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Flash Flood — Christian, KY

Sep 5, 2023

A couple of microbursts occurred in association with intense thunderstorm cells that formed in the heat of the afternoon. The storms developed during the heat of the afternoon ahead of a strong cold front that trailed south-southwest from southern Minnesota to extreme eastern Kansas. An increasing southwest low-level flow of moist and unstable air provided fuel for the storms. The storms evolved into a small but slow-moving complex over the Pennyrile region of west Kentucky. This complex produce

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 1133994). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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