Thunderstorm Wind in Breathitt County, Kentucky
Thunderstorm Wind April 29, 2025 · Breathitt County, Kentucky
Where the report was made, with tornadoes recorded within 15 miles over the years.
What the National Weather Service wrote
Social media report of a small tree down on a barn near the end of Freeman Fork Road in extreme SW Breathitt County.
The wider storm
A low was passing through the Upper Great Lakes region early the morning of the 29th, with a trailing cold front extending south and west through Illinois and Missouri. As the morning low progressed so did the cold front. By 21Z the cold front was draped across northeast Ohio, south-central Indiana, and western Kentucky. A convective line had formed near, but just east of the cold front, across Southern Indiana and Illinois. By 22-23Z a new convective line formed farther into the warm sector across central and eastern Kentucky. The western most convective line overtook the other by 00Z, producing small hail and wind damage, downing some trees as storms passed through eastern Kentucky.
Began near Morris Fork (37.3748, -83.5402).
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1275082. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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