Kentucky storm reports for January 12, 2023

Name: NOAA storm reports, Kentucky, January 12, 2023
Creator: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center

NOAA recorded 7 hail reports, 20 wind reports and 5 tornado reports in Kentucky on January 12, 2023.

in Kentucky; 32
Storm reports: About 54 miles from Clarksville, TN; 1.0 in
Largest hail: About 21 miles from Lexington, KY; 69 mph
Highest gust: Highest rating EF1, about 34 miles from Louisville, KY; 5
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 January 12, 2023 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

Hail7, most at 6 AM

Wind20, most at 7 AM

Tornado5, most at 8 AM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

Time	Rating	Where	Path
7:47 AM	EF1	About 34 miles from Louisville, KY	1.27 mi long, 100 yd wide
8:01 AM	EF1	About 31 miles from Lexington, KY	3.6 mi long, 80 yd wide
8:10 AM	EF1	About 29 miles from Lexington, KY	0.84 mi long, 125 yd wide
8:23 AM	EF0	About 34 miles from Cincinnati, OH	0.27 mi long, 50 yd wide
8:42 AM	EF1	About 22 miles from Lexington, KY	1.2 mi long, 80 yd wide

Time	Size	Where
6:03 AM	0.88 in	About 14 miles from Lexington, KY
6:03 AM	0.88 in	About 28 miles from Louisville, KY
6:27 AM	0.88 in	About 22 miles from Lexington, KY
6:27 AM	0.88 in	About 5 miles from Louisville, KY
6:35 AM	0.75 in	About 60 miles from Louisville, KY
6:44 AM	1.0 in	About 54 miles from Clarksville, TN
9:30 AM	1.0 in	Near 37.41, -86.25, KY

Time	Gust	Where
6:05 AM	59 mph	About 56 miles from Louisville, KY
6:07 AM	60 mph	About 56 miles from Louisville, KY
6:31 AM	60 mph	About 40 miles from Clarksville, TN
6:51 AM	59 mph	Near 37.16, -86.41, KY
6:52 AM	59 mph	Near 37.15, -86.41, KY
7:10 AM	59 mph	About 43 miles from Louisville, KY
7:25 AM	59 mph	Near 37.28, -85.80, KY
7:25 AM	59 mph	About 34 miles from Louisville, KY
7:28 AM	59 mph	About 34 miles from Louisville, KY
7:30 AM	59 mph	About 49 miles from Louisville, KY
7:35 AM	58 mph	About 49 miles from Louisville, KY
7:44 AM	59 mph	Near 37.32, -85.66, KY

Show all 20 wind reports

Time	Gust	Where
8:04 AM	61 mph	About 28 miles from Lexington, KY
8:20 AM	59 mph	About 13 miles from Lexington, KY
8:22 AM	59 mph	About 24 miles from Lexington, KY
8:36 AM	69 mph	About 21 miles from Lexington, KY
8:40 AM	59 mph	About 21 miles from Lexington, KY
9:10 AM	58 mph	About 37 miles from Lexington, KY
9:14 AM	58 mph	About 39 miles from Lexington, KY
9:40 AM	58 mph	Near 37.72, -83.33, KY

Cities with reports nearby

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

City	Largest hail	Highest gust	Tornado reports
Lexington, KY	0.88 in	59 mph	0
Louisville, KY	0.88 in	None	0

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