Power Outage in Flatwoods, KY

Downed power lines in the county resulted in 19,000 homes to be without power on April 1st into the next day. In addition, numerous areas of road obstructions occurred due to downed trees.

A tree was blown down onto a power line and resulted in 193 customers without power.

Large trees and power lines were downed all throughout the county, leading to widespread power outages.

In the Crane Creek area, several power lines had fallen due to strong winds.

Several trees and power lines were downed with dime sized hail covering the ground in the town of Load.

Many utility customers lost power due to trees and lines down.

Tree down on power lines.

Trees were blown down onto power lines.

Trees were blown down damaging power lines. One tree fell onto a house.

Trees fell onto power lines.

Trees fell onto power lines.

Trees were blown down onto power lines.

Trees were blown down along Red Devil Lane. Trees fell and a power pole was leaning along Cardinal Road.

Trees were blown down along Red Devil Lane. Trees fell and a power pole was leaning along Cardinal Road.

Trees fell onto power lines. Power outages occurred.

Trees fell onto power lines along Routes 1 and 2.

Trees fell onto power lines along Crestview Road.

A few trees were blown down. Some trees pulled down power lines.

Trees fell onto power lines along Route 7.

Trees and large branches were blown onto power lines.

A cold front sweeping through the area on June 17th was aided by abnormally warm temperatures and low level moisture to help spark afternoon showers and thunderstorms across eastern Kentucky. Several of these storms grew to be strong to severe, resulting in downed trees and power lines from damaging wind gusts. One particular storm also yielded golf ball sized hail in the town of Fallsburg in Lawrence County.

An intense low pressure system crossed into the Ohio Valley during the early morning hours on the 13th, with a strong line of thunderstorms aligned along a surface cold front. A tightened pressure gradient formed over eastern Kentucky, inflicting strong synoptic winds outside of convection. The Greenup County Airport measured a wind gust of 43 MPH and a mesonet in Lawrence County measured a non-thunderstorm gust of 47 MPH. Falling trees and limbs resulted in isolated power outages.