A complex of storms moved across Kentucky during the morning hours of the 5th. The main threat was damaging winds.
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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.
The episode as NWS ILN wrote it up.
A complex of storms moved across Kentucky during the morning hours of the 5th. The main threat was damaging winds.
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 Wilmington, OH wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 5, 8:25 AM EST, 1 hour 30 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 925 AM EDT THU AUG 5 2010 .SYNOPSIS... A COLD FRONT WILL CROSS SOUTHEAST THROUGH THE OHIO VALLEY TODAY. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD OVER THE UPPER MIDWEST AND GREAT LAKES REGION ON FRIDAY...AND SETTLE IN THE OHIO VALLEY SATURDAY. && .NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 PM THIS EVENING/... COLD FRONT IS CONTINUING TO SAG SLOWLY SOUTHEAST ACROSS SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF OUR FA THIS MORNING. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS PROGRESSING EAST ALONG IT. SOME SUN ACROSS OUR SOUTHEAST SHOULD ALLOW FOR SOME ADDITIONAL DESTABILIZATION THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON SO EXPECT TO SEE AN INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND STRENGTH AS THE STORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST ACROSS OUR FAR SOUTHERN AREAS. HAVE NUDGED POPS UP A BIT ACROSS THE FAR SOUTH BUT OTHERWISE EXPECT TO SEE A DECREASING CHANCE OF PCPN FROM THE NORTH THROUGH EARLY/MID AFTERNOON. SOME LOW STRATUS HAS DEVELOPED ACROSS THE NORTH THIS MORNING. THIS SHOULD GRADUALLY LIFT THROUGH LATE MORNING/EARLY AFTERNOON SO STILL EXPECT ENOUGH SUN TO ALLOW TEMPS UP INTO THE MID TO UPPER 80S ACROSS THE NORTH. && .SHORT TERM /6 PM THIS EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY/... THE DRIER AIR SHOULD ALLOW FOR A MORE SEASONAL TEMPERATURE TREND...SLIGHTLY WARMER ON HIGHS DUE TO ABUNDANT SUNSHINE EXPECTED. SCT CU SHOULD POP THE NEXT FEW DAYS BUT BE ON THE DECREASE FRI AND EVEN MORESO ON SAT. THIS WILL PERMIT SUNNY SKIES TO WARM NICELY DURING THE DAY WITH AN EQUALLY NICE COOL DOWN EXPECTED AT NIGHT. RETURN FLOW WILL SET UP ON SUNDAY. && .LONG TERM /SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... VERY LITTLE TIME SPENT ON THIS PORTION OF THE FORECAST TODAY DUE TO HAZARDS OF HEAT AND SEVERE STORMS. OVERALL PATTERN SUGGESTS DRYING BEHIND THE COLD FRONT ON FRIDAY AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS INTO THE AREA FOR THE WEEKEND. COOLEST WEATHER FRIDAY/SATURDAY WITH COMFORTABLE NIGHTS AS DEWPOINTS WILL TRY TO GET DOWN INTO THE 50S. A LOT OF SPREAD IN THE ENSEMBLE MEMBERS THOUGH /SREF AND GEFS/ SO IT REMAINS TO BE SEEN HOW COOL WE GET. RAPID WARMUP ENSUES EARLY NEXT WEEK AS WE TURN THE CRANK BACK ONTO OPPRESSIVE HUMIDITY AND TEMPS WELL ABOVE NORMAL. SEEMINGLY NO END IN SIGHT TO THE HOT SUBTROPICAL RIDGE OVER THE SRN CONUS...AND AS WRN TROUGHING AMPLIFIES...HEAT/HUMIDITY WILL BUILD NORTH IN EARNEST...THOUGH PROBABLY NOT AS BAD THE PAST COUPLE OF DAY. WITH THE RETURN OF THE WARMTH/MOISTURE...A SLOW INCREASE IN THE THREAT FOR SHOWERS AND STORMS. && .AVIATION /13Z THURSDAY THROUGH MONDAY/... CDFNT NW OF KCVG AND KDAY WILL MOVE SE THRU THE TERMINALS BY 16Z. SCT SHWRS AND ISOLD TSTMS HAVE ALREADY FIRED UP ALONG THE FRONT AND WILL CONT THIS MORNING UNTIL THE FRONT IS E OF THE TAFS. DIFFICULT FCST WITH ST THIS MORNG NW OF FRONT. ST ALREADY DEVELOPED N OF KDAY AND NW OF CMH SHOULD MOVE INTO THESE TAFS WITHIN THE NEXT ONE TO TWO HOURS. KCVG FCST MORE DIFFICULT AS ST IS MUCH FURTHER TO THE NW. TIMED THE CLOUDS IN AT 15Z WITH A CIGS ARND 015. CIGS WILL RISE SLOWLY THIS MORNING AS DRY AIR SLOWLY ADVECT INTO THE FA. WINDS WILL BE NW BEHIND THE FRONT WITH A FEW GUST NR 20 KT EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. OUTLOOK...NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER EXPECTED. && .ILN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OH...NONE. KY...NONE. IN...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...FRANKS NEAR TERM...JGL SHORT TERM...FRANKS LONG TERM...BINAU AVIATION...
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 1043 AM EDT THU AUG 5 2010 INZ050-058-059-066-073>075-080-KYZ089>096-OHZ026-034-035-042>046- 051>056-060>065-070>074-077-078-080-082-061445- WAYNE-FAYETTE IN-UNION IN-FRANKLIN IN-RIPLEY-DEARBORN-OHIO- SWITZERLAND-CARROLL-GALLATIN-BOONE-KENTON-CAMPBELL-OWEN-GRANT- PENDLETON-HARDIN-MERCER-AUGLAIZE-DARKE-SHELBY-LOGAN-UNION OH- DELAWARE-MIAMI-CHAMPAIGN-CLARK-MADISON-FRANKLIN OH-LICKING-PREBLE- MONTGOMERY-GREENE-FAYETTE OH-PICKAWAY-FAIRFIELD-BUTLER-WARREN- CLINTON-ROSS-HOCKING-HAMILTON-CLERMONT-HIGHLAND-PIKE- 1043 AM EDT THU AUG 5 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL INDIANA...SOUTHEAST INDIANA...NORTHERN KENTUCKY...CENTRAL OHIO...MIAMI VALLEY OF OHIO...SOUTH CENTRAL OHIO...SOUTHWEST OHIO AND WEST CENTRAL OHIO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. KYZ097>100-OHZ079-081-088-061445- BRACKEN-ROBERTSON-MASON-LEWIS-BROWN-ADAMS-SCIOTO- 1043 AM EDT THU AUG 5 2010 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 574 IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST KENTUCKY...NORTHERN KENTUCKY AND SOUTH CENTRAL OHIO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO RELAY SEVERE REPORTS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 97 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 14:54 UTC.
5 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Multiple trees were reported down in the area.
Numerous trees were knocked down and siding was off of a house due to damaging thunderstorm winds. A roof was also taken off a barn due to the winds.
Trees were reported down due to damaging thunderstorm winds.
The spotter estimated the wind gust.
A few trees were reported down due to damaging thunderstorm winds.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Kentucky in 2010Every state in 2010This day in weather historyWarnings in Kentucky, August 2010
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: 245209, 245210, 245211, 245212, 245213.