Thunderstorm Wind — Harrison, Kentucky

2019-06-28 · near Cynthiana, Harrison, Kentucky

Event narrative

A tree was reported down in Cynthiana, Kentucky.

Wider weather episode

During the period between June 26 to 28, southern Indiana and central Kentucky were in an area of weak surface high pressure. The atmosphere was moist with little shear but decent instability.

On June 27th, a well defined large mesoscale convective vortex formed over Missouri and moved east. Out ahead of this system storms initiated from diurnal heating. Between this system and diurnal afternoon / evening thunderstorm activity, widespread storm damage and flooding was reported during the June 26-28 period.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 841654. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.