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Station Number: KY-KX-4
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Station Name:
Barbourville 0.4 N
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| Observation Date: |
5/8/2025 6:00 PM |
| Submitted |
5/08/2025 7:04 PM
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| Notes: |
See the separate hail report.
Since 12:00 noon, the humidity was extremely high--higher than I'd ever experienced anywhere near KY-KX-4 station. ("Ever" means 24 years in the area.) For that matter, it was more humid than I've experienced anywhere but the tropics or subtropics.
5:30 PM Went outdoors to walk. Sky was overcast with some clouds in various shades of gray.
5:45 Sky darkened significantly. I went inside for rain jacket, and then back out.
5:50 Light rain began.
6:00 Heavy rain, thunder and hail began. (I dove inside.) Hail pelted down intensely until 6:10. Hail was round or ovoid. It reached the ground ranging from clear to translucent to opaque.
Light rain continued until 6:30.
7:00 No rain falling, but rumbles of thunder continue.
The .73 in. rainfall noted above includes rain that accumulated since reading the gauge at 5:00 AM. However, most of the precipitation fell from 6:00-6:30 PM. Note that hail is extremely rare in this area. On average, I don't see it more than once every five years. |
| Precip Duration Minutes: |
15 |
| Gauge Catch: |
NA |
| Total Gauge Catch: |
0.73 in. |
| Snowfall: |
NA |
| Snowpack Depth: |
NA |
| Flooding: |
Extreme |
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