Thunderstorm Wind — Owsley, Kentucky

2019-05-26 · near Southfork, Owsley, Kentucky

50 EG

Magnitude

Event narrative

Dispatch reported a tree blown down along Lower Wolfe Creek Road south of Booneville.

Wider weather episode

Severe storms pummeled central portions of eastern Kentucky during the evening hours of May 26, 2019. These thunderstorms developed along a surface boundary, in tandem with a mesoscale convective vortex. These features helped to organize storms into a line, which swept across eastern Kentucky and produced several reports of damage.

Numerous trees were blown down from Rockcastle to Martin and Pike Counties. This subsequently led to thousands of power outages across eastern Kentucky.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 815817. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.