Thunderstorm Wind — Clay, Kentucky

2025-04-04 · near Horse Creek, Clay, Kentucky

Event narrative

Clay County State Garage reported 2 trees down 1 mile from the US 421-KY 638 intersection on KY 638.

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 1273653. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.