Thunderstorm Wind in Greenup County, Kentucky

Trees were downed on the Pleasant Valley Connector Road near Little Sandy.

A low pressure system lifted a warm front through the area as it travelled out of the Central Plains and into the Ohio Valley on the night of June 21st into the morning of the 22nd. A cold front was then dragged across the Middle Ohio Valley and Central Appalachians as the parent system continued onward towards the Mid-Atlantic Coast from the 22nd into the morning of the 23rd.

A band of precipitation moved into northeast Kentucky on the night of the 21st and then continued east into West Virginia early on the morning of the 22nd. Additional rounds of showers and a few strong thunderstorms continued to progress across the area during the day, then precipitation came to an end following the frontal passage overnight. Precipitation amounts across the area ranged from a few tenths up to an inch and a half with the highest amounts occurring in Lawrence, southern Carter, and southern Boyd counties.