Power Outage in Corbin, KY

Dispatch reported multiple trees and powerlines down in Williamsburg and throughout Whitley County, beginning around noon.

The Williamsburg Airport AWOS recorded a peak wind gust of 51 knots (59 mph) at 1:15 AM EST on the 31st. Numerous gusts in excess of 40 mph were recorded between 11:55 PM EST, March 30th and 2:35 AM EST, March 31st. A local utility company reported that the winds had blown multiple trees onto power lines along Hightop Rd (approximately 2 miles SE of Rye) and snapped two 3-phase power poles.

After a period of mixed precipitation and limited impacts during the morning hours of the 16th, periods of heavy, wet snow fell through the afternoon and evening. The heaviest measured storm total was 9.0 inches at a CoCoRaHS site 7 miles southwest of Corbin. The public reported 7 and 8 inches near Youngs Creek and Faber, respectively The heavy, wet nature of the snow led to power outages at some locations.

Trees were reported having fallen on power lines along Kensee Hollow Road.

Trees have fallen onto powerlines along Hightop Road just south of Laurel River Lake.

Dispatch reported several trees and powerlines down in and near Williamsburg, including on Kentucky Highway 904 and Verne Road as well as on Highway 25 S. Additionally, a home was damaged on Cane Creek Road south of town.

Dispatch reported a tree blown down onto Kentucky Highway 1804 near Saxton. Several trees were also blown down in the city limits of Williamsburg, causing numerous power outages throughout Whitley County.

A citizen reported a tree blown into a powerline in the Tattersall portion of Corbin.

Trees and power lines were blown down in the Hemlock subdivision.

Trees and power lines were blown down on Hwy 1804 near the Kentucky/Tennessee state line.

Whitley county dispatch reported that power outages had occurred county wide around 10 pm due to non-thunderstorm wind gusts. Trees were also reported down across the entire county between 930 and 10 pm.

Damage occurred on Fairfield Avenue. The roof was torn from a doublewide trailer and several trees were downed. An uprooted tree fell across a house and car. Several power poles were also snapped off.

A tree was blown down and onto a power line at the intersection of KY836 and Lloyd Wilson Rd.

There were some power lines that fell on trucks.

There was damage at the Corbin travel Plaza. The truck garage roof was blown off. There were down power lines that damaged and burned one truck and the garage door fell and damaged other trucks.

Power lines were blown down and power poles broken by thunderstorm wind gusts.

Trees and power lines were blown down in Corbin.

There were power lines down on Lakeside road.

A tree was blown down onto a power line.

Utility poles and power lines were blown down along Cumberland Falls Highway or 18th Street.

An EF-1 tornado touched down 1 mile west of the Cumberland Falls State Park on Highway 90 and continued into Whitley County and across the park. Wind speeds with this tornado were estimated at 105 mph. Significant damage was done to the park supervisor's residence. Extensive numbers of large trees were blown across roads which made access to parts of the park impossible until they were cleared away. Numerous trees were snapped or uprooted with some of the trees falling on cars and powerlines.

Tree down near I75 exit 15 along Rolling Hills Road. Power outage in that area as well.

Power lines blown down along Highway 26 near Jones Fish Hatchery.

Trees and power lines were completely blocking United States Highway 25 between Corbin and Cumberland Falls.

There were numerous reports of trees down. Many power lines were down. One tree fell on an occupied car. Most wind damage occurred in western, northern, and central portions of Whitley County.

Power lines were blown down on Fifth Street in Corbin.

Trees and power lines were brought down by strong winds.

An unexpected heavy snow event occurred across Bell, Harlan, and Letcher counties on February 7th, 2021. Snowfall amounts varied from an inch in Thornton in Letcher county to nearly 10 inches near Rock House in Harlan county. Several other locations had snowfall amounts ranging from 3 to nearly 7 inches. Nearly 4000 power outages were reported across our forecast area as a result of this snow event.

A strong cold front passed through east Kentucky on Christmas Eve. Widespread rain accompanied the cold front through early afternoon. However, as the cold air spread into east Kentucky, it interacted with increasing moisture from a weather disturbance aloft, to provide a changeover to snow that occurred between 2 pm and 8 pm. A short period of sleet was also observed during the changeover time. Snow became very heavy at times with snowfall rates between 1 and 2 inches per hour observed. The snow continued into the evening hours, before the widespread snow pulled out of the area. However, snow showers persisted from Christmas Eve Night through Christmas day, before finally winding down. As temperatures plummeted into the teens and 20s during the evening on Christmas Eve, icy conditions quickly developed areawide. These icy conditions continued through Christmas. ||The most notable impact was related to travel across east Kentucky. The heavy snow created treacherous road conditions across east Kentucky. The Hal Rogers Parkway was shut down between London and Manchester for a short time. There were also numerous reports of cars off the road and significant backups due to poor weather conditions. In addition, there were many reports of trees knocked down due to the heavy snow along with thousands of power outages.

A strong storm system and associated cold front approached eastern Kentucky on Easter Sunday, with rainfall beginning during the afternoon. As the low pressure system intensified and moved into the Ohio Valley during the evening of the 12th, wind speeds began to drastically increase across eastern Kentucky. The Kentucky Mesonet station in Dorton, (positioned at 2774 feet elevation) recorded a 79 mph wind gust.||Several other gusts of 40+ mph occurred, leading to numerous instances of damage across eastern Kentucky. This includes downed trees, power lines, and structural damage, causing several roadways to be blocked for a period of time into the morning of the 13th. As many as 70,000 to 75,000 power outages were reported across eastern Kentucky. As a result of these winds, Kentucky Power reported 318 poles had to be replaced while a total of 33 miles of electric wire were downed. A few notable areas of damage include:||- Pikeville where widespread tree and structural damage occurred, including to a marina on Fishtrap Lake and to the roof of a grocery store. An amateur radio and radio station tower were also blown over.|- Roof damage in Hi Hat in Floyd County.|- A tree blown onto a car in Cumberland in Harlan County.|- Trees blown onto homes in Barbourville.|- Uprooted/snapped trees, power poles shifted several inches, and roof damage near Smilax in Leslie County.|- A barn destroyed in Stinnett in Leslie County.|- Roofs blown off of homes/apartments from Hollyhill to Whitley City, multiple trees downed on homes and across roadways, and hardwood trees snapped in McCreary County.|- A tree falling into a house in Corbin and one on top of a car in Williamsburg.|- A garage having its roof blown off and door blown out in Hazard.|- A tree falling onto a home in Pippa Passes in Knott County.|- A tree falling onto and destroying a home in Blackey in Letcher County.||...HIGHEST WIND REPORTS FROM SUNDAY EVENING TO EARLY MONDAY MORNING...| |3 E Dorton: 79 MPH @ 1010 PM 04/12 |1 WNW Yellow Mountain: 55 MPH @ 1045 PM 04/12 |3 WNW Pleasant: 53 MPH @ 1209 AM 04/13 |London-Corbin Apt: 49 MPH @ 953 PM 04/12 |1 WNW Big Black Mountain: 46 MPH @ 805 PM 04/12 |Shelbiana: 46 MPH @ 930 PM 04/12 |Pike County Apt: 45 MPH @ 1115 PM 04/12 |Owingsville 4 S: 45 MPH @ 115 AM 04/13 |NWS Jackson: 44 MPH @ 215 AM 04/13 |Peabody: 43 MPH @ 1101 PM 04/12 |2 N Marshes Siding: 42 MPH @ 950 PM 04/12 |Crown: 41 MPH @ 915 PM 04/12 |Williamsburg: 40 MPH @ 937 PM 04/12 |Jackson Apt RAWS: 40 MPH @ 1115 PM 04/12|NWS Jackson: 40 MPH @ 1120 PM 04/12||Widespread rainfall of 1-2 inches fell, with 3-4 inches over portions of southeast Kentucky and the upper Cumberland Valley. A swift water rescue took place in Bell County as a motorist became stranded in flood waters.

A line of strong thunderstorms moved across Kentucky late on March 28th into the morning hours of March 29th. A segment of this line briefly approached severe limits across a portion of Whitley and Knox Counties, leading to isolated downed trees and powerlines along with home damage.

A potent low pressure system swung up the Ohio River, leading to strengthening winds through the morning and afternoon into early on the 15th. These winds led to downed trees across portions of eastern Kentucky, mainly concentrated from the Bluegrass region down through the Interstate 75 corridor. Farther east, a portion of Kentucky Highway 160 near Hindman was shut down Sunday evening as downed trees resulted in power lines falling onto the roadway.

Multiple rounds of severe storms produced wind damage across portions of eastern Kentucky during the afternoon and evening hours of July 20, 2018, extending into the early morning hours of July 21. The hardest hit areas were in Montgomery County, where Emergency Management reported that 47 roads were closed at one point due to downed trees and power lines resulting in nearly 4,600 power outages. Additionally, a disaster declaration was made for the county as multiple buildings sustained damage. These included a tobacco warehouse that had its roof blown off as well as��a hotel in Mount Sterling whose sign and building both sustained damage from severe straight-line winds.

A strong early spring cold front led to a line of showers and thunderstorms developing across the Midwestern U.S. this afternoon and later pushing 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.

A cluster of showers and thunderstorms developed in the afternoon near Louisville ahead of a cold front and upper level disturbance. These storms weakened and became disorganized across central Kentucky, before strengthening and morphing into a complex near Mount Vernon along Interstate 75. These storms raced off toward the southeast from Mount Vernon through a good portion of Harlan County. Multiple reports of wind damage were received, especially near London. Several thousand residents lost power as multiple trees, power lines, and business signs were blown down.

A complex of thunderstorm moved northeast out of Tennessee during the afternoon hours of August 5, 2015. The storms weakened as the progressed deeper into eastern Kentucky, but not before downing trees and power lines and producing heavy rainfall that lead to flooding in a few areas over the Upper Cumberland region.

A line of strong to severe thunderstorms, associated with an eastward moving cold front, caused significant wind damage across Bell, Harlan, Johnson, and Whitley counties during the afternoon hours of April 28th. The worst of the damage occurred in Harlan county where a storm damage survey revealed that estimated straight line winds of 90 mph downed trees and power lines across the county. Three people were injured in Evarts as a result of the severe winds.

An isolated strong to severe thunderstorm blew a tree down onto a power line in Whitley county on September 3rd. There were also reports of dime to penny size hail in Martin county on this day.

A large and intense area of low pressure moved across the Tennessee valley and eventually up the east coast on December 18th and 19th. The initial precipitation began as a heavy wet snow on Friday afternoon December 18th. Accumulations around eastern Kentucky ranged between 1 and 4 inches. Ridgetop locations along the Virginia and west Virginia borders saw as much as 6 inches, with 13 inches reported on Flatwood Mountain in Pike County. This initial round of snow fell generally between 2 and 6 pm on the 18th. ||After several hours of nothing but rain, another round of widespread and intense snowfall began at around 10 pm. The Jackson weather office picked up 2.6 inches of snow between 10 pm and midnight on the 18th and there were 11 inches on the ground by early Saturday morning. By 7 am on Saturday December 19th 5 to 7 inches of snow blanketed the ground across much of southeast Kentucky. The highest snowfall totals for this event were 16 inches on Black Mountain, 13 inches on Flatwood Mountain in Pike County, and 11 inches at the Jackson weather office. Numerous trees and power lines were downed by the heavy wet snow with widespread and long lasting power outages reported across the area.

Heavy rain inundated much of eastern Kentucky on February 14th through February 16th. Anywhere from 3 to 7 inches of rain fell over this 3 day period. This rain initially produced flash flooding for many counties of eastern Kentucky. To complicate matters, ongoing rain induced general flooding over entire counties where much of the flash flooding earlier occurred. The referenced points are generally the first in the county to get generalized flooding, with the rest of the county following suit. To further complicate matters, an ice storm from the same system occurred mainly north of the Mountain Parkway. Some counties received flooding and ice. Each county in the ice storm contained a countywide event, and the referenced location is the first one reported for the corresponding county. The large amounts of rain and ice produced significant damage to homes, cars, churches, schools, trees and power lines. No one died as a direct result of this event. However, near the onset of precipitation, one man died and two were injured in Johnson County after driving over a patch of ice and falling into a creek which contained water of around 2 feet deep.