Funnel Cloud — Fulton, Kentucky

2025-05-02 · near Anna Lynne, Fulton, Kentucky

Event narrative

A cold air funnel formed near Hickman.

Wider weather episode

An upper-level trough from northern Ontario southwest to the central Plains was pushing southeast through the day, as a weak surface boundary lingered from the Missouri Bootheel northeast along the Ohio River. South of the boundary, MLCAPE was 1000-2000J/kg and the effective shear was 30-40kts. Mid-level lapse rates were poor, generally 6K/km or lower, while low-level lapse rates were 7-8K/km. Scattered storms were ongoing before sunrise over northeast Arkansas and far west Tennessee, and they steadily approached west Kentucky through the morning. One particularly strong storm produced a bow-echo as it approached Hazel in Calloway County just before 1000CST. The storm produced wind damage in the form of uprooted trees from Hazel to Murray. One tree fell onto a truck near Hazel, and another fell into a house in Murray. Although the storm weakened, it grew upscale into the afternoon as it moved east of the Land Between the Lakes. The larger line of storms produced sporadic wind gusts up to 50mph and hail up to the size of dimes, as it moved through Christian and Todd Counties and also Daviess County. Later on in the early evening, a weak mid-level disturbance helped to force some showers across west Kentucky. Two cold air funnels were reported, one with a shower near Hickman, and one that didn't even have a nearby shower west of Sturgis in Union County. There was no indication that either of the funnels reached the ground or caused any damage.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1259912. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.