Kentucky storm reports for May 8, 2023

Name: NOAA storm reports, Kentucky, May 8, 2023
Creator: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center

NOAA recorded 9 hail reports and 5 wind reports in Kentucky on May 8, 2023.

in Kentucky; 14
Storm reports: About 5 miles from Louisville, KY; 1.75 in
Largest hail: Near 36.97, -89.08, KY; 70 mph
Highest gust: 0
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
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
Surveyed tornado path

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center, final severe weather database (from NOAA's Storm Data). Report day: 12:00 UTC on May 8, 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

Hail9, most at 9 PM

Wind5, most at 11 PM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

Time	Size	Where
7:57 PM	1.25 in	About 34 miles from Evansville, IN
8:30 PM	1.25 in	About 39 miles from Evansville, IN
9:00 PM	0.75 in	About 47 miles from Evansville, IN
9:35 PM	1.0 in	About 45 miles from Clarksville, TN
11:15 PM	1.0 in	About 35 miles from Clarksville, TN
1:20 AM	1.0 in	About 44 miles from Lexington, KY
2:39 AM	1.75 in	About 5 miles from Louisville, KY
2:43 AM	1.75 in	About 4 miles from Louisville, KY
3:02 AM	1.25 in	About 11 miles from Louisville, KY

Time	Gust	Where
10:06 PM	60 mph	About 45 miles from Clarksville, TN
11:02 PM	70 mph	Near 36.97, -89.08, KY
11:22 PM	60 mph	Near 36.95, -88.73, KY
11:36 PM	60 mph	Near 36.73, -88.63, KY
12:45 AM	64 mph	About 28 miles from Clarksville, TN

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	1.75 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.