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Thunderstorm Wind in Menifee County, Kentucky

Thunderstorm Wind July 1, 2023 · Menifee County, Kentucky

58 mph
Estimated gust (50 kt)
$1K
Crop damage

Where the report was made, with tornadoes recorded within 15 miles over the years.

What the National Weather Service wrote

A tree was blown and across one lane of State Road 1274 near State Route 36 near Frenchburg.

The wider storm

Two rounds of storms impacted eastern Kentucky on July 1st, 2023. The first was a MCS traveling from NW to SE across the state. This resulted in a couple rounds of storms and wind damage in Powell and Montgomery Counties between 3:30 and 6:30am. The second set of storms developed along a warm front across the central and western portion of the state, and moved eastward throughout the afternoon, but did not result in any severe weather reports. However, the KY Mesonet station on Black Mountain did gust to 43 mph as one of the storms moved through.

Began near Frenchburg (37.9719, -83.6095).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1124089. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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