Thunderstorm Wind, Pulaski
- When
- May 11, 2:05 PM EST
- Where
- Pulaski County, 1 mi N of Somerset
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 37.117, -84.600
Several trees were down.
Damaging Wind in Kentucky, May 11, 2001
1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
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 Jackson, KY wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at May 11, 1:48 PM EST, 17 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 11, 1:48 PM EST, 17 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 1200 PM EDT FRI MAY 11 2001 SAT LOOP SHOWS OUTFLOW BOUNDARY MOVING SOUTH THROUGH FA AS A VORT SWINGS NORTHEASTWARD TOWARD THE FA OUT OF CENTRAL TN. COLD FRONT IS STILL WELL TO THE NORTHWEST IN THE PLAINS. MEAN TROUGH IS DEVELOPING OVER THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY ON THE 500 MB CHART AND IS AN INDICATION OF A TREND TO COME NEXT WEEK AS AN AMPLIFYING TROUGH DEVELOPS OVER THE EAST CONUS AND A RIDGE OVER THE ROCKIES. THIS WILL GENERALLY KEEP CONDITIONS COOLER WITH A CHANCE FOR PRECIP ESSENTIALLY FROM LATE MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY FOR THE EXTENDED FORECAST. AS FOR THE NEAR TERM...STILL THINK THAT MOST AREAS OF THE FA WILL SEE SOME RAIN TONIGHT...ALTHOUGH PROBABLY NOT MUCH QPF IN STORE...EXCEPT FOR SOME OF THE NORTHWESTERN COUNTIES. DYNAMICS WILL CONTINUE TO BE FARTHER TO THE NORTH AS PREVIOUSLY SUSPECTED. WILL PROBABLY GO NEAR OR A LITTLE ABOVE MOS POPS FOR TONIGHT AND TOMORROW. NEAR MOS TEMPS...EXCEPT SAT HIGHS WILL PROBABLY BE BOOSTED ABOUT 5 DEGREES OR SO HIGHER THAN MOS AS SOME SUNSHINE SHOULD HELP PRODUCE TEMPS IN THE LOWER 70S RANGE. .JKL...NONE. aHEINLEIN
The radar
The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 125 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:05 UTC.
Event by event
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Hail in Texas, May 11 to 12, 2001
- Flooding in Iowa, May 11 to 14, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, May 11, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, May 11, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Georgia, May 11 to 12, 2001
- Wildfire in California, May 11, 2001
- Hail in Texas, May 11, 2001
- Flood and Hail in Oklahoma, May 11, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, May 11, 2001
- Hail in Kansas, May 11, 2001
- Flooding in Missouri, May 11 to 13, 2001
- Damaging Winds in Tennessee, May 11, 2001
More
Every storm in Kentucky in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Kentucky, May 2001
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: 5245666.