Kentucky storm reports for March 18, 2022

Name: NOAA storm reports, Kentucky, March 18, 2022
Creator: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center

NOAA recorded 3 hail reports, 11 wind reports and 4 tornado reports in Kentucky on March 18, 2022.

in Kentucky; 18
Storm reports: Near 37.02, -88.28, KY; 1.25 in
Largest hail: Near 37.02, -88.28, KY; 70 mph
Highest gust: Highest rating EF1, about 39 miles from Louisville, KY; 4
Tornado reports

Hail, inches

0.75
1
1.5
2
2.5
3+

Dots: reports. Shading: radar estimate.

Wind report
Estimated gusts, 50 to 90 mph
Tornado and its path
Surveyed tornado path

Sources: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center reports; radar hail estimates from NOAA MRMS; gust estimates from NOAA URMA; damage surveys from the NWS Damage Assessment Toolkit

Hail, inches

0.75
1
1.5
2
2.5
3+

Dots: reports. Shading: radar estimate.

Wind report
Estimated gusts, 50 to 90 mph
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 March 18, 2022 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. Gust lines are estimates: the highest gust of the day in NOAA's hourly 2.5 km wind analysis (URMA), which fills in between weather stations. They aren't measurements at any building.

Reports by hour

Hail3, most at 5 PM

Wind11, most at 10 PM

Tornado4, most at 9 PM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

Time	Rating	Where	Path
9:20 PM	EF0	About 41 miles from Louisville, KY	2.6 mi long, 80 yd wide
9:38 PM	EF1	About 39 miles from Louisville, KY	4.09 mi long, 100 yd wide
9:52 PM	EF0	About 20 miles from Louisville, KY	1.76 mi long, 80 yd wide
10:09 PM	EF1	About 25 miles from Louisville, KY	0.33 mi long, 100 yd wide

Time	Gust	Where
5:33 PM	60 mph	Near 36.92, -88.52, KY
5:41 PM	70 mph	Near 37.02, -88.28, KY
9:15 PM	58 mph	About 44 miles from Louisville, KY
9:50 PM	69 mph	About 34 miles from Louisville, KY
9:58 PM	63 mph	About 30 miles from Louisville, KY
10:05 PM	60 mph	About 10 miles from Louisville, KY
10:24 PM	68 mph	About 3 miles from Louisville, KY
10:25 PM	61 mph	About 4 miles from Louisville, KY
10:31 PM	69 mph	About 5 miles from Louisville, KY
10:36 PM	58 mph	About 4 miles from Louisville, KY
11:03 PM	61 mph	About 26 miles from Louisville, KY

Cities with reports nearby

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

City	Largest hail	Highest gust	Tornado reports
Louisville, KY	None	69 mph	0

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

Time	Size	Where
5:43 PM	0.75 in	Near 37.03, -88.35, KY
5:48 PM	1.25 in	Near 37.02, -88.28, KY
5:55 PM	1.0 in	About 57 miles from Clarksville, TN