Lightning — Jessamine, Kentucky

2020-08-18 · near Wilmore, Jessamine, Kentucky

Event narrative

Lightning struck a tree which brought down power lines and landed on a house.

Wider weather episode

While on the western side of an upper trough, a surface low with associated fronts moved south through west-central Kentucky. This produced thunderstorms along the front, stretching west to east through Kentucky. As this line moved south through the Bluegrass region of Kentucky, areas of severe damage resulted.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 918710. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.