McKee, KY Hail Storm – June 2025

What Happened

A severe hail storm moved through the McKee, KY area on June 9, 2025, producing 1-inch hail and a short line of spotter-verified tree damage across Jackson County. The storm was tracked with dual-polarization radar confidence at 3:08 PM EDT.

The first field reports came in within minutes of the radar signal. At 3:09 PM EDT, Jackson County Dispatch reported a tree down on the 5700 block of KY-577 in Annville and another on the 5800 block of KY-3630 in the same area. Both reports were marked spotter-verified and tied to radar-estimated timing.

Additional tree damage followed through the afternoon. At 3:16 PM EDT, dispatch reported a tree down near Hazel Branch and Anna Moore Rd. in Annville. By 3:22 PM EDT, reports extended to the intersection of US 421 and KY-30 in Tyner and to the 700 block of Green Hill Welchburg Road. The reported hail reached 0.75 inches in the field reports tied to those locations.

The storm stayed localized, but the sequence of reports shows multiple impact points along the warning area in Jackson County. The radar-confirmed hail signal and the spotter-verified tree damage lined up within a narrow time window around 3 PM local time.

Damage Assessment

The damage picture in and around McKee was light to moderate, with the clearest impacts showing up as downed trees rather than widespread structural loss. The reports centered on Annville and Tyner, with multiple locations in Jackson County affected in the same 13-minute span.

KY-577, KY-3630, and the area near Hazel Branch and Anna Moore Rd. all produced tree failures. Another report near US 421 and KY-30 in Tyner added a second cluster of damage farther from Annville. The Green Hill Welchburg Road report extended the footprint again. These were not isolated roadside limbs. They were separate tree-down calls across a connected storm path.

The hail reports tied to the field observations came in at 0.75 inches. That size is consistent with minor to moderate roof and vehicle exposure in the storm path, but the available reports here document tree damage more clearly than surface hail accumulation. No concentrated debris field, large-scale roof loss, or major structural damage was included in the reports provided for this event.

For contractors, the main takeaway is the spread. The reports were not confined to one road segment. They touched Annville, Tyner, and nearby rural routes in Jackson County within minutes of each other. A storm with that footprint can leave scattered service calls across a wide check area, even when the hail core itself is brief.

What Contractors Should Know

Start with the roads named in the reports. KY-577, KY-3630, US 421, KY-30, Hazel Branch, Anna Moore Rd., and Green Hill Welchburg Road are the most relevant locations from this event. That gives a practical canvass route through the Annville and Tyner side of Jackson County, with the strongest concentration of calls around 3:09 PM to 3:22 PM EDT.