Thunderstorm Wind — Metcalfe, Kentucky

2017-08-02 · near Edmonton, Metcalfe, Kentucky

Event narrative

Trees fell on the roofs of two houses.

Wider weather episode

Afternoon to evening thunderstorms developed the first few days of August 2017. The atmosphere was plenty unstable but a lack of deep wind shear prevented storms from being anything more organized than pulse and marginally severe. A few instances of 1 inch hail was reported along with isolated reports of downed trees and 55 to 60 mph wind gusts.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 721031. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.