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Thunderstorm Wind — Graves, Kentucky

2025-05-20 · near Bell City, Graves, Kentucky

$12K

Property damage

61 EG

Magnitude

Event narrative

State police reported two trees blocking Bell City Road and a blown over outbuilding.

Wider weather episode

A squall line moved eastward through Western Kentucky from mid to late afternoon ahead of an evening cold frontal passage. Several damaging wind reports were received, along with additional sub-severe wind gust observations. A funnel cloud was observed north of Crofton. Flooding issues developed in portions of the Kentucky Pennyrile. MLCAPE values were around 1000-1250J/kg, DCAPE was 700-1000J/kg, and effective bulk shear was 50kts, while dewpoints were near 70.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1272050. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.