Power Outage in Hazard, KY

High winds brought multiple reports of trees down across the county. At 11:30 AM EDT dispatch reported reported a tree that was blown down near the intersection of KY-15 and Entertainment Drive. At 12:30 PM EDT, dispatch reported a tree blown down onto powerlines about 3 miles up Upper Second Creek, as well as a tree blown down onto powerlines in the Saul community. The powerlines downed in the Saul community ultimately led to a forest fire.

Perry County 911 reported a tree blown down onto power lines along Laurel Street in Hazard. This then snapped a power pole, falling onto a home.

Dispatch reported a tree blown down on Kentucky Highway 15 near Robert W. Combs Elementary School east of Jeff, as well as a power line downed on Lotts Creek Road to the north of the school.

Dispatch reported that trees and power lines were blown down just north of Hazard in Bonnyman.

Power lines were blown down on Couchtown Rd.

Numerous trees and power lines were blown down in the Busy, Big Willard, and Briar Fork communities.

Trees and power lines were blown down in Hazard.

The Perry County fire dept reported trees down in the Vicco area. Power outages were reported in the Woodland section of Hazard.

Power lines were blown down on Highway 463 in Leatherwood.

One tree and several power lines were blown down.

Thunderstorm wind gusts downed power lines in the communities of Acup, Stormking, Coal Harbor, Tiger Hill, and Scuddy. Three thousand people were without power throughout the county.

Trees and power lines were blown down near Glomawr.

The public reported numerous trees were blown down with power outages in Hazard.

Powerlines were blown down on Typo Road.

Both trees and powerlines were blown down by thunderstorm wind gusts.

Multiple trees down on State Route 7 between Viper and Fusonia. Power lines and poles also knocked down.

Large tree limbs blown down onto power lines in multiple locations in and near Hazard.

Numerous trees and power lines were down.

Numerous trees were down along with widespread power outages in the community of Viper.

Power poles, power lines, and trees were down.

Trees and power lines were down along Browns Fork Road.

Trees and power lines were down.

Strong winds brought down 10 to 15 trees. Power lines were also down.

Trees were blown down onto power lines.

Trees and power lines down.

A deep upper level trough was in place across the central U.S. on this day. This translated down to the surface as well, with strong SW flow in place across much of Ohio Valley. Meanwhile, a cold front, extending from a occluded low pressure system in southeast Canada, was located just ahead of the trough, being pushed eastward with the upper level flow. During the first part of the day on the 17th, this front was located NW of the state, making its way eastward. By the afternoon and evening hours, it began to push into Kentucky, developing a secondary low pressure system. This low continued to gain strength, traversing eastern KY, along with the surface cold front, through the late evening and first part of the overnight.||At 21Z on the 17th, the radar showed rain increasing across eastern KY ahead of this powerful cold front. An intensifying 70 to 80kt 850mb jet was analyzed just ahead of the boundary, which combined with some downslope drying, to produce strong to damaging wind gusts across portions of eastern Kentucky. A wind advisory and high wind warning were in effect for all of eastern Kentucky through the evening and into the first part of the overnight given the conditions. Gradient winds were the culprit for multiple trees down across eastern Kentucky, specifically in Clay, Floyd, Harlan, and Perry counties.||Aside from the intense gradient winds, strong to severe storms also develop along and just ahead of the actual cold front as it moved through. These storms helped to translate the higher winds aloft down to the ground, resulting in multiple reports of wind damage across Powell and Estill Counties. ||The event ended up being centered around wind damage, both gradient and convective, all ending just after the front passed through and exited eastern KY by 6Z on the 18th.

Isolated severe thunderstorms blew down trees and power lines across portions of Bell, Perry, Estill, Martin, and Powell Counties during the afternoon and early evening hours of Tuesday, August 20, 2019.

Countless wildfires occurred throughout November across Harlan, Letcher, Knott, Bell, Breathitt, and Perry Counties in southeast Kentucky. ||The greatest number of fires and associated impacts were in Harlan County. The county Judge-Executive declared a state of emergency as numerous fires threatened homes and various other structures, including a 7,400 acre wildfire on Pine Mountain which closed Little Shepherds Trail from Swap to the entrance of Kingdom Come State Park for several days. A few outbuildings and an abandoned house were destroyed. Several other road blockages were reported throughout the month as wildfires continued to cause trees to topple over onto roadways, including Kentucky Highways 2005 and 179. Smoke reducing visibilities was also responsible for several road closures.||A large fire took place at Pine Mountain State Resort Park in Bell County. Crews had to use a pumper truck to keep the fire from spreading over the top of a mountain toward Pineville. The Eagles Nest Fire in Breathitt County burned for several days, endangering several homes. Power was knocked out to over 900 citizens in Perry County early in the month as the top support of a power pole was burned, causing the line to drop and the power circuit to fail. Reduced visibility in Letcher County caused a tanker truck carrying 8,400 gallons of gasoline to be involved in an accident. The tanker subsequently rolled over north of Highway 23 at Kentucky Highway 805, allowing 1,200 gallons of fuel to spill. A Knott County home near Topmost was consumed by fire near the end of the first week in November.||The vast majority of all ongoing wildfires were able to be contained on November 28th as increasing moisture and eventual rainfall helped extinguish them.

A line of strong thunderstorms moved across portions of eastern KY during the afternoon hours of July 4th. The only report of severe weather on this was of a downed tree that fell onto power lines in Perry county.