Jefferson County Storm Activity
Wind, hail, and tornado activity from official NOAA sources (NWS & SPC) · Last 180 days · Updated Sep 11, 2026
Has it hailed in Jefferson County, Kentucky recently? Official National Weather Service (NWS) and Storm Prediction Center (SPC) records say yes: 34 hail reports with hail up to 1", among 79 severe weather events logged here in the last 180 days, together with 45 high-wind reports with gusts up to 64 mph. The most recent recorded storm activity was in August 2026. This page updates daily: every event comes straight from official NOAA data — no estimates, no modeling, just the record.
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Last 30 days in Jefferson County
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Events older than 30 days, as recorded by the National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center. Excerpts are quoted directly from official warnings and verified reports.
Tuesday, August 11, 2026
1 SPC verified storm report · 3 NWS warnings — hail up to 0.75", wind gusts up to 50 mph
“At 809 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from 6 miles south of Bedford to 6 miles east of Middletown. Movement was southeast at 50 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include...”
“At 735 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Fairdale, moving southeast at 15 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph and penny size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. Locations impacted include...”
- Wind 50 mph Jefferson County NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.75" Jefferson County NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.75" Jefferson County NWS severe weather mention
- Wind Unknown 3 ENE Valley Station SPC verified report
Saturday, August 1, 2026
4 NWS warnings — wind gusts up to 50 mph
“At 630 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from near La Grange to near Taylorsville to 12 miles southeast of Fern Creek. Movement was east at 30 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include...”
“At 600 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Pioneer Village, moving east at 30 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include... Jeffersontown, Pioneer Village, Hollow Creek, Spring Mill, Minor Lane Heights, Highview, Okolona, Fern Creek, Newburg, and Buechel.”
- Wind 50 mph Jefferson County NWS severe weather mention
- Wind 50 mph Jefferson County NWS severe weather mention
- Wind 50 mph Jefferson County NWS severe weather mention
- Wind 50 mph Jefferson County NWS severe weather mention
Monday, July 27, 2026
1 NWS warning — wind gusts up to 50 mph
“At 904 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from 9 miles west of Owenton to near New Castle to near Prospect. Movement was southeast at 40 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include...”
- Wind 50 mph Jefferson County NWS severe weather mention
Tuesday, July 21, 2026
2 SPC verified storm reports
“Tree and wires down on Saint Andrews Church Rd and Woody Ln Radar estimated. (LMK)”
“Tree down on Covered Cove Bridge Rd blocking entire roadway. (LMK)”
- Wind Unknown 1 ESE Pleasure Ridge Pa SPC verified report
- Wind Unknown Prospect SPC verified report
Saturday, July 18, 2026
1 SPC verified storm report · 2 NWS warnings — hail up to 0.25", wind gusts up to 50 mph
“At 729 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 7 miles southwest of Shepherdsville, moving southeast at 40 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include... Shepherdsville, Radcliff, Vine Grove, Muldraugh, West Point, Bardstown Junction, Hobbs, Belmont, Rock Haven, and Grahamton.”
“At 221 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 7 miles east of Shepherdsville, moving southeast at 25 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph and pea size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. Locations impacted include...”
- Wind 50 mph Jefferson County NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.25" Jefferson County NWS severe weather mention
- Wind Unknown 1 SSW Pleasure Ridge Pa SPC verified report
Friday, July 17, 2026
2 NWS warnings — hail up to 0.25"
“At 713 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Worthington Hills, moving east at 20 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph and pea size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. Locations impacted include...”
“At 206 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Jeffersontown, moving east at 15 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph and pea size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. Locations impacted include...”
- Hail 0.25" Jefferson County NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.25" Jefferson County NWS severe weather mention
Wednesday, July 8, 2026
2 NWS warnings — hail up to 0.25"
“At 1258 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Strathmoor Village, moving east at 15 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph and pea size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. Locations impacted include... Louisville, Jeffersonville, Jeffersontown, St.”
“At 1227 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near St. Dennis, moving east at 10 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 40 mph and pea size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. Locations impacted include... Louisville, Jeffersonville, New Albany, Shively, Audubon Park, Parkway Village, St.”
- Hail 0.25" Jefferson County NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.25" Jefferson County NWS severe weather mention
Friday, June 26, 2026
4 NWS warnings — wind gusts up to 55 mph
“At 753 PM EDT/653 PM CDT/, Doppler radar was tracking a cluster of strong thunderstorms 11 miles northwest of Elizabethtown, moving northeast at 45 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include...”
“At 848 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 9 miles north of Jeffersonville, moving northeast at 40 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include... Louisville, Jeffersonville, New Albany, Jeffersontown, St. Matthews, Madison, Lyndon, La Grange, Middletown, and Scottsburg.”
- Wind 55 mph Jefferson County NWS severe weather mention
- Wind 50 mph Jefferson County NWS severe weather mention
- Wind 50 mph Jefferson County NWS severe weather mention
- Wind 50 mph Jefferson County NWS severe weather mention
Thursday, June 25, 2026
3 SPC verified storm reports
“Delayed report. Time estimated from radar. Tree blocking Hunting Creek Dr. (LMK)”
“Delayed report. Time estimated from radar. Tree fell and took down powerlines at intersection of Cane Run Rd and New Lynnview Dr. (LMK)”
- Wind Unknown Prospect SPC verified report
- Wind Unknown 2 WSW Shively SPC verified report
- Wind Unknown 3 NNW Saint Matthews SPC verified report
Saturday, June 20, 2026
1 SPC verified storm report
“Tree down in roadway on Shelbyville Rd between Eden Way and Lyndon Lane. (LMK)”
- Wind Unknown 1 SSE Lyndon SPC verified report
Thursday, June 18, 2026
1 SPC verified storm report
“West of intersection wires completely down obstructing the road. (LMK)”
- Wind Unknown 1 SW Prospect SPC verified report
Wednesday, June 17, 2026
11 SPC verified storm reports — wind gusts up to 62 mph
“CAD Report...Trees down in front of location on the street... hit over car blocking two lanes. (LMK)”
“Time Estimated by Radar: Tree down blocking both lanes of Cummings Rd. (LMK)”
- Wind 62 mph 1 N Louisville Int'l Ai SPC verified report
- Wind Unknown 1 W Fern Creek SPC verified report
- Wind Unknown 2 W Fairdale SPC verified report
- Wind Unknown 2 ESE Valley Station SPC verified report
- Wind Unknown 1 SW Saint Matthews SPC verified report
- Wind Unknown 1 SW Highview SPC verified report
- Wind Unknown 2 SW Louisville SPC verified report
- Wind Unknown 2 WNW Louisville Int'l SPC verified report
- Wind Unknown 1 SW Prospect SPC verified report
- Wind Unknown 3 SW Saint Matthews SPC verified report
- Wind Unknown 3 SSW Saint Matthews SPC verified report
Tuesday, May 19, 2026
4 SPC verified storm reports · 4 NWS warnings — hail up to 0.5"
“At 707 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Middletown, moving northeast at 25 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph and half inch hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. Locations impacted include...”
“At 447 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Shively, moving northeast at 20 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 40 mph and half inch hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. Locations impacted include... Louisville, Jeffersonville, New Albany, St.”
- Hail 0.5" Jefferson County NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.5" Jefferson County NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.25" Jefferson County NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.25" Jefferson County NWS severe weather mention
- Wind Unknown 2 NNW Okolona SPC verified report
- Wind Unknown 1 NNW Prospect SPC verified report
- Wind Unknown 4 WNW Simpsonville SPC verified report
- Wind Unknown 1 S Louisville SPC verified report
Monday, May 18, 2026
1 NWS warning — wind gusts up to 55 mph
“At 720 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from 8 miles south of Dillsboro to near Bedford to 8 miles north of New Albany. Movement was east at 40 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include...”
- Wind 55 mph Jefferson County NWS severe weather mention
Saturday, May 16, 2026
1 SPC verified storm report · 8 NWS warnings — hail up to 1"
“Quarter size hail reported throughout downtown Louisville. (LMK)”
“At 630 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a cluster of strong thunderstorms along a line extending from 6 miles west of Scottsburg to 9 miles north of Prospect to near Woodland Hills. Movement was northeast at 40 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph and nickel size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible.”
- Hail 1" Louisville SPC verified report
- Hail 0.88" Jefferson County NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.75" Jefferson County NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.75" Jefferson County NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.5" Jefferson County NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.5" Jefferson County NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.5" Jefferson County NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.25" Jefferson County NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.25" Jefferson County NWS severe weather mention
Tuesday, April 28, 2026
1 NWS warning — hail up to 0.25"
“At 1208 AM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 9 miles south of Seymour, moving east at 65 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph and pea size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. Locations impacted include...”
- Hail 0.25" Jefferson County NWS severe weather mention
Monday, April 27, 2026
1 SPC verified storm report · 5 NWS warnings — hail up to 0.88"
“At 1039 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Scottsburg, moving east at 45 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 45 mph and nickel size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. Locations impacted include...”
“At 716 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Jeffersonville, moving east at 45 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph and half inch hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. Locations impacted include...”
- Hail 0.88" Jefferson County NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.5" Jefferson County NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.5" Jefferson County NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.25" Jefferson County NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.25" Jefferson County NWS severe weather mention
- Wind Unknown 4 ENE Middletown SPC verified report
Sunday, April 26, 2026
1 SPC verified storm report
“3 trees down and 1 tree that fell onto a power line. (LMK)”
- Wind Unknown 1 S Prospect SPC verified report
Wednesday, April 1, 2026
6 NWS warnings — hail up to 0.5"
“At 500 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Pioneer Village, moving northeast at 25 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 40 mph and half inch hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. Locations impacted include...”
“At 348 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Madison, moving northeast at 30 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 40 mph and half inch hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. Locations impacted include...”
- Hail 0.5" Jefferson County NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.5" Jefferson County NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.5" Jefferson County NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.5" Jefferson County NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.25" Jefferson County NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.25" Jefferson County NWS severe weather mention
Sunday, March 22, 2026
1 NWS warning — hail up to 0.25"
“At 1124 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from 6 miles northeast of Madison to 7 miles northeast of Corydon. Movement was east at 60 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph and pea size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. Locations impacted include...”
- Hail 0.25" Jefferson County NWS severe weather mention
Sunday, March 15, 2026
1 NWS warning — wind gusts up to 55 mph
“WHAT...Southwest winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 55 mph. WHERE...Portions of south central Indiana and east central, north central, northwest, and south central Kentucky. WHEN...Until 8 AM EDT /7 AM CDT/ Monday. IMPACTS...Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result.”
- Wind 55 mph Jefferson County NWS severe weather mention
Today's severe weather outlook
Common questions
When was the last severe storm in Jefferson County, KY?
The most recent recorded event was in August 2026. Official NWS and SPC records show 79 severe weather events in Jefferson County over the last 180 days. Exact dates and locations for recent storms are available in the app with a free account.
Has there been hail in Jefferson County recently?
Yes — 34 hail reports in the last 180 days, with hail up to 1" recorded.
How do I check whether a specific address was affected?
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