Power Outage in Campton, KY

Dispatch reported a couple instances of wind damage in the county. At 1:30 PM EDT, a powerline was blown down, and caused some grass to catch fire along Sandy Ridge Road just south of the High Falls Community. Then at 1:45 PM, a tree was reported to have been blown down in the Bethany Community.

The RAWS site at Koomer Ridge reported a peak wind gust of 62 mph at 7:09 PM EST. Meanwhile, several other reports of wind damage were made across the county around this same time.||These reports include:|At 7:10 PM EST - The Park Service at the Red River Gorge reported that strong winds pulled down a tree, which landed on and destroyed an iconic suspension bridge that connects the Sheltowee Trace National Recreation Trail across the Red River, along the Menifee and Wolfe County border. |At 7:20 PM EST - A public report stated that a barn located just off Cave Brance Road, and a short distance from KY-1261, was demolished by the strong wind gusts and resulted in the dealth of livestock. |At 7:25 PM EST - Public reported that a power pole was blown down near Dairy Queen in Campton.

A tree fell on Hiram Branch Road. The tree fell onto a power line, taking out power to nearby customers.

The weight of ice from freezing rain caused a tree to fall onto a nearby power line, thereby causing the power line to spark and catch on fire. This occurred near High Falls.

A tree was blown down and onto some nearby power lines. Numerous large limbs were also blown down around the area.

Up to a quarter of an inch of ice accumulated on trees along the ridge tops. Scattered power outages occurred due to ice laden trees and limbs falling onto power lines.

A cluster of trees was down near the Wolfe/Morgan County line. The trees had fallen onto a power pole and knocked down power lines into the road.

A tree fell and broke a power line and a power pole.

Power outages were reported in Calaboose.

Numerous trees were blown down with at least one power pole snapped.

Seven inches of snow was measured in Rogers. Most of the snow fell in a 3 hour period. Hundreds of trees were downed across the county by the heavy snow. Power was out at many locations through December 12th due to downed power lines.

Two trees down on Plummer Street. Trees took power lines, cutting power to the downtown area. Trees also down on Kentucky Highway 1261 at Hollonville and on Kentucky Highway 715 near Rogers.

Many trees and power lines were down, including near Rogers, Pine Ridge, Flat, Campton, Calaboose, Bethany, and Malaga.

Trees and power lines were blown down.

Trees and power lines were blown down.

Thunderstorm winds blew large branches down, knocking power lines down.