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Kentucky storm reports for July 20, 2018

NOAA recorded 48 hail reports, 88 wind reports and 2 tornado reports in Kentucky on July 20, 2018.

in Kentucky
138
Storm reports
Near 36.70, -85.69, KY
4.0 in
Largest hail
About 8 miles from Lexington, KY
70 mph
Highest gust
Highest rating EF1, about 59 miles from Louisville, KY
2
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 July 20, 2018 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

Hail48, most at 5 PM

Wind88, most at 3 PM

Tornado2, most at 6 PM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

TimeRatingWherePath
6:03 PMEF0Near 36.96, -85.59, KY2.1 mi long, 60 yd wide
9:56 PMEF1About 59 miles from Louisville, KY1.2 mi long, 60 yd wide

Cities with reports nearby

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

CityLargest hailHighest gustTornado reports
Louisville, KY2.0 in62 mph0
Lexington, KYNone70 mph0

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