Heat Persists in the South Central U.S. and Southwest; Heavy rains in the Desert Southwest and Central Plains

Sweltering heat remains across the South-Central Plains, Lower/Middle Mississippi Valley, and the Southwest this week with limited nighttime relief. Thunderstorms will bring heavy rainfall leading to localized flash flooding in portions of the Desert Southwest and central Plains. Isolated strong to severe thunderstorms are possible across portions of the central Plains into the Northeast. Read More >

A line of strong showers and thunderstorms moved across eastern Kentucky during the late afternoon and early evening hours of April 11, 2013. A strong gust front developed just ahead of the main line of precipitation causing extensive wind damage to some communities located between Camargo and Jeffersonville in Mountgomery County, KY. More information from the damage survey is included below...

...STRAIGHT LINE WINDS CONFIRMED IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY ON APRIL 11TH...

A STORM DAMAGE SURVEY TEAM FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE
IN JACKSON KY HAS CONFIRMED THAT DAMAGE THAT HAD OCCURRED ON FICKLIN
ROAD BETWEEN CAMARGO AND JEFFERSONVILLE BETWEEN 655 AND 705 PM EDT
ON THURSDAY APRIL 11TH...WAS CAUSED FROM STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. WINDS
WERE ESTIMATED TO HAVE PEAKED BETWEEN 85 AND 95 MPH. THE STRAIGHT
LINE WINDS LAID OUT DEBRIS ACROSS AN AREA APPROXIMATELY 660 YARDS IN
LENGTH AND ABOUT 270 YARDS WIDE. SEVERAL HOMES AND BARNS SUSTAINED
SIGNIFICANT WIND DAMAGE...WITH MULTIPLE TREES BEING FELLED AS WELL.
TWO BARNS...A SMALL SINGLE STRUCTURE AND A FEW TREES ALSO SUSTAINED
DAMAGE FROM STRAIGHT LINE WINDS ON CAMARGO LEVEE ROAD AT ABOUT 655 PM
EDT. THE DEBRIS AREA ON CAMARGO LEVEE ROAD EXTENDED APPROXIMATELY 400
YARDS LONG AND ABOUT 100 YARDS WIDE.

EVENT: FICKLIN ROAD
EVENT DATE: APRIL 11 2013
EVENT TYPE: STRAIGHT LINE WINDS
ESTIMATED PEAK WINDS: 85 TO 95 MPH
INJURIES/FATALITIES: 0 EVENT
START TIME/LOCATION: 658 PM AT 37.992278N/83.864678W
EVENT END TIME/LOCATION: 705 PM AT 37.994428N/83.858389W
DAMAGE PATH LENGTH...CENTERED: 660 YARDS
DAMAGE PATH WIDTH: 270 YARDS

NWS JACKSON KY WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT OFFICE FOR THEIR ASSISTANCE WITH THIS DAMAGE SURVEY.

The following images show the approximate extent of the debris fields from the high winds that struck the area between 6:55 and 7:05 PM EDT Thursday evening.

**Damage Pictures from Ficklin Road**

**Damage from Camargo Levee Road**

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Heat Persists in the South Central U.S. and Southwest; Heavy rains in the Desert Southwest and Central Plains

Severe thunderstorms produce damaging winds in excess of 85 mph in Montgomery County.