Hail and tornadoes in Grant County, KY
Since December 2020, radar estimated hail somewhere in Grant County, KY on 25 days. The biggest estimate: 1.5 in or larger (ping-pong ball), on Thu, Mar 14, 2024. Hail was reported to the National Weather Service inside the county on 1 day.
Still loading: radar estimates go back to Wed, Oct 14, 2020, and the earlier years are being added.
Radar estimates are NOAA's MESH: the largest hail the radar estimates aloft, on cells about 0.7 mile across, shown as the lower bound of a size band (“1.5+”). They often run larger than what reached the ground, and they aren't evidence of damage at any address.
Hail on record since 1955
NOAA's Storm Events database lists 30 hail reports in Grant County, KY on 22 days, 2 of them 2 inches or larger. The largest: 2 in, near Folsom, on Thu, Mar 14, 2024.
By decade: 1990s: 3 · 2000s: 12 · 2010s: 13 · 2020s: 2
Tornadoes since 1950
8 tornadoes have touched Grant County, KY since 1950, 1 of them rated F3/EF3 or stronger.
Strongest
- Fri, Mar 2, 2012 · EF3 · 1.33 mi long, 880 yd wide · near Crittenden
- Tue, Jul 21, 2026 · EF1 · 7.35 mi long, 500 yd wide · near Lawrenceville
- Thu, Jun 18, 2026 · EF1 · 6.38 mi long, 150 yd wide · near Delia
- Wed, Apr 8, 2020 · EF1 · 2.4 mi long, 500 yd wide · near Jericho
- Sat, Apr 23, 2011 · EF1 · 1.47 mi long, 50 yd wide · near Northcutt
Most recent
- Tue, Jul 21, 2026 · EF1 · 7.35 mi long, 500 yd wide · near Lawrenceville
- Thu, Jun 18, 2026 · EF1 · 6.38 mi long, 150 yd wide · near Delia
- Thu, Jan 12, 2023 · EF0 · 0.27 mi long, 50 yd wide · near Dry Ridge
- Wed, Apr 8, 2020 · EF0 · 3.01 mi long, 150 yd wide · near Dry Ridge
- Wed, Apr 8, 2020 · EF1 · 2.4 mi long, 500 yd wide · near Jericho
- Fri, Mar 2, 2012 · EF3 · 1.33 mi long, 880 yd wide · near Crittenden
- Sat, Apr 23, 2011 · EF1 · 1.47 mi long, 50 yd wide · near Northcutt
- Sat, Apr 23, 2011 · EF0 · 1.14 mi long, 25 yd wide · near Folsom
By decade: 2010s: 3 · 2020s: 5
Still loading: NOAA's record goes back to 1950, and 1995 onward is in so far.
Every hail day since December 2020
- Sat, Aug 15, 2026
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 1 in or larger (quarter)
No hail reported in the county.
- Thu, Aug 13, 2026
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 0.75 in or larger (penny)
No hail reported in the county.
- Tue, Aug 11, 2026
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 0.75 in or larger (penny)
No hail reported in the county.
- Thu, Jun 25, 2026
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 0.75 in or larger (penny)
No hail reported in the county.
- Tue, Apr 29, 2025
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 0.75 in or larger (penny)
No hail reported in the county.
- Tue, Sep 24, 2024
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 0.75 in or larger (penny)
No hail reported in the county.
- Thu, Aug 29, 2024
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 0.75 in or larger (penny)
No hail reported in the county.
- Mon, Apr 15, 2024
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 1 in or larger (quarter)
No hail reported in the county.
- Thu, Mar 14, 2024
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 1.5 in or larger (ping-pong ball)
Reported in the county- 2 in (5 E Glencoe, KY)
- Tue, Sep 26, 2023
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 0.75 in or larger (penny)
No hail reported in the county.
- Fri, Aug 25, 2023
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 0.75 in or larger (penny)
No hail reported in the county.
- Thu, Aug 24, 2023
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 0.75 in or larger (penny)
No hail reported in the county.
- Thu, Jul 27, 2023
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 1 in or larger (quarter)
No hail reported in the county.
- Mon, Jul 24, 2023
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 0.75 in or larger (penny)
No hail reported in the county.
- Sun, Jul 2, 2023
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 0.75 in or larger (penny)
No hail reported in the county.
- Fri, Jun 30, 2023
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 1 in or larger (quarter)
No hail reported in the county.
- Sat, May 6, 2023
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 0.75 in or larger (penny)
No hail reported in the county.
- Wed, Jan 11, 2023
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 0.75 in or larger (penny)
No hail reported in the county.
- Mon, Aug 29, 2022
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 0.75 in or larger (penny)
No hail reported in the county.
- Sat, May 21, 2022
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 1 in or larger (quarter)
No hail reported in the county.
- Thu, May 19, 2022
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 1 in or larger (quarter)
No hail reported in the county.
- Sat, May 14, 2022
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 0.75 in or larger (penny)
No hail reported in the county.
- Fri, May 6, 2022
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 0.75 in or larger (penny)
No hail reported in the county.
- Fri, Aug 27, 2021
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 1 in or larger (quarter)
No hail reported in the county.
- Thu, Aug 12, 2021
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 0.75 in or larger (penny)
No hail reported in the county.
Radar estimates and reports are for anywhere inside the county's boundary. Radar estimates come from NOAA's MRMS estimated hail size (MESH), the largest hail the radar estimates aloft on a ~1 km grid. They often run larger than the hail that reached the ground, and they aren't an observation at any address. Reports are what people reported to the National Weather Service. Neither is proof of damage or an official record for an insurance claim. From NOAA's Storm Events Database (NCEI), which records tornadoes from 1950, hail and thunderstorm wind from 1955, and every kind of storm from 1996. A tornado that crossed county lines is counted in each county it touched. Recent months are added as NCEI publishes them, a few months behind. Damage is in the dollars of its year and is often an estimate.