornado reports in Kentucky on February 28, 2017.

in Kentucky
74
Storm reports
About 25 miles from Lexington, KY
1.0 in
Largest hail
Near 36.81, -88.49, KY
100 mph
Highest gust
Highest rating EF2, near 36.58, -88.63, KY
5
Tornado reports
Sources: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center reports; damage surveys from the NWS Damage Assessment Toolkit

Hail, inches

  • 0.75
  • 1
  • 1.5
  • 2
  • 2.5
  • 3+

Dots: reports.

  • Wind report
  • Tornado and its path
  • Surveyed tornado path
  • Surveyed wind damage

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center, final severe weather database (from NOAA's Storm Data). Report day: 12:00 UTC on February 28, 2017 to 12:00 UTC the next day. Times are Central.

Select a dot or a path for the report. NWS survey teams walked the shaded paths after the storm; each is drawn at the widest width they found, so it can look wider than the damage at any one spot.

Reports by hour

Hail4, most at 6 AM

Wind65, most at 5 AM

Tornado5, most at 5 AM

Reports per hour, Central time. Each row has its own scale.

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

TimeRatingWherePath
10:35 PMEF0Near 36.50, -88.53, KY8.8 mi long, 30 yd wide
11:28 PMEF1About 32 miles from Clarksville, TN8.58 mi long, 400 yd wide
12:35 AMEF1About 50 miles from Clarksville, TN0.78 mi long, 90 yd wide
5:25 AMEF2Near 36.58, -88.63, KY1.55 mi long, 200 yd wide
5:36 AMEF1About 37 miles from Louisville, KY1.08 mi long, 200 yd wide

Cities with reports nearby

Reports within 15 miles of the center of each city we track.

CityLargest hailHighest gustTornado reports
Louisville, KY0.75 in63 mph0
Lexington, KYNone64 mph0

Reports are what observers recorded near a location, not a complete record of every storm. They don’t describe conditions at any building.