Thunderstorm Wind in Harlan County, Kentucky
Thunderstorm Wind May 19, 2022 · Harlan County, Kentucky
Where the report was made, with tornadoes recorded within 15 miles over the years.
What the National Weather Service wrote
A member of the public reported a tree blown down onto Mountain Street in Lynch, KY.
The wider storm
Numerous showers and storms fired during the afternoon and evening of the 19th in the vicinity of a wavering frontal boundary over eastern Kentucky. High amounts of instability and ample shear favored splitting supercells. While there were many reports of dime to quarter-sized hail, two particularly intense storms produced up to egg-size hail near Jackson and Stanton.
Began near Benham (36.9677, -82.9298).
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1025606. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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