Flood in Simpson County, Kentucky

Water was over the road along Russellville Road in western Simpson County.

A typical hot and humid summertime pattern was in place across the Ohio and Tennessee valleys on June 26th and 27th, with temperatures warming into the upper 80s and low 90s both afternoons. This allowed for the development of at least 4000 J/kg SBCAPE across central Kentucky, setting up a strongly unstable environment. Overall, forcing was weak over this time period, with upper level ridging spread out across most of the southeastern United States. As a result, convective development was fairly random, with scattered showers and storms developing over the region each afternoon. The main severe threat was strong thunderstorm winds within downbursts, and DCAPE was over 1200 J/kg each afternoon. Additionally, slow storm movements, particularly on the 27th, led to localized flash flooding, especially across south central Kentucky. Isolated to scattered wind damage was observed where the strongest thunderstorm cores collapsed overhead.