Thunderstorm Wind — Estill, Kentucky

2025-04-03 · near Pitts, Estill, Kentucky

Event narrative

Emergency manager reported a tree on a house in the 900 block at Furnace Jct, northeast of Ravenna. The home is badly damaged as a result. There are other reports of trees down on roads throughout the county from the original round of storms that moved through at approximately 3:35am.

Wider weather episode

On the afternoon of the 2nd a strong surface low was located over the MN/WI area, with a warm front extending southwest through the OH valley, and a trailing cold front extending SSE through the Ozarks. By 00Z (the evening of the 2nd), a strong convective squall line had developed across the Ohio and Mississippi Valley which slowly continued east through the evening. By early morning on the 3rd this strong, nocturnal convective squall line continued to move through Eastern Kentucky. As the driving cold front approached SE Kentucky behind this convective line, it stalled for several hours before becoming a warm front around 15Z on the 4th. Between the convective squall line early on the 3rd and the cold front becoming a warm front through the 4th, many areas picked up 2 to 5 inches of rainfall, experienced severe wind gusts, wind damage, and flooding.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1273559. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.