Thunderstorm Wind — Scott, Kentucky

2024-08-17 · near Sand Lick, Scott, Kentucky

Event narrative

A tobacco barn was destroyed.

Wider weather episode

As a surface low moved east across the Great Lakes, its trailing cold front dropped south through the Midwest and towards the Lower Ohio Valley. Multiple rounds of convection worked through central Kentucky. Some of these thunderstorms produced damaging winds, resulting in scattered damage across central Kentucky.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1214662. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.