Power Outage in Henderson, KY

Just southeast of Audubon State Park, a few trees were downed. Video showed some power flashes. Nearby, the northbound side of U.S. Highway 41 was closed near the Ohio River bridges. This wind occurred in association with the storm that produced tornadoes in Henderson County and Warrick County, Indiana.

Just southeast of Audubon State Park, a few trees were downed. Video showed some power flashes. Nearby, the northbound side of U.S. Highway 41 was closed near the Ohio River bridges. This wind occurred in association with the storm that produced tornadoes in Henderson County and Warrick County, Indiana.

Widespread tree and power line damage was reported.

At least a half dozen trees were down, and power outages were reported.

Trees and power lines were blown down along Highway 136. The highway was blocked for several hours for cleanup and repair.

A tree and power poles were down.

At the Henderson County High School, there was considerable damage at the athletic complex behind the school. A small building housing a baseball conditioning room lost about 20 feet of metal roofing, and an outside wall was displaced about three feet. A few small trees were blown down. Power poles were down across Highway 351. A radio tower south of the athletic fields was blown down.

Roof damage occurred to two homes in northeast Henderson County. A two-foot diameter tree was down on one home. The roof was peeled off part of a second home. Numerous smaller trees and power lines were damaged.

Two trees were blown down, blocking roads in northern sections of the city. Downed power lines and power outages were also reported in northern sections of the city.

Near Zion, a microburst containing estimated winds near 85 mph occurred along Highway 351. One pole barn was destroyed, and one garage was damaged. The house sustained damage to porch columns, and two windows were broken. Several large trees were downed or uprooted. The damage area was about one-half mile long and one-quarter mile wide. At Spottsville, a trained spotter estimated wind gusts were near 65 mph. Emergency managers reported many trees and limbs down at unspecified locations across the county, causing roadway blockages and some spotty power outages.

A wind gust to 68 mph was measured along Highway 60 near Spottsville. At the Henderson airport, the peak wind gust was 60 mph. There were power outages and numerous trees down in Henderson.

Multiple trained spotters estimated wind speeds of 60 mph in the Henderson area. Small trees were snapped in the city of Henderson. A wind gust to 55 mph was measured at the Henderson City-County Airport. Six power poles and some trees were down on U.S. Highway 60 near Baskett, and sections of a fence were tossed into a nearby field.

At Ellis Park, the roof was torn off the equipment building. Two barns were damaged or destroyed. Trees and power lines were blown down. Power lines and a few trees were blown down in Henderson.

At Ellis Park, the roof was torn off the equipment building. Two barns were damaged or destroyed. Trees and power lines were blown down. Power lines and a few trees were blown down in Henderson.

Widespread damage resulted from wind gusts around 70 MPH. Semi trucks were overturned in the Henderson area. An overturned semi closed the southbound lanes of the Pennyrile Parkway near exit 79 in Henderson. The driver of an overturned semi was hospitalized in stable condition. Numerous trees were down across the county, including dozens of them in Henderson. Some trees blocked roads and train tracks. About 27 county roads were blocked by fallen trees. At least one third of Henderson residents were without power, some for two to three days. A spokesperson for the utility company serving the region reported this was the most significant power loss in her five years with the company. Power lines were brought down along U.S. Highway 60 a few miles south of Henderson. A few homes near Spottsville received major damage from falling trees. A fence was blown down in Henderson.

Large trees were blown down, along with power lines.

Trees and power lines were blown down.

In Spottsville, minor damage to shingles and siding was reported, and tree limbs were down. On U.S. Highway 60 near Audubon State Park, power lines and trees were down.

Several trees and power lines were blown down. One tree landed on a police cruiser, damaging the windshield and hood. A tree landed on a house on Kentucky Highway 266. Some trees fell on Kentucky Highway 351 and on Old U.S. 60 East.

Numerous trees and power lines were down throughout the county. A tree fell on a house in the Corydon area, resulting in considerable damage to the house. A large tree fell on a van. Kentucky 1078-North was blocked by a fallen tree, causing a minor accident.

Power lines and trees were blown down in the southwest portion of Henderson County.

At a residence on Kentucky 136 in Geneva, three huge oak trees and numerous other large tree limbs were blown down. The roof of the house was damaged. In the city of Henderson, a couple of trees and a power line were down.

Trees and power lines were blown down in Henderson. A tree fell across the southbound lanes of South Green Street, partially blocking traffic for an hour. A power pole was blown over in the same area.

Lightning struck a maple tree in a residential area, sending large limbs falling across a fence and swimming pool. Lightning struck an electrical transformer in the same area, causing a power outage to 30 or 40 residents.

A low pressure system moved slowly northeast from the southern Plains into western Missouri. A warm front extending east from the low pressure center lifted north across the Tennessee Valley. A large area of wintry precipitation developed ahead of the warm front. Between one-tenth and one-quarter inch of ice glazed trees and power lines, mainly along the Ohio River counties from Henderson to Paducah. Isolated power outages were reported due to downed tree limbs. Short bursts of heavy freezing rain occurred in thunderstorms.

Strong southwest winds were sustained around 30 MPH. Peak gusts were clocked to 38 MPH at Paducah and Henderson. A power pole was blown down on the west side of Paducah, knocking out power to a commercial section of town.