Thunderstorm Wind — Anderson, Kentucky

2023-04-05 · near Lawrenceburg, Anderson, Kentucky

Event narrative

A power line was down on South Main Street near Lawrenceburg Cemetery.

Wider weather episode

During the afternoon and evening hours of April 5, a low pressure system, moving northeast from Minnesota into Ontario, dragged a trailing cold front through the Lower Ohio Valley. This produced a line of severe storms that moved west to east over central Kentucky, resulting in multiple reports of tree damage, structural damage, and four combined tornadoes in Jefferson and Meade Counties.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1095722. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.