Kentucky, 2001

Damaging Wind in Kentucky, June 13, 2001

June 13, 2001 · NWS LMK · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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  • Wind
  • Hail
  • Winter weather
  • Heat and drought
  • Cold
  • Fire, smoke and dust
  • Marine and coastal
  • Other

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
1

Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Louisville, KY wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 13, 2:18 PM EST, 52 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 13, 2:18 PM EST, 52 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
300 PM EDT WED JUNE 13 2001

MODELS IN GOOD AGREEMENT SUGGESTING 2 MORE DAYS OF WARM HUMID AIR
MASS THEN LESS HUMID AND SLIGHTLY COOLER FOR THE WEEKEND AFTER A
WEAK FRONAL PASSAGE ON FRIDAY...THEN DRY INTO MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK.

CURRENTLY...SKY REMAINS PRTLY TO MSTLY SUNNY ACRS MUCH OF FCST AREA.
NOTABLE EXCEPTION IS SMALL CLUSTER OF SLOW MOVG TSTMS THAT HAVE
DVPLD NEAR AND S OF LEX ALG A CLOUD-NO CLOUD BNDRY FM NEAR CVG THRU
LEX TO SME-LOZ AREA. THIS IS ALSO ALG A MID-LVL SHEAR AXIS AS
EVIDENT IN WTR VPR IMAGERY AND DEPICTED IN MODELS. SCT STORMS WL
CONT ALG THIS BNDRY THRU LATE AFTN INTO EARLY EVNG BEFORE
DISSIPATING THEREAFTER. STGST STORMS WILL PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN
AND SMALL HAIL. OTHERWISE...EXPECT SKY TO BE OR BECOME MSTLY CLR
TNGT WITH PATCHY FOG OVERNGT.

ON THURS...MODELS CONT TO INDICATE PRESENCE OF A WEAK SHEAR AXIS
ACRS ERN THIRD OF KY WITH DEFORMATION ZONE CONFLUENCE AND SINKING
ALOFT JUST W OF AXIS. LO-LVL MSTR AND INSTBLY WL REMAIN...SO AGAIN
IT APRS WDLY SCT TO SCT TSTMS MAY DVLP THURS AFTN ACRS PARTS OF
E-CNTRL KY. WOULD THEN EXPECT NOCTURNAL DISSIPATION OF CELLS AGAIN
THURS NGT. ELSEWHERE...EXPECT SCT TO BKN AFTN CU THURS AFTN BUT A
CAPPED AIR MASS WL PRECLUDE TSTM DVLPMT.

ON FRIDAY...SYSTEM FM THE W MOVES IN...WEAKENING SOMEWHAT AS IT
DOES. HOWEVER...STILL ENOUGH FORCING AND LOW-LVL THERMODYNAMICS WL
BE PRESENT FOR SCT TSTMS ACRS MUCH OF FCST AREA.

.SDF...NONE.
FUNK

The radar

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Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Woodford

When
June 13, 3:10 PM EST
Where
Woodford County, Versailles
Measured
60 kt (69 mph)
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
38.050, -84.733

Several trees were downed by thunderstorm winds.

What these are

Thunderstorm Wind
Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.

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The same day elsewhere

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Sources

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5250744.