Hail Storm, March 2, 2012: Huge hail on E. 80 2012-03-03 - Adair County, KY - Photo by Terri Lynn Hatcher. Huge hail on East 80 in Columbia. When the storm had passed I had to go out and gather up the largest hail I had ever seen. We have windows out and the siding is going to have to be replaced but we are so lucky! We have a home and all of us are safe. PRAYING for the ones not so lucky! -TERRI HATCHER Clicking ReadMore accesses Kentucky Color - Hail, by Billy Joe Fudge. The photo is added in an album there to expand the varuett of hailstone shapes sizes as documented in the Storm of March 2, 2012 Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Storm March 2, 2012: Major hail storm KY 55 South Road 2012-03-02 - KY 55 South Road, Columbia, KY - Photo by Chris Bennett. Chris Bennett captured this eerily beautiful sky in the photo of a hail covered pasture near the Roadside Park on KY 55 South Road. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Melissa Stone documents Walmart, Baker ST hail size 2012-03-02 - Columbia, KY - Photo by Melissa Stone. Melissa Stone carefully documented the size of the hail using the human hands for perspective. The evidence was gathered on Baker Street in Columbia and at the Columbia Super Walmart at Holladay Place, south of Columbia. Clicking ReadMore accesses Kentucky Color - Hail, by Billy Joe Fudge. The photo is added in an album there to expand the range of hailstone sizes as documented in the Storm of March 2, 2012 Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Poor, poor Miss Vicky: Her house after the hail 2012-03-02 - Intersection of Burkesville & Edmonton Roads, Bliss, KY - Photo by Vicky Pike. Huge hail took huge hunks of paint off the back of the great manor house on Miss Vicky's Farm. Miss Vicky is thankful that the property damage was no worse than it was. There were no human injuries she's heard of in the Greater Bliss area, and, thanks to the Good Lord and Greg Thomas, she, Myrtle the Cat, and Gertrude were able to find safe cover under the bed. Greg Thomas sent an early warning call alerting them well ahead of the fury. Strangely, only the west side of the house, the side toward Bud Mullins', the ogre's, sinkhole, was so severely damaged. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

East 80: When hail attacks 2012-03-02 - East 80, Adair Co., KY - Photo by Brian Koenig. Less than a mile from East 80, our car, held its ground as it took the brunt of the wind, rain, pea size, to golf ball sized, barrage of hail.Thankfully everyone is ok, and the car will live to drive another day. - Brian Koenig Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Storm March 2, 2012: Hail covers ground in Gradyville, KY 2012-03-02 - Gradyville, KY - Photo by Ashley Koller. Ashley Koller The lawn at the Koller house in Gradyville, KY, looks like it's covered snow or cotton bolls, but it's hail. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Walmart still looks busy even while temporarily shut 2012-03-02 - Walmart, Holladay Place, Columbia, KY - Photo by Ed Waggener. Even while the store's doors were shut, the parking lot at Columbia's Super Walmart was busy. Hail, described by some as softball size, broke some skylights in the huge center, necessitating a closure for what was hoped would be a very brief time. Evidence of the hailstorm can still be seen on the grass at the Burger King Shopping center and along the curbing. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

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