Thunderstorm Wind in Whitley County, Kentucky

Thunderstorm Wind April 12, 2024 · Whitley County, Kentucky

58 mph

Estimated gust (50 kt)

$3K

Crop damage

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

What the National Weather Service wrote

Photos were sent in by a trained spotter reporting trees downed or damaged in the Gausdale community as a thunderstorm moved through. The spotter noted that the wind arrived in one huge gust.

The wider storm

After the low pressure system and multiple fronts passed through on the 11th, having caused damage to far eastern Kentucky, the system moved to the northeast, where it combined into one very strong surface low pressure system by April 12th. This system then generated a secondary boundary which moved around the west side of the low and back into Kentucky during the day of the 12th. More scattered showers and thunderstorms developed during the afternoon as a result along this boundary. One storm in Whitley County resulted in severe winds which damaged trees in the Gausdale community.

Began near Gausdale (36.7500, -83.9700).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1175827. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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