Thunderstorm Wind in Johnson County, Kentucky

A large tree limb (5 to 6 inches in diameter) crashed through the roof of a mobile home on Witten Lane in the Wittensville community, striking a female who was lying in bed. The limb caused a deep laceration in her leg, and she was transported by ambulance to a local hospital.

A cold front moved through eastern Kentucky on the evening of the Friday, December 19th. It was then followed by a second, reinforcing cold front that brought a strong surge of cold air. Showers and storm were present along the leading edge of the first cold front, eventually resulting in a thin line of storms moving quickly eastward. While temperatures were too cool for strong instability, the amount of sheer was decent, and strong winds aloft were able to be mixed down to the surface as storms moved through, especially along the leading edge of this line. This ultimately led to a handful of thunderstorm wind damage reports, despite no severe thunderstorm warnings being issued.