Thunderstorm Wind — Lyon, Kentucky

2024-05-14 · near Kuttawa, Lyon, Kentucky

Event narrative

A couple of trees were downed by thunderstorm winds, one falling onto a house in Eddyville.

Wider weather episode

Surface low pressure was drifting across the Quad State on the 14th. Showers and thunderstorms developed in the afternoon to evening with Western Kentucky seeing storms drift slowly, pivoting eastward to northeastward. CAPE values around 1000 J/kg dropped off after sunset. Lapse rates were around 6.5 C/km, and shear was limited to around 25 kts. A few of the storms became strong to severe with a tree falling onto a home near Eddyville and quarter size hail occurring on the south side of Princeton. Torrential rainfall of 3-5.5 inches fell in Henderson County, though flooding reports were confined to the western portions of the county. Flooding also occurred in Calloway County, with brief minor flooding in Christian County at the 68/80 Bypass site for the South Fork of the Little River.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1182190. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.