Thunderstorm Wind in Metcalfe County, Kentucky
Thunderstorm Wind October 12, 2022 · Metcalfe County, Kentucky
Where the report was made, with tornadoes recorded within 15 miles over the years.
What the National Weather Service wrote
Trees were blown down near the intersection of Knob Lick Road and Sulphur Well Knob Lick Road.
The wider storm
During the afternoon and evening hours on October 12th, a mid- and upper-level trough and associated surface cold front moved across central Kentucky. Ahead of the front, temperatures warmed into the low-to-mid 80s, with dewpoints remaining fairly modest in the upper 50s and lower 60s. This contributed to around 1000-1500 J/kg SBCAPE and MUCAPE in the pre-frontal environment. The instability ahead of the front combined with approximately 40 knots of effective bulk shear to produce two waves of strong-to-severe storms across Kentucky. The first wave of storms were more discrete and cellular in nature, producing sub-severe hail across Russell County. The second and more potent wave of storms was a quasi-linear convective system which developed along the surface boundary, brining damaging straight-line winds to portions of Metcalfe County.
Began near Knob Lick (37.0785, -85.6962).
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1059794. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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