Thunderstorm Wind in Nicholas County, Kentucky

Thunderstorm Wind July 5, 2018 · Nicholas County, Kentucky

61 mph

Estimated gust (53 kt)

$15K

Damage as recorded

Where the report was made, with tornadoes recorded within 15 miles over the years.

What the National Weather Service wrote

Power lines and trees came down at Carpenter Pike and US 68. Trees also came down along county roads in the western half of the county.

The wider storm

A cold front dropped southward into Illinois and Indiana. It triggered convection during the mid afternoon. Storms dropped into southern Indiana and north central Kentucky by the late afternoon and evening. High percipitable water values of 2 were waiting ahead of the front near the Ohio River. DCAPE values of around 1,000 J/kg also sat over the area providing conditions for heavy rain and severe thunderstorm winds.

Began near Head Quarters (38.3163, -84.1258).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 763909. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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