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Kentucky storm reports for April 5, 2017

NOAA recorded 46 hail reports, 61 wind reports and 4 tornado reports in Kentucky on April 5, 2017.

in Kentucky
111
Storm reports
About 16 miles from Lexington, KY
2.0 in
Largest hail
Near 37.05, -85.91, KY
90 mph
Highest gust
Highest rating EF1, about 34 miles from Louisville, KY
4
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

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center, final severe weather database (from NOAA's Storm Data). Report day: 12:00 UTC on April 5, 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

Hail46, most at 4 PM

Wind61, most at 4 PM

Tornado4, most at 5 PM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

TimeRatingWherePath
4:54 PMEF1About 34 miles from Louisville, KY1.72 mi long, 100 yd wide
5:11 PMEF1Near 37.15, -85.71, KY0.69 mi long, 50 yd wide
5:12 PMEF1Near 37.15, -85.70, KY0.39 mi long, 50 yd wide
5:16 PMEF1Near 37.18, -85.67, KY0.75 mi long, 250 yd wide

Cities with reports nearby

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

CityLargest hailHighest gustTornado reports
Lexington, KY1.75 in62 mph0

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