Thunderstorm Wind — Martin, Kentucky

2022-06-17 · near Inez, Martin, Kentucky

Event narrative

Numerous trees and power lines were blown down across all of Martin County. Inez was particularly hard hit, with trees and power lines blown down across the city, including at the following locations: Main Street, Route 908 and Turkey Creek Road, New Route 3, Route 645, Old Middlefork Road, Wickerfield Road, Buffalo Horn Road, Rockcastle Road, and Little Rockcastle Road. A tree fell onto and severely damaged a trailer at the Robinson Trailer Park in Inez. A man became trapped in his home in due to downed power lines surrounding the residence, and was still trapped as of that evening. All of the storm damage occurred roughly between 140 pm and 215 pm EDT. However, as of 6:30 pm EDT, power was still out across most of the county.

Wider weather episode

A stationary front was located north of the state heading into the day on June 17th, before transitioning to a slow moving cold front that continued to near the state throughout the day. Eastern KY's placement in the warm sector, combined with ample moisture advection from the Gulf of Mexico, set the stage for shower and thunderstorm development. Storms developed to our west, over western and central Kentucky, and began to impact eastern Kentucky by just after noon. Strong winds aloft resulted in wind damage at the surface, as well as decent storm motions. Most of the storms had exited the state just 2 to 3 hours later. Some of the strongest storms brought widespread downed trees and power lines and caused damage to buildings and home around eastern Kentucky. In total, 121 storm reports of damage were sent out as a result of this storm system.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1030337. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.