Thunderstorm Wind — Hancock, Kentucky

2025-03-15 · near Utility, Hancock, Kentucky

Event narrative

Trees were blown across Kentucky Route 1389 just south of the intersection with Kentucky Route 1403.

Wider weather episode

On the morning of March 13th, a west to east oriented cold front was pushing south near the Ohio River, but it stalled before pushing back north. This left central Kentucky in the warm sector with warm moist air moving in from the south. As the system's north to south oriented cold front moved east through the Lower Ohio Valley on the 15th, several storms produced widespread hail across north central Kentucky. Some of these storms also produced localized damaging winds and flooding by the 16th as the system's second reinforcing cold front pushed east through the area.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1241718. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.