Thunderstorm Wind — Lee, Kentucky

2020-06-10 · near Lower Buffalo, Lee, Kentucky

Event narrative

Dispatch reported a tree blown down onto Buffalo Zion Road just south of Lower Buffalo.

Wider weather episode

Numerous showers and thunderstorms developed ahead of a cold front by mid-late afternoon across central Kentucky, moving into eastern Kentucky during the late afternoon and evening hours. Initially, many of these storms contained strong enough outflow winds to produce damage to trees as well as a couple of structures. As these storms moved farther east of U.S. Highway 23 into the mid evening hours closer to sunset, they weakened below severe limits. Additionally, stronger upper level forcing across northern to central Kentucky versus southern Kentucky helped to spare southeast Kentucky from any damaging winds.

As the cold front moved through during the late evening hours to just after midnight, strong winds accompanied the frontal passage across isolated portions of Floyd and Pike Counties.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 885765. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.