Jackson, KY

Weather Forecast Office

April 3-4 Line of Storms Brings Damaging Winds & Large Hail to Portions of Eastern Kentucky

Overview

A complex of showers and thunderstorms developed across the Midwestern U.S. in the afternoon and later pushed through eastern Kentucky during the late evening and overnight hours. Initially, a few embedded supercell thunderstorms produced large hail due to their rotation and stronger updrafts. Damaging wind gusts ended up being the primary threat across eastern Kentucky as these features became organized into line segments later into the night.

Numerous reports of downed trees and power lines were received across southeastern Kentucky where the greatest amount of instability was present. Homes in Leslie, Letcher, and Pike Counties suffered extensive damage from trees falling onto them, including one at Willow Tree Hollow near Marrowbone and Regina southeast of Pikeville that led to an injury to a person inside. More scattered wind damage was also reported up toward and north of Mountain Parkway as individual storm cells embedded within the larger line intensified.

Tree on top of a home at Willow Tree Hollow in Pike County
(Courtesy of Doug Tackett)

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Radar
Storm Reports
Environment

Photos


Letcher County Between Blackey and Roxana (Courtesy of Dr. Shane McDougal)	Letcher County near Mayking (Courtesy of Medina Cook)	Harlan County near Evarts (Courtesy of Kimberly Wehner)


Harlan Roof Damage (Courtesy of Greg Middleton)	Letcher County near Dotty Creek (Courtesy of Roland Brown)	Leslie County (Courtesy of Melissa Mitchell)	Highway 72 in Harlan County (Courtesy of Jessica Brock)


Powell County Storm Damage (Courtesy of WKYT)	Gatti's Storm Damage in Corbin (Courtesy of Michelle Allen)


Damage to a metal roof in Whitley County (Courtesy of Shawn Cowden)	Subway in Shelby Valley in Pike County (Courtesy of Jeremy Pinson)

Radar


5 - 11 pm April 3rd Radar Loop	11 pm April 3rd - 5 am April 4th Radar Loop

Storm Reports

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Environment

300 mb upper level charts:


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500 mb upper level charts:


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850 mb upper level charts:


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Surface charts:


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Severe Storm Prediction Center Outlooks:


Day 3 Outlook	Day 2 Outlook	Day 1 Outlook	Day 1 Outlook (Update)


Day 1 Tornado Outlook	Day 1 Severe Wind Outlook	Day 1 Severe Hail Outlook	All Storm Reports From Event

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