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Kentucky storm reports for April 8, 2020

NOAA recorded 28 hail reports, 81 wind reports and 7 tornado reports in Kentucky on April 8, 2020.

in Kentucky
116
Storm reports
About 41 miles from Cincinnati, OH
1.75 in
Largest hail
About 43 miles from Lexington, KY
96 mph
Highest gust
Highest rating EF1, about 31 miles from Cincinnati, OH
7
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 8, 2020 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

Hail28, most at 8 PM

Wind81, most at 9 PM

Tornado7, most at 9 PM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

TimeRatingWherePath
9:27 PMEF0About 31 miles from Cincinnati, OH0.5 mi long, 50 yd wide
9:40 PMEF1About 31 miles from Cincinnati, OH2.4 mi long, 500 yd wide
9:42 PMEF0About 22 miles from Cincinnati, OH1.2 mi long, 100 yd wide
9:47 PMEF1About 32 miles from Cincinnati, OH19.2 mi long, 400 yd wide
10:16 PMEF0About 41 miles from Lexington, KY1.03 mi long, 50 yd wide
10:20 PMEF1About 27 miles from Louisville, KY4 mi long, 45 yd wide
10:25 PMEF0About 44 miles from Lexington, KY1.2 mi long, 50 yd wide

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