Damaging Winds in Kentucky, June 10, 2014

Name: Damaging Winds in Kentucky, June 10, 2014
Start: 2014-06-10T18:45
End: 2014-06-10T19:10
Location: Kentucky

June 10, 2014 · NWS RLX · 5 events in 3 counties and zones

Ahead of a slow moving mid level trough in the Missouri, warm and humid air returned to northeast Kentucky on the 10th. Sunshine helped temperatures reach into the mid 80s during the afternoon.

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $360,000
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 5

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 happened

The episode as NWS RLX wrote it up.

Ahead of a slow moving mid level trough in the Missouri, warm and humid air returned to northeast Kentucky on the 10th. Sunshine helped temperatures reach into the mid 80s during the afternoon. An arch of thunderstorms moved northeast out of Tennessee during the late afternoon and moved through during the early evening. A well defined shelf cloud was observed on the leading edge of the squall line. Wind gusts of 45 to 50 mph were widespread. For example, the cooperative observer near Warnock measured a 45 mph gust just around 1855E. Louisa had a measured gust to 48 mph around 1905E. A few spots received slightly stronger wind gusts. Electrical power outages were common.

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 Charleston, WV wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 10, 5:48 PM EST, 57 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 10, 5:48 PM EST, 57 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
648 PM EDT TUE JUN 10 2014

.SYNOPSIS...
A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM BRINGS UNSETTLED WEATHER THROUGH THURSDAY.
A COLD FRONT CROSSES FRIDAY INTO FRIDAY NIGHT...FOLLOWED BY HIGH
PRESSURE TO START THE WEEKEND.

&&

.NEAR TERM /THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
DID AN EARLIER UPDATE IN THE LATE AFTERNOON...TO BRING LIKELY POPS
INTO OUR SW COUNTIES THIS EVENING.  THINKING OVERALL THERE SHOULD BE
A WEAKENING TREND ON THE CONVECTION FROM 00Z TO 03Z.  LEADING CELLS
MAY PULSE UP UNTIL THEN. OF COURSE...ANY SHOWER COULD CONTAIN A
DOWNPOUR IN THE SOUTH AND WEST.

ALSO LEFT CHANCE POPS FOR THE LATE NIGHT/OVERNIGHT HOURS MAINLY OVER
THE WESTERN COUNTIES...IN THE DEEPER MOISTURE PLUME.

&&

.SHORT TERM /WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT/...
UNSETTLED PATTERN FOR THE PERIOD WITH A CHANCE OF THUNDER
CONTINUING. PW VALUES HOVERING AROUND 1.6 MEANS WE SHOULD EXPECT
SOME FAIRLY HIGH RAIN AMOUNTS...PARTICULARLY IN THE MOUNTAINOUS
COUNTIES THURSDAY AFTERNOON. FLOW WILL ALSO BE LIGHT....SO HYDRO
MAY BECOME A PROBLEM THURSDAY.

COLD FRONT ON FRIDAY INTO FRIDAY NIGHT...HOWEVER NOT EXPECTING TOO
MUCH IN THE WAY OF WATER ISSUES SINCE PW VALUES WILL BE DROPPING.
BEHIND THE FRONT...WE WILL START TO CLEAR OUT AND WARM UP.

&&

.LONG TERM /SATURDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/...
CLEARING SKIES BEHIND THE FRONT ON FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY.
TEMPERATURES WILL INCREASE THROUGH MUCH OF THE PERIOD UNDER HIGH
PRESSURE. DECENT MOISTURE WILL ALLOW FOR SOME DIURNAL
THUNDERSTORMS SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

&&

.AVIATION /00Z WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/...
HAVE CONVECTION MOVING NNE INTO EASTERN KENTUCKY...SOUTHWEST
VIRGINIA AND THROUGH SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA THIS EVENING AS IT
WEAKENS 00Z TO 03Z.  RAIN INDUCED VALLEY FOG OR SCUD CLOUDS MAY FORM
IN THE WAKE OF THE CONVECTION OVER SOUTHERN COUNTIES.

WITH LAYERED CLOUDS AND POSSIBLE LINGERING SHOWERS OVERNIGHT IN THE
OHIO VALLEY COUNTIES...WAS NOT QUITE AS THICK ON THE PREDAWN FOG AS
PREVIOUSLY FORECAST.

TIMING THE CONVECTION ON WEDNESDAY TOUGH...TRIED TO INCREASE 15Z TO
18Z IN THE WEST...THEN 18Z TO 21Z IN THE CKB TO EN CORRIDOR.

FORECAST CONFIDENCE AND ALTERNATE SCENARIOS THROUGH 00Z THURSDAY...

FORECAST CONFIDENCE: MEDIUM.

ALTERNATE SCENARIOS: IN THE WAKE OF THE EVENING CONVECTION...RAIN
INDUCED FOG COULD FORM...WITH VSBY LOWER THAN FORECAST.

TIMING ROUNDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPMENT ON WEDNESDAY
COULD VARY FROM FORECAST.

EXPERIMENTAL TABLE OF FLIGHT CATEGORY OBJECTIVELY SHOWS CONSISTENCY
OF WFO FORECAST TO AVAILABLE MODEL INFORMATION:
H = HIGH:   TAF CONSISTENT WITH ALL MODELS OR ALL BUT ONE MODEL.
M = MEDIUM: TAF HAS VARYING LEVEL OF CONSISTENCY WITH MODELS.
L = LOW:    TAF INCONSISTENT WITH ALL MODELS OR ALL BUT ONE MODEL.

UTC 1HRLY       20   21   22   23   00   01   02   03   04   05   06   07
EDT 1HRLY       16   17   18   19   20   21   22   23   00   01   02   03
CRW CONSISTENCY  H    H    H    H    H    H    H    M    M    M    H    H
HTS CONSISTENCY  M    M    M    M    M    M    H    M    M    M    H    H
BKW CONSISTENCY  H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H
EKN CONSISTENCY  H    H    H    H    H    H    H    M    M    M    H    H
PKB CONSISTENCY  H    H    H    H    H    H    H    M    M    M    H    H
CKB CONSISTENCY  H    H    H    H    H    H    H    M    M    M    H    H

AFTER 00Z THURSDAY...
IFR CONDITIONS POSSIBLE IN ROUNDS OF SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS
WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY...WITH POSSIBLE LOCAL FOG 06Z TO 12Z
LATE AT NIGHT/EARLY MORNING.

&&

.RLX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WV...NONE.
OH...NONE.
KY...NONE.
VA...NONE.

&&

SYNOPSIS...JS/LS
NEAR TERM...KTB
SHORT TERM...LS
LONG TERM...LS
AVIATION...KTB

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 10, 6:20 PM EST, 25 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
720 PM EDT TUE JUN 10 2014

KYZ101>103-105-OHZ066-067-075-076-083>087-VAZ003-004-WVZ005>009-
013>017-024>026-033>035-112330-
GREENUP-CARTER-BOYD-LAWRENCE KY-PERRY-MORGAN-ATHENS-WASHINGTON-
JACKSON OH-VINTON-MEIGS-GALLIA-LAWRENCE OH-DICKENSON-BUCHANAN-WAYNE-
CABELL-MASON-JACKSON WV-WOOD-LINCOLN-PUTNAM-KANAWHA-ROANE-WIRT-MINGO-
LOGAN-BOONE-MCDOWELL-WYOMING-RALEIGH-
720 PM EDT TUE JUN 10 2014

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 278 IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT
TONIGHT...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST
KENTUCKY...SOUTHEAST OHIO...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND MUCH OF WEST
VIRGINIA.

.DAY ONE...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...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE NEXT TWO
DAYS...AREAS THAT DO GET HIT WILL BECOME VULNERABLE TO FLOODING.
BY WEDNESDAY...AREAS THAT GET HIT WITH HEAVY DOWNPOURS MULTIPLE
TIMES COULD EXPERIENCE FLOODING. THE THREAT CONTINUES
THURSDAY...ALTHOUGH THE HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL BE MOST LIKELY IN THE
MOUNTAINS BY THEN. THE THREAT FOR HEAVY DOWNPOURS DECREASES
FRIDAY...BUT SOME AREAS MAY BE VULNERABLE TO EVEN MODEST
DOWNPOURS BY THEN.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

WVZ010-011-018>020-027>032-036>040-046-047-112330-
PLEASANTS-TYLER-CALHOUN-RITCHIE-DODDRIDGE-CLAY-BRAXTON-GILMER-LEWIS-
HARRISON-TAYLOR-FAYETTE-NICHOLAS-WEBSTER-UPSHUR-BARBOUR-POCAHONTAS-
RANDOLPH-
720 PM EDT TUE JUN 10 2014

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL WEST
VIRGINIA...NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA AND SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE NEXT TWO
DAYS...AREAS THAT DO GET HIT WILL BECOME VULNERABLE TO FLOODING.
BY WEDNESDAY...AREAS THAT GET HIT WITH HEAVY DOWNPOURS MULTIPLE
TIMES COULD EXPERIENCE FLOODING. THE THREAT CONTINUES
THURSDAY...ALTHOUGH THE HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL BE MOST LIKELY IN THE
MOUNTAINS BY THEN. THE THREAT FOR HEAVY DOWNPOURS DECREASES
FRIDAY...BUT SOME AREAS MAY BE VULNERABLE TO EVEN MODEST
DOWNPOURS BY THEN.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

KTB

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 10, 4:46 PM EST, 1 hour 59 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
546 PM EDT TUE JUN 10 2014

KYZ101>103-105-102300-
GREENUP-CARTER-BOYD-LAWRENCE KY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FLATWOODS...GREENUP...GRAYSON...
OLIVE HILL...ASHLAND...LOUISA
546 PM EDT TUE JUN 10 2014

HERE IS A SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE...

THUNDERSTORMS COULD ROLE INTO NORTHEAST KENTUCKY BETWEEN 7 AND 9
O'CLOCK THIS EVENING. HEIGHTEN YOUR WEATHER AWARENESS NOW. IF YOU
PLAN TO BE OUTDOOR THIS EVENING. MONITOR THE SKY TO THE SOUTH AND
WEST FOR APPROACHING THREATENING WEATHER...AND BE READY TO MOVE
INDOORS. STRONG GUSTY WINDS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGER STORMS.

ALSO...ANY SHOWER OR STORM OVERNIGHT TONIGHT COULD EASILY CONTAIN
A DOWNPOUR.

KTB

Special weather statement, Jun 10, 4:50 PM EST, 1 hour 55 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
550 PM EDT TUE JUN 10 2014

VAZ003-004-102300-
DICKENSON-BUCHANAN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLINTWOOD...GRUNDY...VANSANT
550 PM EDT TUE JUN 10 2014

HERE IS A SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE...

THUNDERSTORMS COULD ROLE INTO DICKENSON AND BUCHANAN COUNTIES
VIRGINIA BETWEEN 7 AND 9 O'CLOCK THIS EVENING. HEIGHTEN YOUR
WEATHER AWARENESS NOW. IF YOU PLAN TO BE OUTDOOR THIS EVENING.
MONITOR THE SKY TO THE SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST FOR APPROACHING THREATENING
WEATHER...AND BE READY TO MOVE INDOORS. STRONG GUSTY WINDS ARE
POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGER STORMS.

ALSO...ANY SHOWER OR STORM OVERNIGHT TONIGHT COULD EASILY CONTAIN
A DOWNPOUR.

The radar

The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 79 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:44 UTC.

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Event by event

5 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Carter

When: June 10, 6:45 PM EST
Where: Carter County, 1 mi W of Grahn
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
Property damage: $20,000
Reported by: 911 Call Center
Coordinates: 38.280, -83.098

Trees were blown down onto power lines.

Thunderstorm Wind, Lawrence

When: June 10, 6:45 PM EST
Where: Lawrence County, Blaine
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
Property damage: $20,000
Reported by: 911 Call Center
Coordinates: 38.030, -82.830

Trees were blown down in scattered locations around Blaine.

Thunderstorm Wind, Lawrence

When: June 10, 6:55 PM EST
Where: Lawrence County, Fallsburg to Fullers
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
Property damage: $20,000
Reported by: 911 Call Center
Coordinates: 38.170, -82.670

Trees were blown down in scattered locations around Fallsburg and Fuller.

Thunderstorm Wind, Boyd

When: June 10, 7:09 PM EST
Where: Boyd County, 1.52 mi SSE of Ashland
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
Property damage: $150,000
Reported by: Newspaper
Coordinates: 38.450, -82.619

Trees were blown down in scattered locations about the city. One tree went through the roof of a house on Chadwick Street, but there were no injuries.

Thunderstorm Wind, Boyd

When: June 10, 7:10 PM EST
Where: Boyd County, Westwood
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
Property damage: $150,000
Reported by: Emergency Manager
Coordinates: 38.480, -82.670

At least 10 trees were blown down. A few homes and vehicles were damaged. Power lines were also knocked down.

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

Every storm in Kentucky in 2014 Every state in 2014 This day in weather history Warnings in Kentucky, June 2014

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: 511640, 511642, 511641, 511643, 511644.