Thunderstorm Wind — Russell, Kentucky

2022-08-21 · near Eli, Russell, Kentucky

Event narrative

Large tree limbs fell on Highway 76 in Eli. A barn also had its roof metal peeled back.

Wider weather episode

During the afternoon hours on August 21st, a mid-level trough and associated surface cold front entered central Kentucky from the northwest. Ahead of the surface front, scattered showers and thunderstorms developed, with most storms remaining sub-severe. Overall, instability was relatively modest, with between 1000 and 1500 J/kg mixed-layer CAPE across southern and central Kentucky. Environmental shear was also modest, leading to mainly single cell and multicell clusters of thunderstorms. Nevertheless, a strong cell over Russell County was able to intensify enough to produce isolated wind damage across portions of the county.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1046457. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.